Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 9, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1992 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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)
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Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 5 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 4
Grace 1b 4 0 2 0
Dawson rf 5 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 5 1 2 1
Salazar lf 2 0 1 0
  Daniels ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Girardi c 5 1 0 1
Arias ss 3 1 1 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Kunkel ss 1 0 1 1
Castillo p 1 0 1 0
  Villanueva ph 1 0 1 1
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Strange ph 1 1 1 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 14 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cole rf 5 3 4 0
Bell ss 5 2 2 2
Van Slyke cf 4 2 2 1
Bonds lf 3 2 1 1
King 3b,2b 5 2 2 4
Merced 1b 5 0 1 2
LaValliere c 1 1 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Espy ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason p 1 0 0 0
Tomlin p 1 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 1 1 2
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Neagle p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 13 12
Chicago 010 204 0018140
Pittsburgh 103 205 02x13132
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   3.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Slocumb   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  McElroy   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Robinson  L (3-3) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Patterson   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Scanlan   2.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
13
13
7
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin   4.0 6 3 3 1 0
  Wagner   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Neagle   0.2 3 3 3 0 1
  Cox  W (4-3) 1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Mason   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
4

  E–A Cole (1), Mason (1).  2B–Chicago Dawson (25,off Tomlin); Buechele (22,off Tomlin); Villanueva (6,off Tomlin); Arias (2,off Neagle); Kunkel (2,off Mason), Pittsburgh Bonds (30,off Castillo); Van Slyke (40,off Patterson); Merced (25,off Scanlan).  HR–Chicago Sandberg (19,6th inning off Cox 3 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bell (8,3rd inning off Castillo 1 on, 1 out); Varsho (3,4th inning off Slocumb 1 on, 1 out); King (12,6th inning off Patterson 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Garcia (1,off Slocumb).  IBB–Bonds (28,by Patterson); LaValliere (13,by Scanlan).  SB–Bonds (33,3rd base off Castillo/Girardi).  WP–Castillo 2 (11).  IBB–Patterson (6,Bonds); Scanlan (6,LaValliere).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:19.  A–10,853.
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