Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1989 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 3, New York Mets 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 0 0 0
Webster lf 3 2 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 2 3
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 2 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 0 0
Bielecki p 2 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 4 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0
Teufel 2b 2 0 0 0
  Jefferies ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 1 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,rf 3 0 0 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Elster ss 3 2 1 1
Gooden p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 3
Chicago 201 000 000342
New York 000 020 20x462
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki   6.0 4 2 1 2 4
  Schiraldi   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Williams  L (0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
5
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (3-0) 7.0 4 3 3 3 3
  McDowell  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
3

  E–Webster (3), Law (2), Gooden 2 (2).  2B–Chicago Dawson (4,off Gooden); Webster (4,off Gooden), New York Dykstra (3,off Bielecki); Carter (2,off Bielecki).  SH–Gooden (1,off Bielecki).  SB–Sandberg (2,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Webster (6,3rd base off Gooden/Carter).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:52.  A–28,944.
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