Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
September 7, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1985 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 5 1 1 1
Rose 1b 4 1 0 0
Parker rf 5 3 3 5
Esasky lf 5 0 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 1 0
Oester 2b 4 1 2 0
Browning p 2 0 1 0
  Runnells ph 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Buchanan p 0 0 0 0
  Stuper p 0 0 0 0
  Krenchicki ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 1 1 1
Matthews lf 4 2 2 2
  Speier 3b 1 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 1 0
Moreland rf 3 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 2 1 2
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Durham 1b 4 1 2 3
Davis c 4 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 1 2 0
Eckersley p 1 1 1 1
  Baller p 1 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 9
Cincinnati 100 101 0047110
Chicago 110 100 60x9100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   6.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Franco  L (11-2) 0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Hume   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Buchanan   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Stuper   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley   4.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Baller  W (1-3) 3.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Sorensen   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith   1.0 3 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
4

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (10,off Eckersley); Parker (35,off Baller); Esasky (17,off Baller), Chicago Dunston (8,off Franco).  HR–Cincinnati Milner (1,1st inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out); Parker 2 (27,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Smith 3 on, 2 out), Chicago Eckersley (1,2nd inning off Browning 0 on, 2 out); Cey (19,4th inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out); Matthews (10,7th inning off Franco 1 on, 1 out); Durham (17,7th inning off Buchanan 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Runnells (2,off Baller); Hatcher (2,off Franco).  HBP–Dernier (2,by Browning).  SB–Dernier (22,2nd base off Browning/Diaz); Sandberg (42,2nd base off Hume/Diaz).  HBP–Browning (2,Dernier).  T–2:31.  A–30,300.
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