Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 22, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1990 at Wrigley Field. 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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Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sabo 3b 6 1 1 1
Hatcher cf 6 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 7 0 2 0
Davis lf 6 0 1 0
Morris 1b 4 0 0 0
  Benzinger ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Quinones ss 6 0 3 0
Oliver c 4 0 2 0
  Winningham pr 0 0 0 0
  Reed c 2 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Browning p 3 0 1 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Roomes ph 1 0 0 0
  Layana p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Scudder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 1 11 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 7 0 2 0
Sandberg 2b 7 1 2 0
Grace 1b 7 0 1 0
Dawson rf 3 0 1 0
McClendon lf 6 0 0 0
  Clark ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Salazar 3b 5 1 1 1
Dunston ss 7 0 2 0
Wrona c 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Girardi c 2 0 0 0
Bielecki p 3 0 0 0
  Dascenzo ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Wynne ph 1 0 0 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Ramos ph 1 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 2 10 2
Cincinnati 000 000 000 000 100 01112
Chicago 000 000 000 000 100 12100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   9.0 6 0 0 3 4
  Charlton   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Dibble   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Layana   0.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Birtsas   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Myers   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Scudder  L (1-1) 2.1 2 1 0 4 3
Totals 15.1 10 2 1 11 15
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki   10.0 5 0 0 3 8
  Williams   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Pico   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Long  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 16.0 11 1 1 4 11

  E–Sabo (5), Quinones (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Cincinnati Hatcher (6,off Bielecki); Oliver (6,off Bielecki), Chicago Dunston 2 (7,off Browning 2); Sandberg (11,off Browning).  HR–Cincinnati Sabo (8,13th inning off Pico 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Salazar (2,13th inning off Myers 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Oester (3,off Bielecki); Reed (2,off Williams).  HBP–Hatcher (2,by Bielecki).  IBB–Oester (1,by Assenmacher); Dawson 5 (8,by Browning 2,by Birtsas,by Scudder 2); Wrona (1,by Browning); Salazar (2,by Charlton).  Team LOB–12.  Team–20.  SB–Quinones (1,2nd base off Assenmacher/Girardi); Grace (7,3rd base off Charlton/Reed); Dawson (5,2nd base off Charlton/Reed); Walton (8,2nd base off Layana/Reed); Salazar (1,2nd base off Scudder/Reed).  CS–Sabo (2,2nd base by Bielecki/Wrona); O'Neill (3,2nd base by Pico/Girardi).  WP–Scudder (2), Bielecki (4).  HBP–Bielecki (2,Hatcher).  IBB–Browning 3 (6,Dawson 2,Wrona); Charlton (1,Salazar); Birtsas (2,Dawson); Scudder 2 (2,Dawson 2); Assenmacher (3,Oester).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–4:27.  A–29,860.

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