Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 27, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1986 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Bosley lf 4 1 1 0
Moreland 1b 3 0 0 0
Francona rf 3 0 1 0
Dunston ss 4 0 0 0
Speier 3b 3 0 0 1
Martin c 2 0 0 0
  Davis J. ph,c 1 0 0 0
Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  Davis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Dernier ph 1 0 1 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 1 1 0
Pankovits 2b 3 2 1 2
Garner 3b 5 1 4 2
Davis 1b 3 0 0 1
Bass rf 4 1 2 1
Cruz lf 4 0 1 1
Ashby c 3 1 1 0
Thon ss 3 1 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Chicago 000 000 100140
Houston 003 300 10x7110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  L (5-4) 3.1 5 5 5 3 1
  Davis   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Trout   2.0 4 1 1 2 1
  Gumpert   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (9-8) 6.0 1 0 0 2 5
  Kerfeld  SV (6) 3.0 3 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  SF–Davis (7,off Moyer).  SB–Dernier (19,2nd base off Kerfeld/Ashby); Hatcher (29,2nd base off Moyer/Martin); Ashby (1,3rd base off Moyer/Martin); Thon (4,2nd base off R Davis/Martin); Pankovits (1,2nd base off R Davis/Martin); Garner (12,2nd base off R Davis/Martin); Bass (16,2nd base off Trout/J Davis).  CS–Francona (1,2nd base by Ryan/Ashby).  BK–Moyer (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:39.  A–24,198.
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