Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 31, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 3 1 0 0
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 0
  Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 1 2 2
Clancy p 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 1
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 4 2 2 0
Thompson cf 3 0 1 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 1
Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 1 0 0 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Houston 002 001 001472
St. Louis 011 001 000362
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   6.0 6 3 2 3 5
  Schatzeder  W (3-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Smith  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
5
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   7.0 5 3 1 2 4
  Carpenter  L (1-4) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
2
6

  E–Reynolds (4), Clancy (1), Guerrero (7), Jones (1).  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Biggio 2 (7,off DeLeon,off Carpenter); Reynolds (1,off DeLeon), St. Louis Guerrero (16,off Clancy); Jones (4,off Clancy); Thompson (8,off Clancy); Oquendo (7,off Clancy).  IBB–Gross (2,by DeLeon); Pagnozzi (1,by Clancy); Jones (1,by Clancy).  SB–Caminiti (1,2nd base off Carpenter/Pena); Smith (7,2nd base off Schatzeder/Biggio).  CS–Young (10,2nd base by DeLeon/Pagnozzi).  WP–Schatzeder (2).  IBB–Clancy 2 (4,Pagnozzi,Jones); DeLeon (1,Gross).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:40.  A–34,258.
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