Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 1 2 1
Webster lf 2 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 1 1 2
McClendon 1b 4 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 1 2 0
Ramos ss 3 0 1 0
  Smith ph 1 1 1 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 0 0 0
  Berryhill ph,c 2 0 1 1
Sanderson p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 0 0 0 0
  Dunston ph,ss 2 0 1 1
Totals 38 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 1 0
Lind 2b 6 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 2 2 1
Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 0
Reynolds rf 4 0 2 2
Redus 1b 5 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 0 0 0
  Bilardello c 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 0
  Quinones ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 9 3
Chicago 201 000 001 015102
Pittsburgh 200 000 020 00490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   5.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Wilson   2.1 2 1 1 2 0
  Williams   0.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Pico   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Schiraldi  W (2-4) 2.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Kilgus  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
4
3
5
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley   6.0 5 3 3 3 7
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Kipper   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Landrum   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Garcia  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
5
5
6
8

  E–Sandberg (6), Law (7).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Webster (6,off Smiley).  3B–Chicago D Smith (3,off Robinson), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (4,off Wilson).  HR–Chicago Dawson (7,1st inning off Smiley 1 on, 2 out); Walton (3,3rd inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Webster (2,off Landrum); Schiraldi (1,off Garcia); Smiley (4,off Sanderson).  IBB–Dawson (4,by Landrum); Cangelosi (1,by Pico).  SF–Reynolds (3,off Sanderson).  SB–Webster (9,3rd base off Smiley/Ortiz); Walton (11,2nd base off Robinson/Ortiz); Bonds (11,2nd base off Sanderson/Girardi).  CS–Law (1,3rd base by Smiley/Ortiz).  IBB–Pico (4,Cangelosi); Landrum (3,Dawson).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:31.  A–11,713.
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