Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1989 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Philadelphia Phillies 15

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 3 2 1 3
Lind 2b 5 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 5 2 3 2
Bonilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Redus rf,1b 5 1 3 2
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
King 1b 2 1 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano 1b 1 0 0 0
Quinones ss 5 1 2 2
Ortiz c 3 1 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Walk p 2 1 1 2
  Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Cangelosi rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 39 11 14 11
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ready 3b 4 3 3 0
Herr 2b 1 0 0 0
  Jeltz 2b 4 3 2 5
Hayes 1b,rf,1b 5 2 2 4
Kruk lf 5 2 4 0
Samuel cf 4 1 1 0
Murphy rf 1 0 0 0
  Jordan ph,1b 2 0 1 1
  Carman p 0 0 0 0
  Dernier ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Thon ss 3 1 0 0
Daulton c 4 2 1 2
McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 1 0 0 0
  Ryal ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Ford rf 2 0 1 2
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 15 15 14
Pittsburgh 1000 010 00011140
Philadelphia 202 204 05x15150
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk   3.2 5 6 6 4 2
  Kipper   2.0 3 4 4 2 3
  Landrum   1.1 3 0 0 0 2
  Robinson  L (2-6) 0.1 1 4 4 3 0
  Samuels   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
15
15
9
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams   0.1 4 6 6 2 0
  Ontiveros   3.2 6 4 4 3 1
  Harris   2.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Carman  W (2-9) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Bedrosian   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Quinones (6,off McWilliams); Van Slyke (6,off Harris), Philadelphia Ready (6,off Walk); Kruk 2 (2,off Kipper 2).  3B–Philadelphia Ford (1,off Samuels).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonds (10,1st inning off Ontiveros 2 on, 1 out), Philadelphia V Hayes 2 (12,1st inning off Walk 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Walk 1 on, 0 out); Jeltz 2 (3,4th inning off Walk 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Kipper 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–King (1,by McWilliams); Thon (4,by Robinson).  SH–Harris (1,off Kipper).  SB–Redus (10,2nd base off Ontiveros/Daulton).  WP–Robinson (2).  BK–Walk (1).  IBB–Robinson (4,Thon); McWilliams (3,King).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:20.  A–18,511.
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