Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 26, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1985 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 2 2 2 0
  Pankovits 2b 2 0 1 1
Cabell 1b 4 0 1 2
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 1
Bass lf 5 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 5 2 2 0
Puhl rf 5 2 2 1
Ashby c 4 0 0 1
Pena ss 3 2 1 1
  Walling ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Scott p 1 0 0 1
  Spilman ph,1b 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 10 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 5 1 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Lopes lf 2 2 1 2
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Moreland rf 3 2 1 2
Cey 3b 4 3 3 3
Davis c 4 1 2 2
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Fontenot p 1 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 1
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Bowa ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 10 10
Houston 140 002 1008100
Chicago 010 023 40x10101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   5.0 4 3 3 3 7
  Dawley   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Ross  L (0-2) 2.0 3 4 4 1 1
  DiPino   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
10
10
6
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Fontenot   5.0 5 5 5 0 2
  Brusstar   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Frazier  W (3-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Smith  SV (11) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
3
5

  E–Cey (5).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Puhl 2 (6,off Brusstar,off Frazier), Chicago Cey (3,off Dawley); Davis (9,off Dawley); Moreland (5,off Ross).  3B–Houston Cabell (1,off Fontenot); Garner (2,off Fontenot).  HR–Chicago Cey 2 (8,2nd inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Ross 1 on, 1 out); Lopes (4,5th inning off Scott 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Scott (2,off Fontenot).  HBP–Pankovits (1,by Frazier).  IBB–Ashby (1,by Frazier); Durham (5,by Scott); Lopes (1,by DiPino).  SB–Mumphrey (3,2nd base off Fontenot/Davis); Lopes 2 (13,2nd base off Scott/Ashby,3rd base off Scott/Ashby); Durham (2,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Dernier 2 (16,2nd base off Scott/Ashby,2nd base off DiPino/Ashby); Sandberg (12,2nd base off Ross/Ashby).  WP–Fontenot (1).  HBP–Frazier (1,Pankovits).  IBB–Scott (2,Durham); DiPino (4,Lopes); Frazier (3,Ashby).  T–2:56.  A–37,044.
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