Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dunston ss 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 3 0 1 1
Law 3b 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 4 0 3 0
Berryhill c 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson cf 3 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Nipper p 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Capel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 1 0
Hatcher lf 3 1 1 0
Doran 2b 4 1 0 1
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 1
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 2
Chicago 100 000 000–181
Houston 201 000 00x–330
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (0-1) 6.0 3 3 2 3 1
  Capel   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
3
3
2
3
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (5-0) 7.1 8 1 1 0 0
  Andersen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
2
  E–Berryhill (2).  2B–Chicago Palmeiro (14,off Knepper).  3B–Houston Young (1,off Nipper).  SH–Nipper (1,off Knepper).  SF–Dawson (2,off Knepper).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:19.  A–33,894.
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