Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
August 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dunston ss 5 1 2 0
Sandberg 2b 5 1 2 2
Webster cf 4 0 1 1
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 0 2 0
Grace 1b 4 0 2 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Jackson lf 4 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
  Miller 2b 0 0 0 0
Magadan 1b,3b 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b,ss 3 0 1 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 1
Ojeda p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli 1b 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Chicago 100 020 0003100
New York 000 000 001170
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (9-9) 9.0 7 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  L (8-9) 5.0 8 3 3 2 3
  Leach   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McDowell   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Chicago Grace 2 (11,off Ojeda 2); Dunston 2 (18,off Ojeda,off McDowell), New York Strawberry (21,off Sutcliffe).  IBB–Davis (2,by Ojeda).  HBP–Carter (7,by Sutcliffe).  SB–Sandberg (16,2nd base off Ojeda/Carter); Dykstra (23,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Davis).  BK–Sutcliffe (4).  HBP–Sutcliffe (2,Carter).  IBB–Ojeda (1,Davis).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:43.  A–41,004.
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