Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Chicago Cubs 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 2 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
Coles rf 4 0 2 0
LaValliere c 4 0 1 0
Belliard ss 4 0 0 0
Smiley p 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 6 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dunston ss 5 2 3 2
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 3 1 2 2
  Jackson rf 1 0 1 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 1 1 0
Trillo 1b 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro lf 3 0 0 1
Martinez cf 2 2 1 1
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 000061
Chicago 003 010 11x6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (0-1) 6.0 7 4 4 0 2
  Garcia   2.0 3 2 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (1-0) 9.0 6 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
5

  E–Van Slyke (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (1,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Chicago Dawson (3,3rd inning off Smiley 1 on, 2 out); Dunston (3,5th inning off Smiley 0 on, 2 out); Martinez (2,7th inning off Garcia 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sutcliffe (1,off Smiley).  SF–Palmeiro (1,off Garcia).  HBP–Martinez 2 (2,by Smiley,by Garcia).  SB–Van Slyke (1,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Davis); Dunston 2 (3,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere,2nd base off Garcia/LaValliere).  WP–Sutcliffe (3).  BK–Smiley 2 (2).  HBP–Smiley (1,Martinez); Garcia (1,Martinez).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:56.  A–35,084.
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