San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
July 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1987 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Francisco Giants 3, Chicago Cubs 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Comstock p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Melvin ph 1 0 0 0
Aldrete rf 4 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 0
Brown 3b 4 1 2 2
Speier ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 2 1
Brenly c 4 0 2 0
Hammaker p 1 0 1 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Uribe ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 2 3 1
Trillo 1b,3b 5 0 3 2
Dawson rf 4 0 2 1
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
  Martinez pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Dayett ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 5 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 0 1 0
Noce 2b 5 1 3 0
Brumley ss 3 1 2 0
Sutcliffe p 4 1 1 0
  Durham 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 15 4
San Francisco 000 200 100381
Chicago 102 200 00x5151
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker  L (4-6) 2.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Gott   2.0 4 2 2 0 3
  LaCoss   2.0 3 0 0 3 1
  Comstock   1.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Robinson   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 8.0 15 5 5 8 6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (11-4) 8.0 8 3 3 2 10
  Smith  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 8 3 3 2 12

  E–Thompson (6), Noce (3).  DP–San Francisco 4.  2B–San Francisco Brenly (9,off Sutcliffe), Chicago Noce (6,off LaCoss).  HR–San Francisco Brown (6,4th inning off Sutcliffe 1 on, 0 out); C Davis (12,7th inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Dernier (4,1st inning off Hammaker 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Brumley (1,by LaCoss); Dawson (2,by LaCoss); Matthews (1,by LaCoss).  Team–14.  SB–Brown (1,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Sundberg); Uribe (5,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Sundberg); Dernier (11,3rd base off LaCoss/Brenly); Dawson (7,2nd base off LaCoss/Brenly).  WP–Gott (3), Comstock (3).  BK–Comstock (1).  IBB–LaCoss 3 (7,Brumley,Dawson,Matthews).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:31.  A–30,929.

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