Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
September 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1987 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 4 1 1 2
Treadway 2b 4 0 2 0
  Concepcion ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 1
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 1 1 0
Larkin ss 4 1 2 0
Browning p 2 0 1 0
  Collins ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neill ph 1 0 1 1
  Garcia pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 0 1 0
Dawson rf 3 0 1 0
Dayett lf 5 0 1 1
Moreland 3b 4 2 3 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Baller p 0 0 0 0
Trillo 1b,3b 4 0 2 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 1 2
Sanderson p 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Durham 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Cincinnati 000 000 0044100
Chicago 010 100 1003100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   6.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Williams  W (4-0) 2.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Franco  SV (26) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   7.0 4 0 0 3 7
  Smith  L (4-8) 1.1 5 4 4 0 2
  DiPino   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Baller   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
10

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Treadway (1,off Smith); Daniels (22,off Smith), Chicago Moreland (22,off Browning); Dayett (13,off Williams).  SF–Parker (5,off DiPino); Dunston (2,off Browning).  IBB–Dawson (6,by Williams).  SB–Daniels 2 (23,2nd base off Sanderson/J Davis 2); Martinez (13,2nd base off Williams/Diaz).  IBB–Williams (7,Dawson).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:02.  A–19,715.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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