Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
April 30, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1991 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Chicago Cubs 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss,cf 4 0 2 0
Finley cf 4 0 1 0
  Kile p 0 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Rhodes rf 4 1 2 1
Bagwell 1b 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 1
Candaele 2b 2 0 0 1
Portugal p 1 0 0 0
  Rohde ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 3 2 1 0
Grace 1b 3 2 1 1
Bell lf 3 1 2 2
  Dascenzo lf 1 0 0 1
Dawson rf 4 1 1 1
Villanueva c 4 1 3 4
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Scott 3b 4 1 2 1
Bielecki p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 1 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 10
Houston 010 200 000371
Chicago 204 000 22x10120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  L (2-1) 3.0 6 6 6 3 1
  Hernandez   3.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Kile   2.0 3 4 3 3 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
9
6
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki  W (4-1) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Assenmacher   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Slocumb   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6

  E–Yelding (3).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Yelding (3,off Bielecki), Chicago Dawson (4,off Portugal); Bell (4,off Portugal); Villanueva (1,off Hernandez); Grace (4,off Kile).  3B–Houston Gonzalez (1,off Bielecki).  HR–Houston Rhodes (1,2nd inning off Bielecki 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Villanueva (1,3rd inning off Portugal 2 on, 2 out); Scott (1,8th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Candaele (1,off Bielecki); Bell (2,off Portugal).  IBB–Dawson (2,by Portugal); Grace (3,by Kile).  SB–Finley (4,2nd base off Bielecki/Villanueva); Dunston (6,3rd base off Hernandez/Biggio).  CS–Candaele (1,2nd base by Assenmacher/Villanueva); Sandberg (2,2nd base by Portugal/Biggio).  BK–Kile (2).  IBB–Portugal (1,Dawson); Kile (1,Grace).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:40.  A–27,523.
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