New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 9, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1991 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 2 1 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 3 0 0 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 1 1
Brooks rf 4 1 1 0
Sasser c 4 1 1 1
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Cone p 2 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Boston ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Totals 33 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 3 2 3 1
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 1 2
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
  Walton cf 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 1 1 0
  Dunston ss 0 0 0 0
Wilkins c 3 0 1 1
Vizcaino ss,3b 3 0 0 0
Maddux p 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
New York 011 000 002470
Chicago 003 110 00x591
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (10-9) 4.0 9 5 5 0 4
  Innis   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Young   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (10-6) 9.0 7 4 4 4 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5

  E–Grace (8).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 2.  2B–New York Brooks (11,off Maddux); Sasser (8,off Maddux), Chicago Salazar (10,off Cone); Wilkins (7,off Cone).  HR–New York Johnson (24,2nd inning off Maddux 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Coleman (37,2nd base off Maddux/Wilkins); Maddux (1,2nd base off Cone/Sasser).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:33.  A–36,110.
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