Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 15, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1982 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 1
Wills 2b 3 0 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Moreland rf 4 0 0 0
Woods cf 3 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Sandberg 3b 2 1 1 0
Jenkins p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Walling rf,1b 4 1 1 0
Scott cf 3 0 0 1
  Loucks cf 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 2 3 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Heep 1b 4 0 1 1
  Puhl rf 0 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 2 2
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
Sutton p 2 0 1 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Chicago 001 000 000130
Houston 100 101 01x480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (2-4) 5.1 6 3 3 2 3
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Campbell   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (6-1) 9.0 3 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Garner (10,off Campbell).  3B–Houston Walling (1,off Jenkins).  SH–Jenkins (5,off Sutton); Sutton (2,off Smith).  SF–Scott (1,off Jenkins).  IBB–Ashby (3,by Campbell).  SB–Sandberg 2 (4,2nd base off Sutton/Ashby 2).  BK–Sutton (1).  IBB–Campbell (2,Ashby).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:18.  A–43,543.
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