Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 14, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1990 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 1
Smith D. rf 3 0 1 2
  Dascenzo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Grace 1b 3 0 1 0
Wynne lf 3 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 2 0
Wrona c 3 1 1 0
Harkey p 1 1 1 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Smith G. ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
King 3b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 3 1 1 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 1
Bream 1b 1 0 1 0
  Redus ph,1b 2 0 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Drabek p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Chicago 003 010 000480
Pittsburgh 000 100 000151
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harkey  W (1-0) 6.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Assenmacher   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Williams  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (1-1) 4.1 6 4 3 2 1
  Patterson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bair   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ruskin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Power   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
2

  E–Bream (1).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (2,off Harkey).  SH–Harkey (1,off Drabek); Wrona (1,off Power).  HBP–Walton (1,by Drabek); Drabek (1,by Harkey).  SF–Bonds (1,off Harkey).  SB–Wynne (1,2nd base off Drabek/LaValliere); Sandberg (1,2nd base off Drabek/LaValliere); Grace (1,2nd base off Ruskin/Slaught).  HBP–Harkey (1,Drabek); Drabek (1,Walton).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:53.  A–13,226.
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