Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 13, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1986 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf 5 1 2 1
Bonds cf 4 3 3 1
Ray 2b 4 1 3 2
Bream 1b 5 1 1 1
Bonilla lf 4 0 2 2
Pena c 5 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 5 0 1 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
Belliard ss 4 1 1 0
  Distefano ph 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 3 1 1 1
  Clements p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 5 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 5 1 2 2
Matthews lf 4 1 1 1
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Francona lf 0 0 0 0
Moreland rf 4 0 1 1
Durham 1b 3 2 2 1
Davis c 4 1 1 0
Speier 3b 2 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey lf 0 0 0 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 2 2 2
Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo 3b 3 2 3 1
Totals 35 9 12 9
Pittsburgh 201 200 2108141
Chicago 010 120 23x9121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   6.2 8 6 5 2 5
  Clements   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Robinson  L (2-2) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals 8.0 12 9 8 2 5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   4.1 8 5 5 2 2
  Gumpert   3.1 4 3 3 0 2
  DiPino  W (2-7) 0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Smith  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 14 8 8 3 7

  E–Belliard (5), Moreland (5).  2B–Pittsburgh Ray (27,off Sutcliffe); Bonds 2 (19,off Sutcliffe,off DiPino); Reuschel (2,off Sutcliffe); Orsulak (17,off Sutcliffe), Chicago Moreland (23,off Reuschel); Durham (10,off Clements).  3B–Pittsburgh Bream (5,off Gumpert).  HR–Chicago Durham (13,2nd inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out); Matthews (16,4th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 0 out); Trillo (1,7th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 0 out); Dunston (13,8th inning off Robinson 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Ray (8,by DiPino).  SF–Mumphrey (2,off Robinson).  SB–Bonds (19,2nd base off Sutcliffe/J Davis); Ray (6,2nd base off Sutcliffe/J Davis); Almon (9,2nd base off Smith/J Davis).  WP–Sutcliffe (8).  IBB–DiPino (5,Ray).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:10.  A–24,888.

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