Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1987 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 1 0
Dawson rf 4 1 2 3
Dayett lf 3 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 1 0
Trillo 1b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Quinones ss 4 0 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf,rf 4 1 0 0
Stillwell ss 3 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 1
O'Neill rf 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 2 0
Concepcion 2b 3 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Daniels ph 1 0 1 0
  Browning pr 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Chicago 100 002 000360
Cincinnati 000 001 000161
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  W (2-8) 5.0 1 0 0 2 4
  DiPino   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Noles   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (31) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (0-1) 6.0 4 3 3 0 7
  Williams   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Murphy   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hume   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
8

  E–Stillwell (22).  2B–Chicago Trillo (8,off Williams); Moreland (20,off Hume), Cincinnati Davis (23,off DiPino); Bell (17,off Smith).  3B–Chicago Dernier (3,off Rasmussen).  HR–Chicago Dawson (43,6th inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Sandberg (17,2nd base off Rasmussen/Diaz); Jones (29,2nd base off Smith/Sundberg).  CS–Stillwell (6,2nd base by Lynch/Sundberg).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:35.  A–33,485.
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