Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres
September 2, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1991 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Diego Padres 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

Chicago Cubs 10, San Diego Padres 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf,lf 6 1 3 1
Grace 1b 4 1 0 0
Sandberg 2b 6 2 2 4
Dawson rf 5 1 3 1
  Walton pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 1 0
  Vizcaino 3b 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 1 2 3
  McElroy p 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 1 0 0
Villanueva c 3 0 2 0
  Wilkins pr,c 1 1 1 0
Bielecki p 1 0 0 0
  Lancaster p 0 0 0 0
  Walker 3b,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 40 10 15 10
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 2 1 0
Howell 3b 3 2 2 2
  Shipley ph 1 0 0 0
Azocar lf 3 1 0 0
  Ward ph,lf 2 0 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 0
Santiago c 5 0 2 3
Teufel 2b 3 1 0 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
Jackson cf 4 1 2 2
Hurst p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Melendez p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Vatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 9 8
Chicago 000 004 06010152
San Diego 000 202 121891
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki   5.0 4 4 3 1 1
  Lancaster   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  McElroy  W (6-2) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Assenmacher   1.2 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
4
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   6.0 9 4 4 2 2
  Melendez  L (6-5) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Rodriguez   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Lewis   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
6
6

  E–Dascenzo (2), Bell (9), Howell (2).  DP–Chicago 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Chicago Villanueva (5,off Hurst); Sandberg (25,off Hurst); Dawson (16,off Hurst), San Diego Santiago (17,off Assenmacher).  3B–San Diego Ward (1,off McElroy).  HR–Chicago Salazar (12,6th inning off Hurst 2 on, 0 out); Sandberg (22,8th inning off Lewis 3 on, 0 out), San Diego Howell (4,4th inning off Bielecki 1 on, 0 out); Jackson (15,8th inning off Assenmacher 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bielecki 2 (4,off Hurst 2); Teufel (3,off Lancaster); Howell (1,off McElroy).  IBB–Grace (7,by Rodriguez); Clark (2,by Lancaster).  HBP–McGriff (2,by Lancaster).  WP–Rodriguez (4).  HBP–Lancaster (3,McGriff).  IBB–Lancaster (5,Clark); Rodriguez (8,Grace).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:21.  A–12,706.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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