Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 2, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1986 at Wrigley Field. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lopes cf 5 1 2 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Keough p 2 0 0 0
  Knepper p 0 0 0 0
  Doran ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Pankovits 2b 6 1 1 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 1 0 0 0
Garner 3b 3 0 1 0
  Walling ph,3b 5 1 2 1
Davis 1b 4 1 2 1
  Driessen 1b 3 1 2 1
Bass rf 8 1 3 1
Cruz lf 8 0 1 1
Ashby c 5 1 2 1
  Wine c 3 0 1 0
Thon ss 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 5 0 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 1
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker cf 0 0 0 0
  Gainey cf 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph,cf 4 1 1 1
Totals 70 8 18 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Dayett rf 5 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 7 1 1 0
Mumphrey lf,cf 4 0 1 0
  Dernier pr,cf 5 2 1 0
Moreland rf,1b 6 2 2 3
Durham 1b 3 1 1 2
  Walker pr 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Sutcliffe ph 0 0 0 0
  Sanderson pr 0 0 0 0
  Trillo pr,3b 3 0 0 0
Davis J. c 6 0 1 1
  Maddux pr,p 0 0 0 0
Speier 3b 3 1 2 1
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews ph,lf 3 0 1 0
Dunston ss 7 0 1 0
Moyer p 1 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph,lf 4 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Cey ph 0 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 63 7 12 7
Houston 010 002 001 000 000 0318181
Chicago 001 000 201 000 000 0307120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   7.0 4 3 3 1 5
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kerfeld   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Andersen   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Keough   5.0 1 0 0 3 4
  Knepper   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Solano   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Darwin  W (2-1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
18.0
12
7
7
9
12
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer   6.0 9 3 3 2 2
  Davis   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  DiPino   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Hoffman   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Trout   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Gumpert   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Maddux  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
18.0
18
8
8
4
11

  E–Pankovits (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Houston Cruz (16,off Moyer); Lopes (10,off Moyer); Bass (24,off Moyer); Walling (18,off Smith), Chicago Moreland (25,off Ryan); Dernier (13,off Solano).  HR–Houston Davis (27,6th inning off Moyer 0 on, 0 out); Hatcher (4,18th inning off Maddux 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Speier (6,3rd inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out); Durham (15,7th inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out); Moreland (9,17th inning off Solano 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Sandberg (3,off Knepper).  SF–J Davis (7,off Smith).  HBP–Sutcliffe (1,by Keough).  IBB–Durham (14,by Andersen); Speier 2 (3,by Smith,by Keough); Moreland (10,by Knepper).  SB–Lopes (24,2nd base off Smith/J Davis); Speier (2,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Dernier (21,2nd base off Andersen/Ashby); Walker (1,2nd base off Smith/Ashby).  CS–Sandberg (9,2nd base by Keough/Wine).  BK–Moyer (2).  HBP–Keough (2,Sutcliffe).  IBB–Andersen (8,Durham); Smith (3,Speier); Keough (3,Speier); Knepper (12,Moreland).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–5:14.  A–10,501.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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