Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 4, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1990 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 3 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 1
Dawson rf 4 0 1 0
Villanueva 1b 4 1 1 1
Ramos 3b 2 0 0 0
Dascenzo lf 3 0 0 0
  Clark ph 0 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 0 1 0
  Grace ph 1 0 1 0
Boskie p 2 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Salazar ph 1 1 1 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 4 1 2 0
Bell ss 3 2 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 0 1 0
Bonilla rf 3 2 2 1
Bonds lf 3 1 1 2
  Reynolds lf 0 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 0 2 1
Lind 2b 4 0 2 1
Bilardello c 4 0 0 0
Patterson p 3 0 0 0
  Power p 1 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Chicago 000 000 110270
Pittsburgh 013 000 20x6100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie  L (1-3) 6.0 10 6 6 1 4
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Pico   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson  W (4-1) 7.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Power   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Ruskin   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Landrum  SV (8) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Bilardello (1).  2B–Chicago Girardi (9,off Patterson); Salazar (3,off Patterson), Pittsburgh Backman (8,off Boskie).  3B–Pittsburgh Bonds (3,off Boskie).  HR–Chicago Villanueva (2,7th inning off Patterson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dunston (3,off Power); Bonilla (2,off Williams).  SH–Bell (15,off Boskie).  SB–Sandberg (11,2nd base off Power/Bilardello); Bream (1,2nd base off Boskie/Girardi).  CS–Van Slyke (1,2nd base by Boskie/Girardi).  WP–Boskie (1).  BK–Williams (2).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Dan Wickham.  T–2:49.  A–9,257.
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