Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 0 0
Hudler 2b 4 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 2 0
Brooks rf 4 0 2 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald 3b 1 0 0 0
Grissom cf 3 1 1 0
Santovenia c 4 0 1 1
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
  Noboa ss 1 0 0 0
Gross p 1 0 0 0
  Candelaria p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 2 2 2
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 2 3 2
Van Slyke cf 4 1 2 1
Bonilla 1b 4 1 2 3
Reynolds rf 3 1 0 0
King 3b 4 0 1 0
LaValliere c 2 1 0 1
  Bilardello pr,c 0 0 0 0
Lind 2b 3 1 1 0
  Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0
Heaton p 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 1 0 0 0
  Hall lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9
Montreal 000 000 100170
Pittsburgh 500 301 00x9110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  L (11-12) 3.1 6 7 7 2 4
  Candelaria   1.2 2 1 1 2 1
  McGaffigan   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Thompson   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
5
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  W (5-7) 6.0 4 0 0 0 7
  Bair   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Brooks (27,off Heaton); Santovenia (14,off Bair); Galarraga (26,off Bair), Pittsburgh Bonds (31,off Gross); Lind (20,off Gross); King (12,off Candelaria); Bell (10,off McGaffigan).  3B–Pittsburgh Bonds (6,off Candelaria); Van Slyke (9,off McGaffigan).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonilla (23,1st inning off Gross 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Bell (2,off Candelaria).  IBB–Lind (7,by Candelaria).  SB–Bonds (31,3rd base off Gross/Santovenia); Reynolds (22,2nd base off Gross/Santovenia).  IBB–Candelaria (2,Lind).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:30.  A–11,926.
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