Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1989 at Fulton County Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 7, Atlanta Braves 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 6 0 0 0
Biggio c 3 1 1 1
  Spilman ph 0 1 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 1 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Nichols ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Bass lf 6 1 1 4
Davis 1b 6 0 2 0
Puhl rf 2 1 1 0
  Davidson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Anthony ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Yelding ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Doran 2b 4 1 1 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds 2b 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 6 0 1 1
Rhoden p 1 0 1 0
  Cano p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,c 3 2 1 1
Totals 49 7 11 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant cf 7 0 0 0
Treadway 3b 5 2 1 0
Justice rf 6 1 1 0
Smith lf 4 2 1 0
Evans 1b 6 1 2 2
Lemke 2b 6 0 2 4
Thomas ss 5 0 0 0
Mizerock c 5 0 1 0
  Wetherby ph 1 0 0 0
Richards p 2 0 0 0
  Castillo p 1 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 0 1 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 9 6
Houston 010 001 400 000 017111
Atlanta 301 020 000 000 00690
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden   2.1 5 4 4 2 0
  Cano   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Schatzeder   2.0 1 2 2 3 3
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Darwin   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Andersen  W (4-4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Meyer  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
9
6
6
6
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Richards   5.1 5 2 2 3 1
  Castillo   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Eichhorn   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Henry   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Stanton   3.0 3 0 0 1 4
  Boever  L (4-11) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
14.0
11
7
7
7
9

  E–Lombardozzi (2).  DP–Houston 2, Atlanta 3.  PB–Biggio (9).  2B–Houston Puhl (23,off Richards), Atlanta Lemke (1,off Rhoden).  3B–Atlanta Lemke (1,off Schatzeder).  HR–Houston Biggio (12,6th inning off Richards 0 on, 0 out); Bass (5,7th inning off Eichhorn 3 on, 2 out); Trevino (2,14th inning off Boever 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Caminiti (3,off Eichhorn).  IBB–L Smith (3,by Schatzeder); Thomas (3,by Schatzeder).  WP–Richards (1).  IBB–Schatzeder 2 (4,L Smith,Thomas).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John McSherry.  T–4:06.  A–2,794.
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