Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 17, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Houston Astros 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 3 1 1 0
Reynolds cf 4 0 1 1
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
King 1b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 0
Robinson p 1 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 3 1 0 0
Biggio c 4 1 2 1
Spilman 1b 3 2 2 1
Puhl lf 4 0 1 2
  Hatcher lf 0 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 2 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Deshaies p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 101 001 000371
Houston 200 110 10x593
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (5-11) 5.0 8 4 4 2 0
  Heaton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bair   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (11-6) 9.0 7 3 2 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
0
6

  E–Robinson (3), Doran (10), Ramirez (27), Deshaies (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Lind (16,off Deshaies), Houston Bass (13,off Robinson).  3B–Houston Puhl (4,off Robinson).  SH–Bell (5,off Deshaies); Robinson (3,off Deshaies).  IBB–Ramirez (2,by Robinson).  CS–Reynolds (3,2nd base by Deshaies/Biggio).  SB–Biggio (18,3rd base off Robinson/Ortiz); Caminiti (4,2nd base off Bair/Ortiz).  WP–Robinson 2 (5), Bair (3).  IBB–Robinson (8,Ramirez).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:44.  A–25,325.
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