Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 30, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1983 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 9, Chicago Cubs 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 2 1 0
Puhl rf 4 2 2 2
Thon ss 5 1 1 1
Garner 3b 5 0 1 1
Cruz lf 5 1 1 1
Knight 1b 5 2 3 1
Ashby c 4 1 2 1
Reynolds 2b 4 0 2 2
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sandberg 2b 5 2 3 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 3 2 3
Durham cf 5 2 2 2
Cey 3b 5 0 3 1
Moreland rf 3 0 2 1
Johnstone lf 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Nordhagen ph 1 0 0 0
Davis c 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 0 0 0 0
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Houston 100 240 0209131
Chicago 310 201 0007120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   4.0 9 6 5 3 1
  Dawley  W (3-1) 3.0 2 1 1 3 2
  DiPino  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
6
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   4.2 10 7 7 2 3
  Brusstar   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Campbell  L (2-2) 2.0 2 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
3
7

  E–Reynolds (1).  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Moreno (7,off Jenkins); Knight (11,off Jenkins), Chicago Sandberg (4,off LaCoss); Cey (6,off Dawley).  3B–Houston Puhl (2,off Campbell).  HR–Houston Cruz (2,4th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Buckner 2 (4,2nd inning off LaCoss 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Dawley 0 on, 2 out); Durham (9,4th inning off LaCoss 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Moreno (2,by Campbell); Davis (2,by LaCoss).  SH–Bowa 2 (5,off LaCoss 2); Moreland (1,off Dawley).  SB–Puhl (3,2nd base off Jenkins/Davis); Sandberg (10,2nd base off LaCoss/Ashby).  CS–Sandberg (4,2nd base by LaCoss/Ashby).  BK–LaCoss (1), Campbell (1).  IBB–LaCoss (6,Davis); Campbell (7,Moreno).  T–2:54.  A–26,487.
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