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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 27, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 27, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 27, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 27, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Magrane |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doug Drabek |
| Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 5,051 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dana DeMuth 1B: Steve Rippley 2B: Terry Tata 3B: Bruce Froemming |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Milt Thompson | Center Fielder |
| Ozzie Smith | Shortstop |
| Jose Oquendo | Second Baseman |
| Pedro Guerrero | First Baseman |
| Denny Walling | Left Fielder |
| Tom Brunansky | Right Fielder |
| Terry Pendleton | Third Baseman |
| Tony Pena | Catcher |
| Joe Magrane | Pitcher |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| John Cangelosi | Left Fielder |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Albert Hall | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Bonilla | First Baseman |
| R.J. Reynolds | Center Fielder |
| Jeff King | Third Baseman |
| Jose Lind | Second Baseman |
| Dann Bilardello | Catcher |
| Doug Drabek | Pitcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 27, 1989
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drabek
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Drabek
Smith hits a line drive into left field. Cangelosi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Oquendo vs. Drabek
Oquendo hits a line drive into left field. Cangelosi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cangelosi vs. Magrane
Cangelosi hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Walling. Cangelosi reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Magrane
Bell bunts towards third. Pendleton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cangelosi moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Hall vs. Magrane
Hall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Oquendo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Bonilla vs. Magrane
Bonilla takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Reynolds vs. Magrane
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Drabek
Guerrero strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walling vs. Drabek
Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Brunansky vs. Drabek
Brunansky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lind settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pendleton vs. Drabek
Pendleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walling moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Pena vs. Drabek
Pena hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Magrane
King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Oquendo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Magrane
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bilardello vs. Magrane
Bilardello hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Magrane vs. Drabek
Magrane hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonilla scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabek covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drabek
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Drabek
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Oquendo vs. Drabek
There goes Smith. The throw from Bilardello and he is safe. Smith steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Oquendo vs. Drabek
Oquendo hits a popup into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drabek vs. Magrane
Drabek hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cangelosi vs. Magrane
Cangelosi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Magrane
Bell takes first base on ball four. Cangelosi moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Hall vs. Magrane
Hall hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Magrane scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hall for the out. Cangelosi moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Bonilla vs. Magrane
Bonilla strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Drabek
Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walling vs. Drabek
Walling hits a line drive into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Drabek
Brunansky strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Magrane
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Magrane
King hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Magrane
There goes King. The throw from Pena and he is safe. King steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lind vs. Magrane
Lind hits a popup into center field for a base hit. King moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Bilardello vs. Magrane
Bilardello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. King scores. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Drabek vs. Magrane
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Drabek vs. Magrane
Drabek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Cangelosi vs. Magrane
Cangelosi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pendleton vs. Drabek
Pendleton hits a line drive into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Drabek
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Magrane vs. Drabek
Magrane hits a popup towards first. Bonilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Magrane
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Magrane
Hall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Bonilla vs. Magrane
Bonilla hits a line drive into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Magrane
There goes Hall. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Hall steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Reynolds vs. Magrane
Reynolds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
King vs. Magrane
King hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drabek
Thompson hits a line drive towards third. King reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Drabek
Smith hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oquendo vs. Drabek
There goes Smith. The throw from Bilardello and he is safe. Smith steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Oquendo vs. Drabek
Oquendo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lind reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Drabek
Guerrero strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Magrane
Lind hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Oquendo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bilardello vs. Magrane
Bilardello hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drabek vs. Magrane
Drabek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Cangelosi vs. Magrane
Cangelosi hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walling vs. Drabek
Walling hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Drabek
Brunansky strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pendleton vs. Drabek
Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Magrane
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Magrane
Hall hits a line drive into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Bonilla vs. Magrane
Bonilla hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Magrane
There goes Bell. The throw from Pena and he is out, Oquendo applying the tag. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Drabek
Tim Jones pinch hits for Tony Pena.
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Drabek
John Morris pinch hits for Joe Magrane.
Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Drabek
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Drabek
There goes Thompson. The throw from Bilardello and he is safe. Thompson steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Drabek
Smith hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Cangelosi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Terry
Tim Jones now playing shortstop. Tom Pagnozzi now catching. Scott Terry now pitching.
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Terry
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Terry
Lind hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Bilardello vs. Terry
Bilardello hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Oquendo vs. Drabek
Oquendo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Drabek
Guerrero hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Walling vs. Drabek
Walling strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/27/1989 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Thompson M, cf 3 0 0 0 Cangelosi J, lf 3 0 1 0
Smith O, ss 4 0 2 0 Bell J, ss 2 0 1 0
Terry S, p 0 0 0 0 Hall A, rf 4 0 1 0
Oquendo J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Bonilla B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Guerrero P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Reynolds R, cf 3 0 0 0
Walling D, lf 4 0 1 0 King J, 3b 3 1 1 0
Brunansky T, rf 3 0 0 0 Lind J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Pendleton T, 3b 3 0 1 0 Bilardello D, c 4 0 1 1
Pena T, c 2 0 0 0 Drabek D, p 3 0 1 0
Jones T, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Magrane J, p 2 0 0 0
Morris J, ph 1 0 0 0
Pagnozzi T, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 0 4 0 29 1 7 1
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
Pittsburgh 000 100 00x -- 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane J (L) 7.0 7 1 1 5 2
Terry S 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek D (W) 9.0 4 0 0 1 6
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 5, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Cangelosi J
SB -- Smith O 2, King J, Bilardello D, Lind J, Hall A, Thompson M
CS -- Bell J
T -- 2:22
A -- 5051
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