Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 24, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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 3, Houston Astros 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 4 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Berryhill c 3 1 1 0
McClendon lf 3 1 1 0
Jackson rf 3 0 1 0
Dunston ss 3 0 1 2
Maddux p 3 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 5 0 0 0
Doran 2b 2 0 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 2 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Gross 1b,lf 3 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 2 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Chicago 000 201 000380
Houston 000 000 001190
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (3-5) 8.2 9 1 1 4 3
  Williams  SV (12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (2-6) 5.2 7 3 3 2 2
  Forsch   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Darwin   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Law (7,off Knepper), Houston Knepper (1,off Maddux).  SH–Dascenzo (1,off Forsch); Maddux (2,off Darwin).  CS–Young (8,2nd base by Maddux/Berryhill).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:38.  A–17,042.
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