Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 29, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 3 2 3
Treadway 2b 4 0 3 0
Smith lf 3 0 1 1
Murphy rf 4 0 1 0
Gregg 1b 4 0 0 0
Blauser 3b 4 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
Russell c 3 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
Glavine p 0 1 0 0
  Wetherby ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Whited ph 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 1 2 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
King 1b 2 1 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 1
Reynolds rf 4 1 2 1
Van Slyke cf 4 1 2 2
Ortiz c 2 0 0 0
Lind 2b 3 0 1 1
Drabek p 3 0 0 0
  Distefano 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Atlanta 002 001 010470
Pittsburgh 302 000 00x580
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  L (12-8) 5.0 8 5 5 3 1
  Valdez   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Castillo   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (11-10) 7.1 6 4 4 3 5
  Landrum  SV (19) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (15,off Glavine).  HR–Atlanta McDowell 2 (5,3rd inning off Drabek 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Drabek 0 on, 1 out).  SH–King (2,off Glavine).  SF–Bonilla (5,off Glavine).  IBB–Ortiz (4,by Glavine).  CS–L Smith (12,2nd base by Drabek/Ortiz); Hatcher (7,2nd base by Glavine/Russell).  SB–Bell (3,3rd base off Glavine/Russell); Reynolds (19,2nd base off Glavine/Russell).  IBB–Glavine (3,Ortiz).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:24.  A–9,686.
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