Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 14, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hall rf 5 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 1 2 1
Van Slyke cf 5 1 2 1
Bonilla 3b 3 0 1 0
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
King 1b 4 0 0 1
LaValliere c 4 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 0
Robinson p 2 0 1 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 0 0
  Kramer p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 1 0
McGee cf 3 0 2 0
  Thompson cf 1 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 2 0 0 1
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 2 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 0 0
Zeile c 2 0 0 1
Jones ss 4 1 2 0
Tewksbury p 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 31 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 000 100 3004100
St. Louis 100 001 001381
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   5.2 6 2 2 3 4
  Patterson  W (2-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kramer   2.1 1 1 1 1 3
  Kipper  SV (4) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   4.2 5 1 1 1 0
  DiPino   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Quisenberry   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Dayley  L (3-3) 0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Carpenter   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
5

  E–Thompson (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Bell 2 (9,off Tewksbury,off Dayley); Lind (18,off Quisenberry); Hall (1,off Dayley); Van Slyke (17,off Dayley); LaValliere (7,off Carpenter), St. Louis Jones (6,off Kramer); Smith (28,off Kipper).  IBB–Bonilla (19,by Dayley).  SF–Oquendo (8,off Robinson); Zeile (1,off Robinson).  SB–Bonds (29,2nd base off Tewksbury/Zeile); Bonilla (7,2nd base off Tewksbury/Zeile); Coleman (61,2nd base off Robinson/LaValliere); Pendleton 2 (9,2nd base off Robinson/LaValliere 2); McGee (8,2nd base off Robinson/LaValliere).  CS–Pendleton (4,2nd base by Kramer/LaValliere).  WP–Robinson 2 (10).  IBB–Dayley (9,Bonilla).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:58.  A–1,519.
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