Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
July 27, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1989 at Shea Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 10, New York Mets 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 2 1 0
King 1b 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 2 0 0
Bonds lf 4 2 2 2
Reynolds rf 4 2 2 4
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 0 1 0 1
  LaValliere c 1 0 0 0
Robinson p 2 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Little ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph,ss 1 0 1 3
Totals 37 10 10 10
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 4 1 1 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 4 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 2 2 1 0
Strawberry rf 5 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 5 2 1 0
Jefferies 2b 3 2 0 1
Sasser c 4 0 1 2
Elster ss 5 0 3 3
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 1 0
  West p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 6
Pittsburgh 500 000 50010103
New York 004 022 000890
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   2.2 6 4 0 2 0
  Heaton   2.1 3 2 2 2 1
  Kipper  W (3-3) 1.0 0 2 0 1 1
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Landrum  SV (15) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
2
5
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   3.0 6 5 5 3 0
  Innis   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  West   1.1 1 3 3 1 0
  Aase  L (1-3) 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Myers   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Aguilera   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
7
4

  E–Lind (11), Bonilla (23), Bell (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Samuel (6,off Robinson); McReynolds (18,off Heaton); Elster (13,off Heaton).  3B–Pittsburgh Bell (1,off Myers).  HR–Pittsburgh Reynolds (5,1st inning off Fernandez 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bonilla (12,by Fernandez); Samuel (2,by Heaton).  SH–Sasser (1,off Heaton).  SF–Jefferies (3,off Kipper).  HBP–Jefferies (4,by Heaton).  SB–Lind (10,2nd base off West/Sasser); Johnson 2 (25,2nd base off Heaton/Ortiz,2nd base off Kipper/Ortiz).  HBP–Heaton (5,Jefferies).  IBB–Heaton (10,Samuel); Fernandez (3,Bonilla).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:10.  A–39,447.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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