Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1989 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Chicago Cubs 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 1 1
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 2 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Biggio c 3 1 1 0
Deshaies p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 3 0 1 0
Law 3b 4 0 1 0
Webster lf 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Wrona c 2 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 1 0 0 0
  Ramos ph 1 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 0
Houston 002 000 100390
Chicago 000 001 000141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (5-2) 9.0 4 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (4-3) 7.0 8 3 3 3 1
  Pico   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
2

  E–Sutcliffe (1).  2B–Chicago Dunston (4,off Deshaies).  SH–Deshaies (4,off Sutcliffe); Sutcliffe (3,off Deshaies).  SF–Young (2,off Sutcliffe).  IBB–Biggio (3,by Pico).  SB–Hatcher (5,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Wrona); Young (11,Home off Sutcliffe/Wrona); Davis (1,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Wrona); Jackson (1,Home off Deshaies/Biggio); Grace (6,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio).  WP–Sutcliffe (4).  BK–Deshaies (1).  IBB–Pico (2,Biggio).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:55.  A–21,141.
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