Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1987 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 2, Chicago Cubs 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf,lf 6 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 0 0
Perry lf,1b 5 0 0 0
Murphy rf 5 0 1 0
Simmons 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hall pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Thomas ss 3 0 1 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 1 0
  Ramirez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Virgil c 4 0 1 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Puleo p 3 1 1 1
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sandberg 2b 6 0 2 0
Mumphrey lf 3 0 0 0
  Dayett ph 1 0 1 2
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Noles p 1 0 0 0
Dawson rf 5 0 1 1
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis c 5 0 1 0
  Maddux pr 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 1 0
  Moyer pr 0 0 0 0
  Trillo 3b 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 5 0 0 0
Martinez cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 0 0 0 0
  Dernier pr,cf 2 2 2 0
Totals 44 3 10 3
Atlanta 001 000 001 000260
Chicago 000 000 020 0013101
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Puleo   7.1 4 2 2 2 6
  Assenmacher   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Garber   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon  L (2-1) 3.2 5 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.2
10
3
3
4
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   8.0 4 1 1 3 7
  Smith   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Noles  W (3-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
6
2
2
5
11

  E–Sutcliffe (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Murphy (9,off Sutcliffe), Chicago Sandberg 2 (11,off Puleo 2); Martinez (2,off Puleo); Dayett (3,off Assenmacher); J Davis (5,off Dedmon).  HR–Atlanta Puleo (1,3rd inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Hubbard (8,by Sutcliffe); Dawson (1,by Assenmacher).  SB–Hall (8,2nd base off Noles/J Davis); Dernier (4,2nd base off Dedmon/Virgil).  CS–Thomas (3,2nd base by Sutcliffe/J Davis).  IBB–Assenmacher (3,Dawson); Sutcliffe (4,Hubbard).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:50.  A–37,259.
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