Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 23, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1989 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 3 0 2 0
Biggio c 4 0 1 0
Bass lf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Anthony rf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Scott p 2 1 1 1
  Spilman ph 1 0 1 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 1b 3 1 1 1
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 1 2
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
Nixon rf 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 3 0
Reuschel p 2 0 1 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Houston 000 010 000170
San Francisco 100 002 00x370
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (20-10) 6.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Agosto   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Darwin   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (17-7) 9.0 7 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Puhl (25,off Reuschel).  HR–Houston Scott (1,5th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Williams (17,6th inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Reuschel (16,off Scott).  SF–Oberkfell (3,off Scott).  CS–Biggio (3,2nd base by Reuschel/Kennedy).  SB–Butler 2 (30,2nd base off Scott/Biggio 2).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:22.  A–46,664.
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