San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
July 23, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1989 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Chicago Cubs 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 3 1 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 1 3 0
  Manwaring c 1 1 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 2 3 2
Kennedy c 2 0 1 1
  Litton ph,3b 2 0 0 1
Uribe ss 3 0 0 1
  Riles ph 1 0 0 0
Robinson p 2 0 0 0
  McCament p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 3 3 0
Smith lf 2 2 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 2 3
Dawson rf 4 1 1 3
  Webster rf 1 0 0 0
Berryhill c 3 0 0 0
Law 3b 1 0 0 1
Dunston ss 4 1 2 0
Maddux p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 9 7
San Francisco 020 001 002592
Chicago 210 033 00x990
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (8-7) 4.0 6 6 5 3 2
  McCament   2.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Gossage   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
9
8
7
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (10-8) 5.2 7 3 3 1 3
  Wilson   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Schiraldi   2.0 2 2 2 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
8

  E–Butler (5), Clark (9).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Clark (23,off Maddux); Maldonado (20,off Schiraldi), Chicago Grace (20,off Robinson).  3B–Chicago Sandberg (3,off Robinson).  HR–Chicago Dawson (10,6th inning off McCament 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Maddux (4,off Robinson).  SF–Law (4,off McCament).  HBP–D Smith (2,by Robinson).  IBB–Berryhill (2,by McCament).  CS–Oberkfell (1,2nd base by Maddux/Berryhill).  SB–Sandberg (11,2nd base off Robinson/Kennedy).  WP–Gossage (2), Maddux (4).  HBP–Robinson (2,D Smith).  IBB–McCament (1,Berryhill).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:43.  A–35,707.
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