Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1987 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 2 2 0
Van Slyke rf 4 1 3 2
Ray 2b 5 0 0 0
Bream 1b 3 1 1 0
Morrison 3b 4 1 2 1
Bonilla lf 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 1 3 2
Belliard ss 4 0 1 1
Kipper p 4 0 1 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 1 0
Davis J. c 4 0 0 0
Dayett lf 3 0 2 0
  Davis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
Durham 1b 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Walker lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 4 0
Pittsburgh 100 004 0016131
Chicago 000 000 000041
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kipper  W (1-1) 9.0 4 0 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (1-1) 5.2 9 5 1 1 4
  DiPino   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Davis   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
2
2
6

  E–Bream (1), Dunston (2).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (3,off Lynch); LaValliere (1,off Lynch); Bonds (2,off R Davis), Chicago Sandberg (4,off Kipper).  3B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (2,off Lynch); Belliard (2,off DiPino).  CS–Bream (1,2nd base by Lynch/J Davis).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:31.  A–6,956.
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