Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
August 12, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1989 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 9

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 1 2
Herr 2b 2 1 1 0
  Ready 2b 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Hayes V. rf 4 1 2 2
Kruk lf 3 1 1 0
  Ford lf 0 0 0 0
  Dernier ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Jordan 1b 4 0 1 0
Hayes C. 3b 5 1 1 1
Daulton c 4 0 0 0
  Lake ph 1 0 0 0
Jeltz ss,2b 4 1 2 1
Howell p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 1 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 0 0 0
  Frohwirth p 0 0 0 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 7 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 1 2 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 1 0
Smith lf 5 1 1 1
Grace 1b 4 1 2 1
Berryhill c 3 1 0 0
Webster rf 2 1 0 1
Ramos 3b 2 2 0 0
Dunston ss 4 1 3 6
Bielecki p 3 0 0 0
  Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
  Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 9
Philadelphia 300 001 0307101
Chicago 513 000 00x991
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Howell  L (9-8) 2.0 5 9 9 6 1
  O'Neal   4.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Frohwirth   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McDowell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
9
9
6
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki  W (13-5) 6.1 6 4 4 4 2
  Kilgus   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sanderson   1.2 3 3 3 0 2
  Williams  SV (30) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
4

  E–C Hayes (14), Dunston (14).  2B–Philadelphia Jeltz (6,off Bielecki), Chicago Dunston (14,off Howell).  3B–Philadelphia Kruk (4,off Bielecki).  HR–Philadelphia V Hayes (16,1st inning off Bielecki 1 on, 1 out); C Hayes (5,6th inning off Bielecki 0 on, 1 out); Jeltz (4,8th inning off Sanderson 0 on, 2 out); Dykstra (6,8th inning off Sanderson 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Dunston (8,3rd inning off Howell 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Howell (9,off Bielecki).  HBP–V Hayes (2,by Kilgus).  SF–Webster (2,off Howell).  SB–Walton (16,2nd base off Howell/Daulton); Wilkerson (4,2nd base off Howell/Daulton); Ramos (1,2nd base off Howell/Daulton); Webster (11,3rd base off Howell/Daulton).  WP–Bielecki (7).  HBP–Kilgus (4,V Hayes).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:53.  A–37,752.
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