Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
June 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, Chicago Cubs 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 1 1 1
Candaele 2b 3 0 0 0
  Nettles ph,3b 1 0 0 1
Galarraga 1b 4 0 2 0
Brooks rf 4 0 2 0
Wallach 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Webster cf 3 0 0 0
Reed c 4 0 2 0
Rivera ss 3 1 1 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Hesketh p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 0 1 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dunston ss 5 1 1 1
Palmeiro lf 5 0 1 1
Dawson rf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 2 0
Grace 1b 2 1 0 0
Law 3b 3 1 2 2
Berryhill c 3 0 2 1
Jackson cf 2 1 2 0
Sutcliffe p 2 1 1 1
  Lancaster p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 12 6
Montreal 000 010 200381
Chicago 003 040 00x7120
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (4-5) 4.1 9 7 7 2 2
  Hesketh   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Heaton   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
4
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (5-4) 6.0 7 3 3 4 3
  Lancaster  SV (2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
4

  E–Brooks (3).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Galarraga (20,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Montreal Raines (7,5th inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Nettles (1,off Lancaster); Berryhill (2,off Hesketh).  SH–Jackson (1,off B Smith).  HBP–Sutcliffe (1,by B Smith).  IBB–Grace (4,by B Smith); Jackson (1,by Hesketh).  SB–Brooks (5,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill); Dawson (5,3rd base off B Smith/Reed); Sandberg (10,2nd base off B Smith/Reed).  CS–Galarraga (4,3rd base by Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  WP–B Smith (1), Hesketh (2).  BK–B Smith (5), Lancaster (3).  HBP–B Smith (5,Sutcliffe).  IBB–B Smith (2,Grace); Hesketh (4,Jackson).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:42.  A–33,041.
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