Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
August 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1987 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 1
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 2 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 4 0 2 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis c 4 0 1 0
Quinones ss 2 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
Strawberry rf 2 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 3 2
Carter c 3 2 1 2
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 1
Santana ss 3 1 1 1
Darling p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 12 7
Chicago 000 000 010140
New York 011 021 02x7121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (15-5) 6.0 10 5 5 4 4
  Lynch   2.0 2 2 2 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (8-7) 9.0 4 1 1 3 11
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
11

  E–Carter (5).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Carter (3).  2B–Chicago Palmeiro (4,off Darling), New York Hernandez (19,off Sutcliffe); McReynolds (24,off Sutcliffe).  3B–New York Johnson (1,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Chicago Sandberg (13,8th inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out), New York Santana (5,6th inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 1 out); Carter (16,8th inning off Lynch 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Strawberry 2 (12,by Sutcliffe 2).  SB–Dawson (8,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Backman 2 (7,2nd base off Sutcliffe/J Davis 2).  CS–Dykstra (5,3rd base by Sutcliffe/J Davis).  WP–Sutcliffe (6).  IBB–Sutcliffe 2 (8,Strawberry 2).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:36.  A–43,440.
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