Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 8, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1992 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 10, Chicago Cubs 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 6 2 3 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
Larkin ss 5 2 1 0
Sanders lf 2 0 0 0
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Branson ph 1 1 1 1
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 0 0 0 0
  Coles ph 1 0 1 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Benavides ph,2b 1 1 1 2
O'Neill rf 6 2 3 2
Sabo 3b 5 0 1 1
Doran 1b 6 1 2 1
Martinez cf 2 0 0 0
  Brumfield ph,cf 3 1 0 0
Oliver c 5 0 0 0
Rijo p 1 0 0 0
  Braggs lf 4 0 3 3
Totals 49 10 16 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sosa cf 7 2 3 0
Grace 1b 6 1 3 2
Sandberg 2b 7 2 4 0
Dawson rf 6 0 3 2
  Dascenzo pr,rf 1 0 1 1
May lf 5 0 0 0
  Walton ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Salazar ss 5 0 2 0
Girardi c 4 1 2 1
Strange 3b 6 0 0 0
Boskie p 3 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Smith D. ph 1 1 1 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Villanueva ph 1 0 0 0
  McElroy p 1 0 0 0
  Smith D. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 7 19 6
Cincinnati 000 000 600 00410163
Chicago 012 200 010 0017190
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   3.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Foster   3.0 6 2 2 0 3
  Henry   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Ruskin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bankhead   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Charlton  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Dibble   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
12.0
19
7
7
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Boskie   6.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Patterson   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Scanlan   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   1.2 3 1 1 0 2
  Robinson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McElroy  L (2-1) 2.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Smith   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.0
16
10
10
1
4

  E–Henry (1), Charlton (1), Rijo (1).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Cincinnati Branson (2,off Boskie); Doran (4,off Scanlan); Braggs (2,off Assenmacher); Benavides (3,off McElroy), Chicago Dawson (6,off Rijo); Sosa (5,off Foster); Sandberg 2 (5,off Foster,off Dibble); Dwight Smith (3,off Henry).  3B–Cincinnati Doran (1,off Dave Smith).  HR–Chicago Girardi (1,2nd inning off Rijo 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Sabo (1,off Scanlan).  HBP–Brumfield (1,by Assenmacher); Walton (1,by Dibble).  SH–Grace (1,off Ruskin); Walton (1,off Charlton); Salazar (1,off Charlton).  IBB–Girardi (2,by Charlton).  SB–Sabo (1,2nd base off Assenmacher/Girardi).  HBP–Dibble (1,Walton); Assenmacher (1,Brumfield).  IBB–Charlton (2,Girardi).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–3:58.  A–27,008.
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