New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1989 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 15

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0
  McDowell p 1 0 1 0
Magadan 1b 5 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 2 1
  Miller ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Carreon lf 1 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 0 1 0 0
  Wilson lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Sasser c 1 0 1 0
  Lyons c 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 1
Cone p 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph,rf 2 1 2 1
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 3 3 1 1
Webster lf 4 3 2 2
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 2
  Wilkerson 2b 1 0 0 0
Berryhill c 3 2 2 2
  Wrona ph,c 1 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 3 3 3
Law 3b 4 1 1 3
  Ramos 3b 1 0 0 0
McClendon 1b 3 0 0 2
Dunston ss 5 1 2 0
Maddux p 2 1 1 0
  Sutcliffe ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 15 13 15
New York 011 000 001381
Chicago 331 206 00x15130
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (3-5) 2.0 5 7 7 1 1
  Leach   4.0 8 8 7 2 0
  McDowell   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
15
14
4
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (5-5) 5.0 4 2 2 3 2
  Wilson   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Perry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pico   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
3

  E–Johnson (9).  2B–New York Johnson (9,off Maddux), Chicago D Smith (6,off Cone); Dunston (8,off Leach).  3B–Chicago Sandberg (2,off Cone); Law (1,off Leach).  HR–New York Mazzilli (2,9th inning off Pico 0 on, 2 out), Chicago D Smith (1,1st inning off Cone 2 on, 2 out); Webster (3,4th inning off Leach 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Elster (2,off Maddux); McClendon (2,off Leach).  SH–Dascenzo (3,off Cone).  HBP–Berryhill (1,by Cone).  SB–Dascenzo (5,2nd base off Leach/Lyons).  WP–Maddux (1).  BK–Cone (2).  HBP–Cone (2,Berryhill).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:38.  A–34,840.
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