Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres
April 8, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego Padres 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 5 3 3 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 1 2
Matthews lf 2 0 2 1
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Veryzer ss 2 0 1 0
Durham 1b 3 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 0 0 0 1
  Buckner 1b 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 1
Hall rf 5 1 2 1
Lake c 5 1 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Ruthven p 3 1 1 0
  Woods lf 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 1 0
  Dernier pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 12 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 2 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 2 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 1
  Salazar pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 1
Kennedy c 4 0 2 1
Martinez lf 4 0 2 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
McReynolds cf 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Show p 2 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 1 1 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Dravecky p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Chicago 000 010 112 38121
San Diego 000 001 202 05123
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   6.1 8 3 3 1 2
  Stoddard   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Smith  W (1-1) 3.0 2 2 2 3 3
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
5
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show   6.2 7 2 2 4 1
  Lefferts   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  DeLeon   1.1 2 3 2 0 1
  Monge   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Dravecky   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
8
4
6
4

  E–Bowa (2), Nettles (1), Templeton (2), DeLeon (1).  DP–Chicago 2, San Diego 1.  PB–Kennedy (1).  2B–Chicago Ruthven (1,off Show); Matthews (1,off Show), San Diego Garvey (1,off Ruthven); Kennedy (2,off Ruthven).  3B–Chicago Sandberg (1,off Thurmond), San Diego Gwynn (1,off Stoddard).  HR–Chicago Hall (1,8th inning off DeLeon 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Sandberg (2,off DeLeon); Dernier (1,off Thurmond); McReynolds (1,off Smith).  HBP–Cotto (1,by DeLeon).  IBB–Nettles (1,by Stoddard); Kennedy (1,by Smith).  SB–Sandberg (1,Home off Thurmond/Kennedy).  CS–Hall (1,2nd base by Show/Kennedy); Martinez (1,Home by Smith/Lake).  WP–Smith (1), Show (1).  BK–Stoddard (1).  HBP–DeLeon (1,Cotto).  IBB–Stoddard (1,Nettles); Smith (1,Kennedy).  T–3:17.  A–24,285.
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