Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
July 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1989 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Francisco Giants 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 2 0
Lind 2b 3 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilson rf 3 0 1 1
Redus 1b 4 1 2 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Smiley p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 32 3 9 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 3 3 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 1 3 4
Mitchell lf 2 1 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  McCament p 0 0 0 0
Litton 3b 4 1 2 0
Manwaring c 4 0 1 1
Uribe ss 2 1 0 1
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Bathe ph 1 0 0 0
  Sheridan rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Pittsburgh 200 000 001393
San Francisco 000 213 11x8112
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (7-5) 6.0 8 6 5 4 1
  Kipper   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Garcia   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
5
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (4-6) 6.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Lefferts   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  McCament   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
7

  E–Bonilla 2 (20), Wilson (3), Mitchell (6), Manwaring (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Clark (20,off Smiley); Thompson (18,off Garcia).  3B–San Francisco Litton (3,off Kipper).  SH–Lind (6,off LaCoss).  SF–Wilson (5,off LaCoss); Uribe (4,off Kipper).  HBP–Bonilla (1,by LaCoss); Thompson (7,by Smiley).  IBB–Mitchell 2 (21,by Smiley,by Garcia).  SB–Lind (8,2nd base off LaCoss/Manwaring); Bonds (14,3rd base off Lefferts/Manwaring); Butler (16,2nd base off Smiley/Ortiz).  CS–Litton (2,Home by Smiley/Ortiz).  WP–Smiley (3).  BK–LaCoss 2 (4).  HBP–Smiley (3,Thompson); LaCoss (5,Bonilla).  IBB–Smiley (5,Mitchell); Garcia (3,Mitchell).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:58.  A–27,881.
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