San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
May 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1989 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 0 0
Nixon rf 5 0 2 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Jurak 3b 3 0 0 0
  Riles ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 2 1
Manwaring c 2 1 0 0
  Kennedy ph,c 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 0 0
Krukow p 3 0 1 0
  Lefferts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 3 0
Grace 1b 4 1 1 0
Berryhill c 3 0 0 1
Webster rf 3 0 0 0
Law 3b 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
Kilgus p 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph 1 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Ramos ph 1 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 1
San Francisco 001 003 000471
Chicago 000 000 200241
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (2-0) 7.0 3 2 1 0 3
  Lefferts  SV (5) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
0
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus  L (3-3) 6.0 5 4 2 2 2
  Pico   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Perry   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
2
5

  E–Nixon (1), Webster (5).  2B–Chicago Sandberg (5,off Lefferts).  3B–San Francisco Thompson (2,off Kilgus).  HBP–Clark (2,by Kilgus).  SF–Berryhill (1,off Krukow).  HBP–Kilgus (2,Clark).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:16.  A–13,949.
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