Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 2 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Grace 1b 2 0 0 0
  Trillo 1b 2 1 1 0
Dawson rf 3 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 1 0 0 0
  Webster lf 3 0 1 0
Law 3b 4 0 1 0
Berryhill c 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 3 0 1 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 2
Jefferies 3b 3 0 0 0
  Elster ss 0 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 3 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 2
Johnson ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Sasser c 3 0 1 0
  Miller pr 0 1 0 0
  Lyons c 1 0 0 0
Backman 2b 2 0 1 0
Cone p 2 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 1 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Chicago 000 001 000161
New York 000 200 20x464
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (12-13) 8.0 6 4 4 3 5
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (17-3) 7.0 5 1 1 3 10
  Leach  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
12

  E–Palmeiro (5), Johnson (18), Sasser 2 (5), Lyons (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Strawberry (26,off Sutcliffe); Dykstra (19,off Sutcliffe).  HR–New York McReynolds (22,4th inning off Sutcliffe 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Backman (9,off Sutcliffe).  SB–Dascenzo 2 (4,2nd base off Cone/Sasser 2); Dawson (12,2nd base off Cone/Sasser); Dunston (26,2nd base off Cone/Sasser); Backman (8,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill); McReynolds (19,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  CS–Webster (14,3rd base by Cone/Sasser); Dascenzo (1,2nd base by Cone/Sasser).  WP–Sutcliffe (11).  BK–Cone (9).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:43.  A–20,857.
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