Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1987 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 1 0
Sasser c 4 1 1 0
  LaValliere c 0 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 2 2 2
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 4 0 2 1
Bielecki p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson p 1 1 1 1
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 0 1
Durham 1b 4 0 0 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Dawson rf 3 0 1 0
Mumphrey lf 4 0 0 0
Davis c 4 1 3 0
  Walker pr 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Rowdon 3b 4 0 1 1
Dunston ss 2 1 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
Sanderson p 2 0 0 0
  Brumley ph 0 0 0 0
  Trillo 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 020 100 001491
Chicago 010 010 100360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki   6.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Robinson  W (8-8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gott  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   7.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Smith  L (4-9) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5

  E–Bream (15).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Lind (2,off Sanderson); Reynolds (23,off Sanderson); Pedrique (10,off Sanderson), Chicago J Davis (12,off Bielecki); Martinez (17,off Bielecki).  3B–Chicago Rowdon (1,off Bielecki).  HR–Pittsburgh Reynolds (6,2nd inning off Sanderson 1 on, 1 out); J Robinson (1,9th inning off Smith 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bielecki (1,off Sanderson); Brumley (1,off Bielecki); Martinez (1,off Bielecki).  IBB–Bream (11,by Sanderson).  CS–Bonds (10,2nd base by Sanderson/J Davis).  SB–Dawson (10,2nd base off Bielecki/Sasser).  IBB–Sanderson (5,Bream).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:31.  A–8,054.
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