Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 28, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 3 0 0 1
Belliard 2b 5 0 0 0
King 1b,ss 2 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 1 0 0 0
Reynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 3 1 0 0
Ortiz c 4 0 2 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Reed p 2 0 1 0
  Distefano 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 1
Herr 2b 3 0 1 0
  Jeltz 2b 0 0 0 0
Hayes V. 1b 3 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 1 1 0
Ready lf 4 1 1 0
Thon ss 4 1 2 1
Hayes C. 3b 4 1 2 3
Lake c 4 1 1 1
McWilliams p 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 2 1 1 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 000 100 000130
Philadelphia 000 501 00x6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  L (0-1) 7.0 9 6 6 2 7
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams   3.1 3 1 1 4 2
  Harris  W (2-2) 3.1 0 0 0 3 1
  Parrett   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McDowell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
7
4

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Philadelphia Ready (9,off Reed); Dykstra (23,off Reed).  3B–Philadelphia Harris (1,off Reed).  HR–Philadelphia C Hayes (2,4th inning off Reed 2 on, 0 out); Lake (2,6th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Cangelosi (1,off Harris).  HBP–King (1,by McWilliams).  IBB–V Hayes (9,by Reed).  SB–Cangelosi (10,2nd base off Harris/Lake); Herr (7,2nd base off Reed/Ortiz).  WP–Harris (9).  BK–Reed (1).  HBP–McWilliams (3,King).  IBB–Reed (1,V Hayes).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:46.  A–35,569.
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