Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 1, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 0 0
Doran 2b 2 2 0 0
Bass lf 5 2 3 1
Davis 1b 4 0 2 1
Wilson rf 5 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 0 1 1
Biggio c 3 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 1 1 1
  Darwin p 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 5 2 2 0
Guerrero 1b 3 1 2 2
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 2 1
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 0
Pena c 2 0 1 0
  Walling ph 0 0 0 0
  Zeile ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hill p 1 0 0 0
  Costello p 1 0 0 0
  Thompson rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Houston 000 101 202690
St. Louis 101 000 100391
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (12-7) 6.0 6 2 2 3 1
  Darwin   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill   5.0 2 2 1 4 1
  Costello  L (3-3) 2.1 4 2 2 0 2
  Dayley   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Quisenberry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
5
3

  E–Pendleton (13).  2B–St. Louis Guerrero 2 (37,off Deshaies 2).  3B–Houston Bass (4,off Costello), St. Louis Smith (6,off Darwin).  HR–Houston Reynolds (2,7th inning off Costello 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Doran (2,off Dayley); Hill (5,off Deshaies).  HBP–Biggio (6,by Costello).  SF–Guerrero (10,off Darwin).  IBB–Oquendo (3,by Deshaies).  SB–Pendleton 2 (7,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio 2).  CS–McGee (6,2nd base by Darwin/Biggio).  HBP–Costello (2,Biggio).  IBB–Deshaies (6,Oquendo).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–3:20.  A–33,086.
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