Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1988 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 1 3 1
Sandberg 2b 4 1 0 0
Dawson rf 4 0 2 1
Palmeiro lf 4 0 2 1
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis c 2 0 2 0
  Roomes pr 0 1 0 0
  Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 1
Nipper p 2 0 0 0
  Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 2 1 1
Bream 1b 3 1 1 0
Reynolds rf 3 1 1 2
LaValliere c 4 0 3 2
Belliard ss 4 0 0 0
Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 1 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Chicago 101 000 2004110
Pittsburgh 000 003 02x580
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper   5.2 4 2 2 3 1
  Moyer   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Gossage  L (1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
5
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   5.2 9 2 2 0 3
  Kipper   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Robinson   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Gott  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Dawson (5,off Fisher); Palmeiro (7,off Fisher); Martinez (3,off Robinson), Pittsburgh Bream (7,off Nipper); Cangelosi (1,off Gossage).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonilla (6,6th inning off Nipper 0 on, 2 out); Reynolds (2,6th inning off Moyer 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bream (1,off Gossage).  IBB–Reynolds (2,by Gossage).  SB–Sandberg (2,2nd base off Fisher/LaValliere); Palmeiro (3,2nd base off Kipper/LaValliere); Van Slyke (2,2nd base off Gossage/Sundberg).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Fisher/LaValliere).  IBB–Gossage (1,Reynolds).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:48.  A–20,214.
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