Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 28, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1985 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 11, Cincinnati Reds 13

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 6 1 3 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 2 0
Lopes lf 3 2 2 1
Moreland rf 5 3 3 1
Cey 3b 5 2 2 4
Durham 1b 5 1 3 2
Davis c 4 0 2 2
Speier ss 5 1 2 1
Gura p 2 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Dayett ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 19 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Redus cf,lf 5 2 3 2
Concepcion ss 5 3 2 1
Parker rf 5 1 1 0
Knicely c 4 2 2 1
Perez 1b 3 2 3 4
  Milner pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Cedeno lf,1b 4 2 1 3
Oester 2b 4 0 1 1
Krenchicki 3b 3 1 2 1
Tibbs p 0 0 0 0
  Pastore p 1 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 2 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 15 13
Chicago 402 013 10011190
Cincinnati 000 506 20x13151
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   3.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Brusstar   2.2 3 4 4 4 2
  Frazier   0.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Sorensen  L (1-1) 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
8
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tibbs   2.1 7 6 6 2 2
  Pastore   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Hume   2.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Franco  W (2-1) 3.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
19
11
11
2
8

  E–Knicely (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Chicago Moreland (7,off Tibbs); Durham (6,off Hume), Cincinnati Oester (8,off Gura); Krenchicki (2,off Brusstar); Cedeno (8,off Frazier); Perez (1,off Sorensen).  3B–Chicago Cey (1,off Hume); Durham (1,off Hume).  HR–Chicago Cey (9,1st inning off Tibbs 1 on, 1 out); Speier (1,7th inning off Franco 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Perez (4,4th inning off Gura 2 on, 0 out); Redus (1,6th inning off Brusstar 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Lopes (3,off Tibbs); Davis (2,off Pastore).  SH–Franco (1,off Sorensen).  HBP–Cedeno (2,by Gura).  IBB–Redus (2,by Brusstar).  SB–Dernier (17,2nd base off Tibbs/Knicely); Cedeno (2,2nd base off Brusstar/Davis); Redus 2 (11,2nd base off Sorensen/Davis 2); Concepcion (6,2nd base off Sorensen/Davis).  WP–Frazier (1).  HBP–Gura (1,Cedeno).  IBB–Brusstar (2,Redus).  T–3:17.  A–15,121.
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