Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Hudler lf 3 1 0 0
  Martinez ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 2 1 2 2
Brooks rf 2 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 4 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 1 0
  Foley ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 1
Meadows lf 4 1 1 1
  Hatcher lf 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Puhl rf 3 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 1
Biggio c 2 1 1 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Montreal 200 000 000260
Houston 001 001 10x351
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   6.0 3 2 2 1 3
  McGaffigan  L (1-4) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
1
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   5.1 3 2 1 3 4
  Darwin  W (9-2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Andersen   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (18) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
9

  E–Caminiti (11).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Puhl (19,off McGaffigan).  3B–Houston Young (2,off B Smith).  HR–Montreal Galarraga (14,1st inning off Deshaies 1 on, 1 out), Houston Meadows (3,6th inning off B Smith 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Brooks (2,by Deshaies).  IBB–Galarraga (6,by Deshaies).  SH–Deshaies (8,off B Smith).  SB–Hudler (11,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Nixon 2 (27,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio,3rd base off Deshaies/Biggio).  HBP–Deshaies (2,Brooks).  IBB–Deshaies (3,Galarraga).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:52.  A–28,418.
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