Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 21, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 1 2 0
Hudler 2b 4 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 5 2 3 0
Brooks rf 4 2 1 2
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Fitzgerald 3b 4 1 1 4
  Foley 3b 0 0 0 0
Grissom cf 3 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete rf 0 0 0 0
Santovenia c 4 0 1 0
Owen ss 4 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 3 0 1 0
  Martinez D. cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 1
Van Slyke cf 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 3 1
Reynolds rf 4 1 2 0
Redus 1b 3 1 0 0
LaValliere c 4 1 1 3
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Smiley p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Montreal 400 020 0006100
Pittsburgh 000 101 300591
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (16-6) 6.1 7 5 5 1 2
  Smith   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Burke  SV (27) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (12-8) 4.1 8 6 6 2 2
  Smith   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Belinda   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
5

  E–Lind (16).  DP–Montreal 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (34,off Dennis Martinez); Bonds (32,off Dennis Martinez).  3B–Pittsburgh Reynolds (2,off Dennis Martinez).  HR–Montreal Fitzgerald (7,1st inning off Smiley 3 on, 1 out); Brooks (12,5th inning off Smiley 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh LaValliere (1,7th inning off Dennis Martinez 2 on, 1 out).  SB–Raines 4 (37,3rd base off Smiley/LaValliere,2nd base off Smith/LaValliere,3rd base off Smith/LaValliere,2nd base off Belinda/LaValliere); Galarraga (12,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere); Hudler (14,2nd base off Smith/LaValliere); Van Slyke (16,2nd base off Dennis Martinez/Santovenia); Redus (25,2nd base off Dennis Martinez/Santovenia).  CS–Bonilla (8,2nd base by Dennis Martinez/Santovenia).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:53.  A–6,753.
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