San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 4, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 9, Cincinnati Reds 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 1 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Bathe c 2 0 1 2
  Garrelts pr 0 1 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Riles ph,2b 3 1 2 1
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
  Laga 1b 2 1 2 3
Williams 3b,ss,3b 5 0 0 0
Sheridan rf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Litton ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Kennedy c 3 1 2 1
  McCament p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Nixon lf,cf 4 1 2 0
Uribe ss 2 0 0 0
  Weaver rf 1 0 0 0
  Brenly ph,c 1 1 0 0
Downs p 1 0 0 0
  Knepper p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph,3b 2 0 0 0
  Benjamin ss 0 0 0 0
  Speier ph,ss 1 1 1 1
Totals 41 9 13 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Winningham cf 5 1 0 0
Quinones 2b 5 2 3 2
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 2
Griffey lf 3 0 0 0
  Roomes ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 1 0
Benzinger 1b 4 2 3 2
Sabo 3b 5 1 1 1
Oliver c 4 0 2 1
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
Duncan ss 4 0 0 0
Leary p 2 1 1 0
  Oester ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
San Francisco 000 000 2259131
Cincinnati 105 011 0008131
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs   2.2 7 6 6 0 2
  Knepper   2.1 4 1 1 0 3
  Wilson   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  McCament   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Camacho  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Bedrosian  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
3
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Leary   8.0 7 4 4 0 6
  Charlton   0.1 2 3 2 0 0
  Franco  L (3-7) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Dibble   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
0
6

  E–Uribe (15), Sabo (11).  HR–San Francisco Clark (21,7th inning off Leary 0 on, 0 out); Kennedy (5,7th inning off Leary 0 on, 2 out); Laga (1,8th inning off Leary 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Quinones (11,1st inning off Downs 0 on, 1 out); Benzinger (16,5th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Benzinger (8,by Bedrosian).  WP–Downs (2).  IBB–Bedrosian (5,Benzinger).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:35.  A–15,140.
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