New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 29, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 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."

"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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New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 5 1 2 0
Magadan 1b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 2 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 1 0
Sasser c 1 0 0 0
  Lyons c 3 0 1 0
Elster ss 4 1 1 1
Whitehurst p 0 1 0 0
  Innis p 1 0 0 0
  West p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 2 3 0
Sandberg 2b 4 4 3 2
Smith lf 5 2 4 2
Grace 1b 5 0 1 2
Dawson rf 2 1 0 1
  Jackson rf 1 0 0 0
Berryhill c 5 1 3 2
Law 3b 5 0 2 1
Dunston ss 4 0 2 0
Maddux p 4 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 18 10
New York 020 000 100380
Chicago 004 203 10x10182
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehurst  L (0-1) 2.2 9 4 4 0 0
  Innis   2.2 6 4 4 0 0
  West   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Aase   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
18
10
10
2
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (11-8) 9.0 8 3 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
3
6

  E–D Smith (3), Grace (4).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Samuel (7,off Maddux); Magadan (13,off Maddux), Chicago D Smith 2 (17,off Whitehurst,off Aase); Law (16,off West).  HR–New York Elster (4,2nd inning off Maddux 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Sandberg (13,3rd inning off Whitehurst 1 on, 0 out); Berryhill (3,3rd inning off Whitehurst 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Dawson (6,off Whitehurst).  IBB–Dawson (6,by West).  CS–Samuel (6,2nd base by Maddux/Berryhill).  IBB–West (2,Dawson).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:40.  A–38,012.
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