Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
September 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1989 at Shea Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, New York Mets 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher rf 6 0 2 0
Bell ss 6 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 6 3 4 2
Bonds lf 6 0 3 0
Redus 1b 4 2 1 0
LaValliere c 4 1 1 1
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Bilardello c 1 1 1 1
Lind 2b 6 0 1 1
Robinson p 2 1 2 3
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 8 15 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 5 0 0 1
Samuel cf 5 1 2 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 2
Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 6 1 3 0
Magadan 1b 3 0 1 0
Lyons c 2 0 1 1
  Thornton pr 0 1 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 5 1 0 0
Cone p 1 0 0 0
  Sasser ph,c 1 0 1 1
  Teufel ph 1 0 0 0
  Lombardi c 2 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 021 200 000 0038153
New York 001 200 020 000592
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   5.0 7 3 1 0 2
  Kipper   2.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Landrum   1.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Taylor  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Patterson  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
9
5
3
5
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone   4.0 8 5 5 0 4
  Musselman   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Aase   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Myers   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Innis  L (0-1) 2.0 4 3 1 0 1
Totals
12.0
15
8
6
3
8

  E–Bonilla 2 (32), Bilardello (3), Johnson (19), Lyons (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (28,off Musselman), New York McReynolds 2 (25,off Robinson,off Landrum).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonilla 2 (22,3rd inning off Cone 0 on, 2 out,12th inning off Innis 0 on, 1 out); Robinson (1,4th inning off Cone 1 on, 1 out), New York Johnson (34,8th inning off Kipper 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Redus (3,by Musselman); Magadan 2 (5,by Landrum,by Bair); Strawberry (12,by Bair).  SF–Jefferies (5,off Robinson).  SB–Redus 2 (23,2nd base off Aase/Lombardi,2nd base off Innis/Lombardi); Samuel 2 (34,2nd base off Robinson/LaValliere 2); Johnson (36,2nd base off Bair/Bilardello).  WP–Robinson (8), Cone (14).  IBB–Landrum (7,Magadan); Bair 2 (9,Strawberry,Magadan); Musselman (3,Redus).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–4:07.  A–41,722.
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