St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Guerrero 1b 1 0 0 0
Zeile c 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 1
Pendleton 3b 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 0
Thompson cf 3 0 0 0
Hill p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 1
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 1
Bonilla 3b 3 2 3 0
Reynolds rf 4 0 0 1
Distefano 1b 2 0 0 0
  King ph,1b 2 0 1 1
LaValliere c 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 2 1 2 0
Patterson p 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
St. Louis 100 000 000140
Pittsburgh 100 101 10x490
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  L (7-14) 5.1 6 3 3 1 4
  Horton   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Power   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Dayley   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson  W (4-2) 8.0 4 1 1 2 6
  Landrum  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Zeile (5).  2B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (37,off Hill); Bell (11,off Power).  3B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (10,off Hill).  SH–Patterson 2 (2,off Hill,off Horton).  CS–Coleman (10,2nd base by Patterson/LaValliere).  SB–Bonds (32,2nd base off Hill/Zeile).  WP–Hill (11).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:22.  A–8,101.
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