Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 11, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1986 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 5 0 2 1
Matthews lf 2 0 0 0
  Baller p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Moreland rf 4 1 1 0
Durham 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis c 4 1 1 0
Cey 3b 3 1 1 0
  Trillo pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 1 0 0
Trout p 3 1 1 1
  Dayett lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds lf 4 1 2 0
Khalifa ss 3 0 0 1
  Kemp ph 1 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Ray 2b 4 1 3 1
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Diaz 1b 2 0 0 0
  Bream ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 1 1
Orsulak cf 2 0 0 1
McWilliams p 1 0 0 0
  Almon ph 0 1 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Belliard ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Chicago 000 400 010570
Pittsburgh 000 002 002472
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Baller   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Smith  SV (1) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  L (0-1) 6.0 5 4 3 4 3
  Robinson   2.0 2 1 1 0 4
  Guante   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
4
7

  E–Khalifa (1), Brown (1).  2B–Chicago Dernier (1,off McWilliams), Pittsburgh Reynolds (2,off Trout); Ray (1,off Smith).  SF–Orsulak (1,off Smith).  CS–Reynolds (1,3rd base by Trout/J Davis).  WP–Robinson (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:32.  A–2,490.
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