Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 5 2 2 0
Law 3b 4 1 1 1
Sandberg 2b 5 0 2 0
Grace 1b 5 1 3 1
Berryhill c 5 1 1 0
McClendon lf 5 1 2 3
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Kilgus p 3 0 0 0
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 13 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sabo 3b 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 1 2 0
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 1 2 0
O'Neill rf 3 1 2 3
Roomes cf 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Browning p 1 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Chicago 013 201 0007130
Cincinnati 020 100 000371
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus  W (4-4) 5.2 7 3 3 1 1
  Perry  SV (1) 3.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  L (3-4) 3.1 8 6 3 0 0
  Birtsas   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Tekulve   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Dibble   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
13
7
4
0
5

  E–Larkin (7).  2B–Chicago Dascenzo (1,off Tekulve).  HR–Chicago McClendon (2,2nd inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (1,4th inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Law (2,off Tekulve).  SB–Dascenzo (2,3rd base off Tekulve/Diaz); Grace (8,2nd base off Dibble/Diaz).  CS–Sabo (6,2nd base by Kilgus/Berryhill).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:21.  A–49,175.
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