Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 8, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1991 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Houston Astros 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 1
Grace 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Berryhill c 4 1 3 1
  Dascenzo pr 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Scott 3b 3 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Boskie p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Villanueva ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss 3 0 0 0
Finley cf 4 1 2 0
Biggio c 3 1 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 3
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 1
Rhodes rf 2 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 2 0 0 0
  Candaele 2b 0 0 0 0
Harnisch p 2 0 0 0
  Rohde ph 1 0 1 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Chicago 010 010 000280
Houston 202 000 00x470
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie  L (2-3) 6.0 6 4 4 3 4
  Slocumb   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  W (2-1) 7.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Schilling  SV (5) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
6

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Berryhill (3,off Harnisch), Houston Gonzalez (6,off Boskie).  3B–Houston Gonzalez (3,off Boskie).  HR–Chicago Berryhill (2,2nd inning off Harnisch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Yelding (1,off Slocumb).  SB–Walton (3,2nd base off Harnisch/Biggio).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:25.  A–11,307.
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