Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 2, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 5, St. Louis Cardinals 13

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
  Anthony ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 1 1 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 1 0 0 0
Bass lf 5 1 3 1
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman 1b 0 0 0 0
  Davidson ph,cf 2 1 1 2
Puhl rf,1b 4 1 3 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 2 0
  Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Rhoden p 0 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 1 0
  Nichols ph,c 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 1
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Cano p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds 3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 40 5 14 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 4 1 2 0
  Morris cf 1 1 1 1
Smith ss 4 1 0 1
Thompson lf 5 3 3 0
Guerrero 1b 4 1 1 1
  Durham 1b 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 3 2 3
Brunansky rf 5 2 3 2
Oquendo 2b 3 1 3 3
  Jones 2b 2 0 0 0
Zeile c 4 0 0 0
Power p 4 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 15 11
Houston 010 000 4005142
St. Louis 123 510 10x13150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (4-5) 1.2 5 3 3 0 1
  Cano   1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Meyer   2.0 4 6 4 4 2
  Clancy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rhoden   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
11
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Power  W (6-6) 6.1 12 4 4 0 2
  DiPino   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Quisenberry   2.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
0
5

  E–Doran (11), Caminiti (20).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Trevino (4).  2B–Houston Puhl 2 (22,off Power,off DiPino); Bass (17,off Power); Doran (24,off Power), St. Louis Oquendo (26,off Cano); Thompson (20,off Meyer); Brunansky (28,off Rhoden).  3B–Houston Davidson (1,off DiPino), St. Louis McGee (2,off Forsch); Oquendo (6,off Meyer).  HR–St. Louis Pendleton (12,2nd inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Brunansky (19,3rd inning off Cano 1 on, 1 out); Morris (2,7th inning off Rhoden 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Pendleton (2,off Meyer).  IBB–Zeile (1,by Meyer).  IBB–Meyer (1,Zeile).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:59.  A–47,580.
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