Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 27, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 2, Chicago Cubs 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
Pankovits 2b 4 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 2 1
Jackson 3b 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro lf 4 1 2 1
Dawson rf 4 0 3 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 2 2 2
Law 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
Maddux p 3 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Houston 000 010 001250
Chicago 000 011 01x3100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (2-4) 7.0 9 2 2 2 3
  Andersen   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (8-3) 8.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Gossage  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Pankovits (5,off Maddux).  HR–Chicago Palmeiro (3,5th inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out); Davis 2 (5,6th inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Andersen 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Dawson (1,2nd base off Darwin/Ashby).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:12.  A–22,958.
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