Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
April 17, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1989 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, Montreal Expos 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 3 0 1 0
Webster lf 5 0 2 1
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 3 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Law 3b 4 0 1 0
  Wilkerson pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 1 0
Girardi c 4 1 2 0
Maddux p 2 0 1 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 10 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 0 0
Foley 2b 3 1 1 0
  Garcia ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 2
Brooks rf 3 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 2 0
Martinez cf 3 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Santovenia c 3 0 0 0
Owen ss 2 0 0 0
Gross p 1 0 0 0
  Nixon cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Chicago 000 000 1001100
Montreal 000 002 00x250
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (0-2) 6.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Wilson   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pico   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
2
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  W (2-1) 6.2 9 1 1 1 6
  McGaffigan   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Burke  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Wallach (2,off Maddux).  HR–Montreal Galarraga (2,6th inning off Maddux 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Walton (1,off Gross).  HBP–Walton (1,by Gross).  IBB–Owen (1,by Maddux).  SB–Dunston (3,2nd base off Gross/Santovenia).  CS–Walton (3,2nd base by Gross/Santovenia); Grace (1,2nd base by Gross/Santovenia); Brooks (3,2nd base by Maddux/Girardi).  WP–McGaffigan (1).  BK–Gross (1).  HBP–Gross (1,Walton).  IBB–Maddux (1,Owen).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:42.  A–8,847.
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