St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
  Jones ss 1 1 1 0
Thompson cf 4 0 2 0
Guerrero 1b 4 1 1 3
Pendleton 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Durham ph 1 0 0 0
Hill p 1 0 0 0
  Morris rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 3 2 1 0
Lind 2b 5 0 0 1
Van Slyke cf 3 2 1 1
Bonilla 3b 5 0 2 2
Wilson rf 4 0 3 1
LaValliere c 4 0 0 0
King 1b 4 2 1 0
Bell ss 4 1 2 1
Walk p 3 0 2 1
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
St. Louis 000 000 030371
Pittsburgh 010 402 00x7120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  L (6-8) 3.2 7 5 4 4 2
  DiPino   2.1 4 2 2 0 1
  Quisenberry   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  W (9-7) 8.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Landrum   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
2

  E–Smith (14).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Walk (2,off Hill); Bell (4,off Hill); Van Slyke (11,off DiPino); Bonilla (25,off DiPino).  3B–Pittsburgh Walk (2,off Quisenberry).  HR–St. Louis Guerrero (10,8th inning off Walk 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Walk (5,off Hill).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:37.  A–13,884.
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