Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 29, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 3 0 1 0
Young cf 1 1 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0
Biggio c 3 0 1 2
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 1 1
Smith ss 3 0 1 1
McGee cf 4 0 2 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 1 0 0
Hill p 2 0 1 0
  Lindeman ph 1 1 1 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Houston 100 000 200340
St. Louis 000 000 020272
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (3-6) 7.1 5 2 2 3 2
  Andersen   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  L (2-4) 8.0 4 3 2 4 5
  DiPino   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
4
5

  E–Guerrero 2 (6).  DP–Houston 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (4,off Hill), St. Louis Lindeman (1,off Knepper).  SH–Young (3,off Hill).  SF–Smith (2,off Andersen).  SB–Young (20,2nd base off Hill/Pena); Coleman 2 (21,2nd base off Knepper/Biggio,3rd base off Knepper/Biggio).  CS–Hatcher (4,2nd base by Hill/Pena); Young (9,2nd base by Hill/Pena); McGee (3,2nd base by Andersen/Biggio).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:45.  A–30,012.
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