Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
August 17, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1990 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 0, Chicago Cubs 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
McDowell lf 4 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 0 0
Gant cf 4 0 0 0
Justice rf 3 0 0 0
Gregg 1b 3 0 1 0
Presley 3b 3 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
Thomas ss 3 0 0 0
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Lemke ph 1 0 0 0
  Clary p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 3 1 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 1 2 2
Dawson rf 4 0 1 1
Clark lf 2 2 1 0
  Dascenzo lf 1 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 2 2 4
Girardi c 3 0 0 0
Harkey p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 7 7
Atlanta 000 000 000030
Chicago 020 100 22x770
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (9-9) 7.0 4 5 5 1 4
  Clary   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Henry   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harkey  W (12-5) 9.0 3 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
6

  E–None.  2B–Atlanta Gregg (7,off Harkey).  HR–Chicago Dunston 2 (16,2nd inning off Smoltz 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Smoltz 1 on, 2 out); Grace (5,4th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Clark (6,2nd base off Smoltz/Whitt).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:02.  A–29,893.
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