Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1990 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Chicago Cubs 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
King 3b 6 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 2 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 3 2 3
Bonilla rf 5 0 1 2
Bonds lf 3 3 1 2
Bream 1b 4 0 1 0
LaValliere c 4 1 0 0
Lind 2b 4 2 2 2
  Garcia ph 1 0 1 0
  Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0
Walk p 1 0 1 1
  Palacios p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 10 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 1 1
  Smith D. rf 1 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 2 0 0 0
  Smith G. 2b 1 0 0 0
May lf 4 1 2 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 1 0
Villanueva 1b 4 0 2 0
Girardi c 4 0 0 1
Kramer p 0 0 0 0
  Coffman p 1 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
  Lancaster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 130 203 02011102
Chicago 000 011 000273
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk  W (6-5) 5.1 5 2 2 1 4
  Palacios  SV (1) 3.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kramer  L (0-3) 1.1 4 4 4 2 2
  Coffman   3.2 2 2 2 5 3
  Williams   2.0 1 3 2 2 2
  Long   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Lancaster   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
11
10
10
8

  E–Van Slyke 2 (8), Dunston 2 (19), Villanueva (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  3B–Pittsburgh Lind (5,off Kramer).  HR–Pittsburgh Van Slyke 2 (17,1st inning off Kramer 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Williams 1 on, 0 out); Bonds (32,8th inning off Long 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Sandberg (37,6th inning off Walk 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Walk (9,off Coffman).  WP–Palacios (2).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:51.  A–14,926.
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