Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 30, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 4, Houston Astros 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 2 2
Grace 1b 3 1 1 0
Dawson rf 3 0 1 2
Palmeiro lf 4 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 0 1 0
Berryhill c 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 4 0 0 0
Schiraldi p 2 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 1 1 0
Doran 2b 3 2 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 2 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 5 1 1 2
Bass rf 4 1 2 1
Ashby c 2 1 1 1
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 1
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Darwin p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Chicago 201 000 010481
Houston 002 002 21x7101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schiraldi  L (8-9) 5.1 7 4 4 3 3
  DiPino   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gossage   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Hall   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
5
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (2-5) 6.0 6 3 3 0 3
  Darwin   1.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Smith  SV (23) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
4

  E–Dunston (16), Bell (11).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Jackson (7,off Andujar), Houston Young (17,off Schiraldi); Ashby (9,off Schiraldi); Bass (20,off Gossage).  3B–Houston Doran (1,off Hall); Hatcher (3,off Hall).  HR–Chicago Sandberg (15,8th inning off Darwin 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Ramirez (6,off Schiraldi); Ashby (4,off Hall).  HBP–Davis (8,by Gossage).  IBB–Ramirez (5,by Hall).  SB–Hatcher (29,2nd base off Gossage/Berryhill).  WP–Schiraldi (6).  HBP–Gossage (3,Davis).  IBB–Hall (1,Ramirez).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:50.  A–17,053.
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