Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1987 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 1 3 0
Trillo 1b 0 0 0 0
Dawson rf 3 0 0 1
Dayett lf 3 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 0 0
Noce 2b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 1 1
Brumley ss 3 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 3 0 0 0
  Palmeiro lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 4 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 2 0 1 0
Ray 2b 3 2 1 0
Bonilla 1b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 1 2 2
Morrison 3b 4 1 2 1
LaValliere c 2 0 1 1
Belliard ss 3 0 0 0
  Bream ph 0 0 0 1
  Pedrique ss 0 0 0 0
Kipper p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 1 1 1
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
Chicago 100 010 000240
Pittsburgh 000 100 05x690
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (10-4) 7.0 6 3 3 4 6
  Smith   0.2 3 3 3 3 1
  Lynch   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
7
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kipper   7.1 4 2 2 5 6
  Jones  W (2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (13,off Sutcliffe); Morrison (20,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Chicago Sundberg (3,5th inning off Kipper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trillo (4,off Kipper); Van Slyke (2,off Smith).  SF–Dawson (2,off Kipper).  IBB–Ray (2,by Smith); LaValliere (3,by Smith).  SB–Dernier (10,2nd base off Kipper/LaValliere); Cangelosi (11,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Sundberg).  CS–Dernier 2 (4,2nd base by Kipper/LaValliere 2); Bonds (4,2nd base by Sutcliffe/Sundberg).  WP–Smith (4).  IBB–Smith 2 (3,Ray,LaValliere).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:52.  A–25,304.
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