St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 27, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros 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, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 4 1 1 2
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Thompson lf 4 1 2 0
Walling 1b 3 0 1 1
Pendleton 3b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 1 1 0
Power p 2 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding 2b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0
Bass lf 4 2 2 0
Davis 1b 3 2 2 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 2
Puhl cf 2 1 1 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 3
Trevino c 3 0 1 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Biggio c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
St. Louis 002 001 000350
Houston 000 202 20x690
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Power  L (5-6) 5.2 6 4 4 2 4
  Costello   1.0 3 2 2 2 0
  DiPino   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (4-4) 6.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Meyer   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Smith  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Davis (21,off Power); Caminiti (27,off Power); Wilson (23,off Costello).  HR–St. Louis McGee (3,3rd inning off Forsch 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Forsch (6,off Power).  SF–Caminiti (4,off Power).  SB–Thompson (23,2nd base off Forsch/Trevino).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:53.  A–20,697.
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