Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
August 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets 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)
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Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Webster cf 5 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 2 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 3 1 1 0
Law 3b 3 0 1 1
Berryhill c 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 2 0
Moyer p 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Miller 3b 3 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Carter 1b 3 1 2 0
Lyons c 3 0 1 2
Elster ss 3 0 1 0
Cone p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Chicago 000 100 000180
New York 000 003 00x380
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  L (5-10) 6.0 8 3 3 2 1
  Perry   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
2
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (11-2) 9.0 8 1 1 3 9
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
9

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Palmeiro (28,off Cone); Grace (9,off Cone); Varsho (2,off Cone), New York Miller (1,off Moyer).  3B–New York Lyons (1,off Moyer).  HR–New York Strawberry (29,6th inning off Moyer 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Moyer (5,off Cone); Cone (4,off Moyer).  IBB–Palmeiro (4,by Cone); Strawberry (16,by Moyer).  CS–Dunston (7,2nd base by Cone/Lyons).  IBB–Moyer (7,Strawberry); Cone (6,Palmeiro).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:18.  A–45,916.
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