San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
May 3, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1987 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 2, Chicago Cubs 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 3 1 1 0
Flannery 3b 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 1 1
Kruk 1b 3 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 3 0 1 0
  Dravecky p 0 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Ready ph 1 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 1 2 0
Wynne cf 3 0 1 1
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Hawkins p 2 0 0 0
  Steels lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker lf 3 2 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Dawson rf 4 1 3 2
Durham 1b 3 0 2 2
Moreland 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 2 0 0 0
  Trillo ss 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Martinez cf 2 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
San Diego 000 001 001270
Chicago 101 010 10x481
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (0-3) 5.2 6 3 3 5 1
  Dravecky   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Booker   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
6
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (4-2) 8.1 7 2 1 4 7
  Smith  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
4
7

  E–Sundberg (1).  DP–San Diego 2, Chicago 1.  PB–Santiago (4).  2B–San Diego Gwynn (6,off Sutcliffe); Wynne (2,off Sutcliffe), Chicago Durham (2,off Hawkins); Dawson (6,off Hawkins).  3B–Chicago Sandberg (1,off Hawkins).  HR–Chicago Dawson (9,7th inning off Dravecky 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Templeton (3,by Sutcliffe); Durham (3,by Hawkins).  SB–Wynne 2 (3,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Sundberg 2); Cora (7,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Sundberg); Santiago (2,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Sundberg).  WP–Sutcliffe (1).  IBB–Hawkins (1,Durham); Sutcliffe (3,Templeton).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:54.  A–27,202.
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