Pirates @ Cubs
September 24, 1989

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Pirates 2 6 3
Cubs 4 13 1
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Pirates 2 6 3
Cubs 4 13 1

Benny Distefano Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .236
OBP .000 .329
At Bats 0 144
Hits 0 34
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 14

Jeff Pico Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - September 24, 1989
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Strikeout
Jeff Pico
Joe Girardi
Mark Grace
Ryne Sandberg
Vance Law
Domingo Ramos
Dwight Smith
Marvell Wynne
Andre Dawson
Benny Distefano
Jose Lind
R.J. Reynolds
Count: 0-2, 1 Out
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs

Gary Redus pinch hits for Mike LaValliere. Jeff Pico now pitching. Benny Distefano pinch hits for Gary Redus. Distefano strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lind hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Lind reaches second base with a double. Bonilla scores. Reynolds moves to third.
Top 9 Paul Assenmacher now pitching. Vance Law now playing third base. Van Slyke strikes out.
Top 9 Reynolds takes first base on ball four. Bonilla moves to second.
Top 9 Mitch Williams now pitching. Bonilla takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Salazar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Dawson trying to get to home. Reynolds throws the ball in to LaValliere who tags Dawson who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 8 Dawson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. LaValliere picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on LaValliere. Dawson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Dorn Taylor now pitching. John Cangelosi now playing center field. Bobby Bonilla now playing third base. Andy Van Slyke now playing first base. Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 King hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Bonds strikes out.
Top 8 John Cangelosi pinch hits for Rick Reed. Cangelosi hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Wynne hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mike LaValliere now catching. Wilkins strikes out.
Top 7 Mike LaValliere pinch hits for Dann Bilardello. LaValliere hits a line drive towards third. Salazar reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lind hits a line drive into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Van Slyke strikes out.
Top 7 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Dawson. Reynolds reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ramos hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Salazar strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rick Reed now pitching. Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bonilla strikes out.
Top 6 Dean Wilkins now pitching. King strikes out. There goes Bell. The throw from Girardi to second, and Bell is out.
Top 6 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind fields it and throws to second for the out. Wynne scores.
Bottom 5 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Wynne moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bob Patterson now pitching. Wynne hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Salazar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Billy Hatcher pinch hits for Jeff Robinson. Hatcher hits a popup into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bilardello bunts towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. Van Slyke moves to third. Lind moves to second.
Top 5 Lind hits a popup towards short. Ramos misplays the ball. That's an error on Ramos. Van Slyke moves to second.
Top 5 Van Slyke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Girardi is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Ramos strikes out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Salazar moves to second.
Bottom 4 Salazar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 There goes Dawson. The throw from Bilardello and he is out, Lind applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Reynolds strikes out.
Top 4 Bonilla hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 King strikes out.
Top 4 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Grace strikes out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sandberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out. Wynne scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Robinson spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Robinson. Wynne moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Wynne. The throw from Bilardello and he is safe. Wynne steals second.
Bottom 3 Wynne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonilla fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Robinson drops the ball.
Top 3 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilson covering, for the out.
Top 3 Bilardello strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Girardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ramos scores.
Bottom 2 Ramos hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Reynolds who is chasing the ball. Ramos reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Salazar strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dawson strikes out.
Top 2 Reynolds is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 2 Lind hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Van Slyke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Salazar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Grace hits a line drive towards center. Van Slyke catches it and throws to second to double up Smith.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sandberg scores. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sandberg hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Van Slyke. Sandberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Wynne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bonilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bell strikes out.
Top 1 Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.