Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 1, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 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 8, Chicago Cubs 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss 5 0 0 0
Finley cf 4 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Nichols c 1 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 3 2 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 5 0 0 0
Rhodes rf 4 0 0 1
Bagwell 1b 2 1 1 0
  Oberkfell ph,1b 2 1 2 2
Gonzalez lf 3 2 3 4
McLemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Deshaies p 0 0 0 0
  Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Rohde ph 1 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Candaele ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 8 10 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 1 1 1
Sandberg 2b 3 2 2 2
Grace 1b 4 1 2 0
Bell lf 3 0 0 1
  Smith rf 1 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 2 2 3
  Dascenzo lf 1 0 1 0
Villanueva c 5 2 2 3
Dunston ss 3 1 0 0
Scott 3b 4 1 1 0
Maddux p 4 1 1 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 12 10
Houston 000 301 0318105
Chicago 502 130 00x11121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (0-3) 2.0 7 7 7 3 1
  Clancy   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Corsi   2.0 2 3 0 1 1
  Osuna   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Schilling   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
11
8
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (3-1) 8.0 9 7 4 1 2
  Slocumb   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
5
2
2

  E–Finley (1), Caminiti 2 (4), Rhodes (2), Bagwell (3), Scott (2).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Biggio (2).  2B–Houston Biggio (2,off Maddux); Candaele (4,off Slocumb), Chicago Walton (4,off Deshaies); Sandberg (4,off Deshaies); Dawson (5,off Deshaies).  HR–Houston Gonzalez 2 (2,4th inning off Maddux 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Maddux 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Dawson (6,1st inning off Deshaies 2 on, 1 out); Villanueva 2 (3,1st inning off Deshaies 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Deshaies 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Deshaies (1,off Maddux).  SF–Bell (3,off Clancy); Walton (2,off Corsi); Sandberg (1,off Corsi).  WP–Slocumb (2).  BK–Schilling (1).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:45.  A–17,606.
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