Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 22, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1989 at Astrodome. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Houston Astros 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 4 1 1 1
Law 3b 5 1 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Grace 1b 5 1 2 1
Berryhill c 5 1 1 0
McClendon lf 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Jackson rf 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph,rf 2 0 1 3
Dunston ss 4 1 2 0
Sutcliffe p 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 1 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 1
Davis 1b 1 0 1 1
Bass rf 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 1 1 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Meadows lf 1 1 1 1
Totals 30 3 6 3
Chicago 001 030 0105100
Houston 000 000 030361
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (5-3) 7.1 6 3 3 2 3
  Williams   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Schiraldi  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (5-3) 4.1 6 4 4 4 1
  Darwin   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Andersen   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Caminiti (8).  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Dunston (5,off Deshaies).  3B–Chicago D Smith (2,off Darwin).  SH–Sutcliffe (4,off Andersen).  SF–Dascenzo (1,off Andersen); Davis (4,off Schiraldi).  SB–Grace (9,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Dunston (11,2nd base off Andersen/Biggio); Biggio (4,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  WP–Deshaies (4).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:00.  A–11,923.
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