Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1990 at Astrodome. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Houston Astros 0

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 2 1
Grace 1b 3 1 1 1
Dawson rf 4 1 2 3
  Dascenzo rf 0 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 1 1
Wilkerson 3b 4 1 1 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 1
Girardi c 4 0 0 0
Harkey p 3 1 1 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
  Yelding ss 0 0 0 0
Biggio c 3 0 1 0
  Trevino c 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Stubbs lf 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 2 0
Anthony rf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
Gullickson p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Candaele ss,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Chicago 230 020 000792
Houston 000 000 000061
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harkey  W (4-1) 8.0 6 0 0 3 4
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  L (2-3) 1.1 7 5 5 1 1
  Schatzeder   3.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Hernandez   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Agosto   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Darwin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
2
5

  E–Sandberg (1), Wilkerson (3), Biggio (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Sandberg (9,off Gullickson); Harkey (1,off Gullickson); Dawson (6,off Schatzeder), Houston Young (4,off Harkey).  SF–Grace (4,off Schatzeder).  HBP–D Smith (1,by Agosto).  IBB–Walton (1,by Gullickson).  SB–Dawson (4,2nd base off Gullickson/Biggio); Wilkerson (1,2nd base off Gullickson/Biggio).  CS–D Smith (3,2nd base by Gullickson/Biggio).  HBP–Agosto (2,D Smith).  IBB–Gullickson (4,Walton).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:30.  A–22,972.
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