Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 1 3 1
Sandberg 2b 5 0 2 1
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 0 1 0
McClendon lf 4 0 1 0
  Jackson pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Berryhill c 4 0 3 0
  Girardi pr,c 0 1 0 0
Law 3b 3 0 0 1
Dunston ss 4 1 2 1
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Lancaster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 3 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 2 2 1
Wilson rf 4 0 2 1
LaValliere c 2 0 1 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
King 1b 4 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 0 0 0
Smiley p 2 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Chicago 001 000 0034120
Pittsburgh 010 100 000281
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   6.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Wilson  W (5-0) 2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Williams   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lancaster  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley   6.1 8 1 0 0 3
  Bair   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Landrum  L (2-2) 2.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
0
5

  E–Smiley (4).  DP–Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Sandberg (16,off Smiley); Berryhill (13,off Smiley), Pittsburgh Bonilla (24,off Sutcliffe); Smiley (3,off Sutcliffe); Wilson (18,off Wilson).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonilla (14,2nd inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Law (5,off Landrum).  IBB–Bonds (17,by Sutcliffe); Reynolds (6,by Wilson).  CS–McClendon (4,2nd base by Smiley/LaValliere).  SB–Bonds (19,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  WP–Bair (2), Landrum (2).  IBB–Sutcliffe (5,Bonds); Wilson (3,Reynolds).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:06.  A–23,262.
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