St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1989 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 5 1 2 0
Thompson lf 4 1 2 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Guerrero 1b 3 1 2 2
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 2
Brunansky rf 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 0 0
Zeile c 3 0 1 0
Hill p 2 0 0 0
  Morris ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss,2b 5 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 1
  Doran ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Bass lf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 2 0
Wilson rf 4 1 2 1
Puhl cf 4 1 1 0
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 1
Rhoden p 1 0 0 0
  Trevino c 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
St. Louis 100 200 1015100
Houston 010 010 010390
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W (7-10) 6.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Dayley   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Worrell  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  L (1-5) 6.2 7 4 4 4 1
  Darwin   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Smith   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Smith (26,off Rhoden).  3B–St. Louis Zeile (1,off Rhoden).  HR–St. Louis Pendleton (11,4th inning off Rhoden 1 on, 0 out), Houston Wilson (10,8th inning off Dayley 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Rhoden (2,off Hill).  SB–Thompson (22,2nd base off Rhoden/Biggio); Guerrero (1,2nd base off Rhoden/Biggio); Puhl (8,2nd base off Hill/Zeile).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:04.  A–31,301.
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