Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
June 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1987 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 9

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Thompson cf 5 1 2 0
Gross lf 4 0 0 0
Samuel 2b 4 3 3 1
Schmidt 3b 4 2 1 0
Hayes 1b 4 0 2 2
Wilson rf 5 1 3 2
Daulton c 3 0 1 2
Jeltz ss 2 0 0 0
  Calhoun p 0 0 0 0
  Schu ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 1 0
Jackson p 2 0 1 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Aguayo ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 3 1 3 0
  Dernier ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 3 1 2 3
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Dawson rf 5 0 0 0
Durham 1b 3 2 2 0
  Trillo 1b 1 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 4 1 2 2
Davis J. c 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Noce 2b 4 1 2 1
Brumley ss 3 1 0 0
Sutcliffe p 3 1 1 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 1 1 3
  Davis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Dayett lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Philadelphia 100 100 3027141
Chicago 004 011 03x9130
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (1-5) 3.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Hume   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Calhoun   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Tekulve   2.0 2 3 3 1 2
Totals 8.0 13 9 9 2 7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (9-3) 6.2 8 5 5 5 6
  DiPino   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lynch   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Davis   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Smith  SV (18) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 14 7 7 6 9

  E–Samuel (10).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Hayes (12,off Sutcliffe); Wilson 2 (8,off Lynch,off R Davis), Chicago Noce 2 (3,off M Jackson,off Tekulve); Durham (9,off Hume); Sutcliffe (3,off Calhoun).  HR–Philadelphia Samuel (11,1st inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Palmeiro (1,3rd inning off M Jackson 1 on, 1 out); Moreland (10,3rd inning off M Jackson 1 on, 2 out); Mumphrey (4,8th inning off Tekulve 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Daulton (1,off Sutcliffe); Palmeiro (1,off Calhoun).  IBB–Daulton (1,by Lynch).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Dernier (1,off Calhoun).  Team–6.  WP–Sutcliffe (4).  IBB–Lynch (3,Daulton).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:20.  A–22,870.

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