New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1986 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 12, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 3 0
Backman 2b 3 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 2 3 2
Carter c 4 2 1 3
Wilson lf 5 1 1 0
Heep rf 3 1 1 1
  Mitchell ph,rf 0 2 0 1
Knight 3b 5 0 4 2
Santana ss 5 1 1 1
Aguilera p 5 1 1 1
Totals 40 12 16 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 1 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 0 0 1
Moreland rf 4 0 0 0
Durham 1b 3 1 2 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 1 0
Davis c 4 1 1 1
Trillo 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Fontenot p 0 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
  Cey 3b 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 3 7 3
New York 000 401 06112161
Chicago 000 110 010370
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (6-3) 9.0 7 3 2 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
0
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (5-9) 6.0 8 5 5 1 3
  Fontenot   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Gumpert   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  DiPino   1.2 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
12
12
5
4

  E–Knight (8).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Dykstra (20,off Sanderson); Hernandez (21,off Fontenot), Chicago J Davis (20,off Aguilera).  3B–Chicago Durham (5,off Aguilera).  HR–New York Carter (19,4th inning off Sanderson 2 on, 0 out); Heep (4,6th inning off Sanderson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Backman (3,off DiPino); Matthews (1,off Aguilera); Cey (2,off Aguilera).  CS–Dykstra (7,2nd base by Fontenot/J Davis); Durham (7,2nd base by Aguilera/Carter).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:55.  A–28,725.
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