Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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."

"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)
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Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 1 2 1
Durham 1b 3 2 2 0
Moreland 3b 3 0 2 2
Berryhill c 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 1 0
Sutcliffe p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 0 2 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 2
Van Slyke cf 2 0 1 1
Coles 3b 3 0 1 0
Bream 1b 4 1 1 1
Reynolds rf 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 2 3 0
Fermin ss 3 0 0 0
Fisher p 2 1 2 1
  Robinson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Chicago 010 002 000381
Pittsburgh 020 300 00x5110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (18-10) 8.0 11 5 5 3 4
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (11-9) 6.0 8 3 3 1 4
  Robinson  SV (13) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
6

  E–Berryhill (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Sutcliffe (5,off Fisher); Moreland (27,off Fisher), Pittsburgh Fisher (1,off Sutcliffe); Lind (7,off Sutcliffe); Van Slyke (35,off Sutcliffe); Bonds (32,off Sutcliffe).  3B–Chicago Durham (1,off Fisher).  HR–Chicago Dawson (48,6th inning off Fisher 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bream (13,2nd inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Moreland (9,off Fisher).  SH–Lind (6,off Sutcliffe); Fermin (2,off Sutcliffe).  SB–Bonds (30,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  WP–Sutcliffe 2 (9), Fisher (3).  U–Joe West, Randy Marsh, Bob Engel.  T–2:19.
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