San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1982 at Wrigley Field. The San Diego Padres 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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San Diego Padres 9, Chicago Cubs 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 2 2 0
Flannery 2b 4 2 2 3
Lezcano rf 5 1 2 2
Jones cf 5 1 2 2
Kennedy c 5 0 1 0
Lefebvre 3b 3 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 2 1 0 0
Welsh p 3 1 2 2
  DeLeon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 1 3 0
Sandberg 3b 5 2 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 2 1 1
Moreland rf 5 1 3 4
Durham cf 4 0 0 0
Woods lf 2 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Davis c 3 0 1 0
Bird p 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Larson p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 38 7 12 6
San Diego 211 401 0009121
Chicago 102 000 4007121
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh  W (3-1) 6.1 10 7 6 4 3
  DeLeon  SV (2) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (3-5) 3.2 7 7 7 1 0
  Tidrow   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Larson   3.0 3 1 1 2 0
  Smith   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
3
2

  E–Welsh (2), Wills (9).  DP–San Diego 1, Chicago 1.  2B–San Diego Welsh (1,off Bird); Flannery (5,off Tidrow); Lezcano (10,off Tidrow), Chicago Buckner (9,off Welsh); Moreland (8,off Welsh); Wills (7,off DeLeon).  HR–San Diego Jones (7,1st inning off Bird 1 on, 2 out); Lezcano (5,3rd inning off Bird 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Flannery (1,off Larson).  SB–Richards (4,2nd base off Larson/Davis).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:39.  A–20,093.
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