Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 0, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 3 0 0 0
Berryhill c 3 0 1 0
  Varsho pr 0 0 0 0
  Girardi c 0 0 0 0
  McClendon ph 1 0 0 0
Law 3b 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 2 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 1 2
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 2 0 0 0
Thompson cf 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 2 2 1 0
Pena c 2 0 2 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 5 2
Chicago 000 000 000020
St. Louis 001 000 01x251
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (10-9) 7.2 5 2 2 2 5
  Wilson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (10-9) 8.0 2 0 0 3 8
  Dayley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
9

  E–Smith (12).  DP–Chicago 1.  SH–Pena (1,off Sutcliffe).  SB–Coleman 3 (44,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Girardi,3rd base off Wilson/Girardi).  CS–Smith (4,2nd base by Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:22.  A–43,000.
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