San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 3 1 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 2 0
Williams ss 4 2 1 3
Riles 3b 3 1 1 0
Weaver rf 4 0 2 2
Nixon lf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Speier ph 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Knepper p 0 0 0 0
  Laga ph 0 0 0 0
  Bathe ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Litton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Winningham cf 4 2 2 2
Quinones 2b 4 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 2 1 1 1
Griffey lf 3 1 2 3
  Roomes lf 1 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 3 0 0 0
Duncan ss 3 1 1 0
Armstrong p 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Madison ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
San Francisco 000 200 030580
Cincinnati 005 000 10x670
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (7-10) 4.0 5 5 5 1 3
  Knepper   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Lefferts   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Armstrong  W (2-1) 6.2 6 2 2 1 5
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mahler   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Franco  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
7

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Weaver (2,off Mahler), Cincinnati Duncan (12,off LaCoss).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (3,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Williams (16,4th inning off Armstrong 1 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Griffey (8,3rd inning off LaCoss 2 on, 1 out); Winningham (3,7th inning off Lefferts 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Thompson (13,by Mahler).  SH–Armstrong (2,off LaCoss).  SB–Weaver (1,2nd base off Armstrong/Oliver); Roomes (11,2nd base off Lefferts/Kennedy).  CS–Butler (14,2nd base by Armstrong/Oliver).  BK–LaCoss (5).  HBP–Mahler (9,Thompson).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:42.  A–16,389.
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