Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
June 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1989 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson 3b 5 0 1 1
Sandberg 2b 6 1 1 1
Dawson rf 2 0 0 0
  Webster rf 2 0 1 0
McClendon 1b 6 0 0 0
Jackson lf 2 0 0 0
  Varsho ph,lf 2 1 0 0
Dunston ss 1 0 1 0
  Ramos ss 3 0 0 0
Girardi c 5 0 2 1
Maddux p 2 1 1 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Law ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 7 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 2 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  West p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 1 1 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera ph,p 1 0 0 0
Johnson ss 5 0 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 1 2
  Elster pr 0 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 5 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 5 0 1 0
Mazzilli 1b 5 0 0 0
Jefferies 2b 5 1 3 1
Sasser c 2 0 0 0
  Lyons ph,c 3 0 0 0
Fernandez p 1 0 1 0
  Wilson ph,cf 4 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 9 4
Chicago 101 001 000 000371
New York 000 000 012 001490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   5.0 2 0 0 4 2
  Wilson   3.0 2 1 1 1 5
  Williams   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Pico   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Perry  L (0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
11.2
9
4
4
8
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   5.0 3 2 2 3 4
  Aase   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  McDowell   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  West   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Myers   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Aguilera  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
7
3
3
5
9

  E–Wilkerson (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Johnson (12,off Maddux); Miller (2,off Williams).  3B–Chicago Dunston (4,off Fernandez); Webster (2,off Aase).  HR–Chicago Sandberg (9,1st inning off Fernandez 0 on, 2 out), New York Strawberry (15,8th inning off Wilson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wilkerson (1,off Aguilera).  HBP–Webster (1,by McDowell); Walton (3,by Aguilera).  IBB–Varsho (1,by Aase); Webster (3,by Aguilera); Strawberry (4,by Maddux); Johnson (2,by Williams).  SB–Maddux (1,3rd base off Fernandez/Sasser); Walton (4,2nd base off Fernandez/Sasser).  WP–Maddux (2), McDowell (3), Myers (1).  HBP–McDowell (1,Webster); Aguilera (2,Walton).  IBB–Maddux (6,Strawberry); Williams (3,Johnson); Aase (1,Varsho); Aguilera (2,Webster).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:44.  A–24,689.
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