New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 2 2
Johnson ss 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Carter c 3 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 1 1
Backman 2b 3 1 1 0
  Teufel 2b 1 0 0 0
Fernandez p 3 0 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dunston ss 5 2 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 1
Grace 1b 3 0 2 1
Dawson rf 4 0 1 2
Law 3b 4 1 1 0
Webster cf 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 4 1 3 1
Berryhill c 4 0 1 0
Bielecki p 1 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 1
  Jackson pr 0 1 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
New York 000 020 0114100
Chicago 000 011 40x6120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (6-10) 6.2 6 4 4 1 5
  McDowell   0.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Leach   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki   5.0 7 2 2 0 4
  DiPino  W (2-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Perry   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Gossage  SV (12) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Carter (13,off Gossage), Chicago Davis (9,off Fernandez).  3B–Chicago Palmeiro (4,off Fernandez).  HR–New York Dykstra (4,5th inning off Bielecki 1 on, 1 out); Johnson (20,8th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out).  SB–McReynolds (16,2nd base off Bielecki/Berryhill); Strawberry (22,2nd base off Bielecki/Berryhill); Dunston (16,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:03.  A–36,399.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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