Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
July 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1986 at Candlestick Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, San Francisco Giants 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 3b 4 1 1 0
  Speier 3b 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 5 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Moreland rf 3 2 2 2
Davis c 3 0 1 1
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Cey ph 0 0 0 0
  Fontenot p 0 0 0 0
Francona 1b 3 0 0 1
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Lynch p 1 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kutcher cf 4 1 1 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Brenly ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 0 2 1
Davis C. rf,cf 3 1 2 1
Brown 3b 4 0 1 0
Aldrete 1b 3 0 0 0
  Woodard pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 0 0 0
Uribe ss 1 1 0 0
  Youngblood ph,2b,1b 2 0 1 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 1 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Quinones ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Chicago 000 003 000 1471
San Francisco 000 002 001 0380
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch   6.0 5 2 0 2 4
  Gumpert   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Smith  W (6-6) 1.2 1 1 1 1 4
  Fontenot  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
1
3
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   6.0 4 3 3 5 3
  Robinson   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Berenguer  L (1-2) 1.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Williams   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Davis   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
4
4
9
6

  E–Dunston (15).  DP–Chicago 1, San Francisco 2.  TP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Dunston (23,off LaCoss); Moreland (13,off LaCoss); Sandberg (16,off Robinson).  HR–San Francisco C Davis (9,9th inning off Smith 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Francona (1,off M Davis).  IBB–Sandberg (4,by LaCoss); Moreland (7,by Robinson).  SB–Lopes (16,2nd base off LaCoss/Melvin); Bosley (2,2nd base off Berenguer/Melvin).  CS–Moreland (5,2nd base by LaCoss/Melvin); Leonard (2,2nd base by Lynch/J Davis); Woodard (1,2nd base by Smith/J Davis).  WP–Robinson (7).  IBB–LaCoss (3,Sandberg); Robinson (5,Moreland).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:26.  A–18,216.
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