Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 21, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1991 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 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 2 1 0
Sandberg 2b 6 2 3 1
Grace 1b 2 1 0 1
  Salazar ph,1b 2 1 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 1
  Dascenzo pr,lf 2 2 1 1
Dawson rf 6 1 3 5
  Smith D. rf 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 1 0 0
Scott 3b 5 1 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
Pappas c 4 0 1 1
Harkey p 2 1 2 0
  Assenmacher p 2 0 1 0
  Smith D. p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 13 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 4 2 2 2
Bell ss 6 1 1 2
Van Slyke cf 5 0 0 1
Bonilla rf 4 3 2 2
Bonds lf 6 2 2 1
King 3b 4 1 1 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph 0 0 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 1 1
  Slaught ph,c 3 0 1 2
Lind 2b 3 2 1 1
Tomlin p 2 0 0 0
  Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Huismann p 0 0 0 0
  McClendon ph 0 1 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 1 1
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 41 13 13 13
Chicago 000 003 040 0512130
Pittsburgh 000 020 041 0613131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Harkey   5.1 2 2 2 2 7
  Assenmacher   2.2 3 4 4 1 5
  Smith   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  McElroy   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Slocumb   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Bielecki  L (2-1) 0.1 3 3 3 2 0
Totals 10.1 13 13 13 8 14
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin   6.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Heaton   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Huismann   1.0 2 3 1 1 2
  Landrum   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kipper   1.0 0 2 2 2 1
  Patterson  W (1-0) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals 11.0 13 12 10 5 6

  E–Bell (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Sandberg (3,off Tomlin); Bell (3,off Huismann), Pittsburgh LaValliere (1,off Harkey); Varsho (3,off Dave Smith); Bonilla (3,off McElroy); Bell (3,off Bielecki); Slaught (3,off Bielecki).  3B–Pittsburgh Merced (1,off Assenmacher).  HR–Chicago Dawson (3,11th inning off Patterson 3 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Bonilla (2,8th inning off Assenmacher 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Grace (1,off Tomlin); Lind (1,off Harkey); Van Slyke (4,off Bielecki).  HBP–Grace (2,by Heaton).  IBB–Dunston (1,by Huismann); Merced (1,by Dave Smith); King (2,by McElroy).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Slaught (1,off Dave Smith).  Team–8.  SB–Dunston (4,2nd base off Tomlin/LaValliere).  CS–Dawson (1,2nd base by Tomlin/LaValliere); Merced (1,2nd base by Assenmacher/Pappas).  WP–Assenmacher (1), Slocumb (1).  HBP–Heaton (1,Grace).  IBB–Dave Smith (3,Merced); McElroy (1,King); Huismann (1,Dunston).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–4:10.  A–10,860.

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