Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 17, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 1 2 2
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 1
Grace 1b 3 0 0 0
Dawson rf 3 0 0 0
Berryhill c 3 0 0 0
Law 3b 3 0 1 0
  Wilkerson pr 0 1 0 0
  Ramos 3b 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 0
Sutcliffe p 2 0 1 0
  McClendon ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Winningham rf 3 0 1 0
Richardson ss 2 0 0 0
  Madison ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 1 1 2
Griffey lf 3 0 1 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 2 0
Quinones 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Robinson p 2 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 1 1 0
  Roomes lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Chicago 100 000 002360
Cincinnati 000 000 020261
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (13-9) 8.0 5 2 2 3 7
  Williams  SV (31) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   7.0 4 1 0 4 2
  Dibble   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Franco  L (3-6) 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
6
5

  E–Benzinger (6).  DP–Chicago 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Berryhill (4).  2B–Chicago Law (18,off Robinson); Sandberg (18,off Robinson).  HR–Cincinnati Davis (26,8th inning off Sutcliffe 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Richardson (2,off Sutcliffe); Winningham (3,off Sutcliffe); Quinones (6,off Williams).  SB–Winningham (9,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill); Davis (13,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Berryhill).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:46.  A–29,278.
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