San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 4, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 4 1 2 1
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Riles 3b 2 0 0 0
  Litton ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Sheridan rf 2 1 1 1
  Maldonado ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 2 1
Robinson p 2 0 1 0
  McCament p 0 0 0 0
  Bathe ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 2
Van Slyke cf 4 1 1 1
Bonilla 3b 3 1 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 0 2 2
Distefano 1b 3 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Quinones ss 2 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 1 1 0
Kramer p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Redus 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
San Francisco 010 011 000381
Pittsburgh 100 040 00x570
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (7-6) 4.2 7 5 5 2 3
  McCament   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Gossage   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kramer  W (3-4) 5.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Kipper   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Bair   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Landrum  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
3

  E–Sheridan (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Reynolds (11,off Robinson).  3B–San Francisco Uribe (5,off Kramer).  HR–San Francisco Sheridan (1,2nd inning off Kramer 0 on, 1 out); Mitchell (27,5th inning off Kramer 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (3,1st inning off Robinson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Thompson (4,by Kramer).  SH–Kramer (2,off Robinson).  IBB–Bonilla (11,by Robinson).  SB–Reynolds (13,2nd base off Robinson/Kennedy); Bonds (12,2nd base off Robinson/Kennedy).  BK–Robinson (3), Kipper (1).  HBP–Kramer (4,Thompson).  IBB–Robinson (4,Bonilla).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:46.  A–14,186.
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