Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 3, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1991 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Chicago Cubs 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 5 1 1 3
Bell ss 5 2 2 0
Van Slyke cf 4 2 1 2
Bonilla 3b 5 0 1 0
Bonds lf 4 1 0 0
Varsho rf 3 1 2 2
  McClendon ph,rf 1 1 1 1
LaValliere c 4 1 1 1
Lind 2b 4 1 1 1
Smith p 3 0 0 0
  Redus ph 1 1 1 1
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 11 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walton cf 4 1 1 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Renfroe p 0 0 0 0
  Dascenzo ph 1 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 2 2 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 1
Bell lf 4 0 0 1
Dawson rf 4 1 1 3
Salazar 3b 4 0 1 0
Villanueva c 3 1 1 0
  Berryhill ph,c 1 0 0 0
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 1 0
Lancaster p 2 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph,cf 2 1 1 2
Totals 37 7 9 7
Pittsburgh 000 204 05011112
Chicago 100 001 230792
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (9-6) 7.0 7 4 4 0 4
  Patterson   0.0 1 2 1 0 0
  Belinda   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
0
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lancaster  L (4-3) 5.2 6 6 6 2 4
  McElroy   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Assenmacher   0.2 1 3 1 0 2
  Renfroe   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
11
9
2
8

  E–Merced (6), Bell (13), Grace (6), Vizcaino (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Varsho (7,off Lancaster).  3B–Chicago Grace (3,off Smith).  HR–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (9,4th inning off Lancaster 1 on, 1 out); McClendon (4,8th inning off Assenmacher 0 on, 2 out); Merced (5,8th inning off Renfroe 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Walker (2,7th inning off Smith 1 on, 2 out); Dawson (12,8th inning off Belinda 2 on, 1 out).  WP–Belinda (1).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:34.  A–33,432.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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