Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
September 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 6, Chicago Cubs 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 0 2 0
  Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0
Winningham lf 5 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 5 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 2 1 0
O'Neill rf 5 2 3 1
Esasky 1b 4 1 1 3
Reed c 3 1 2 1
Oester 2b 3 0 1 1
Armstrong p 3 0 1 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  McClendon ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Webster cf 3 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 5 0 1 2
Grace 1b 4 0 2 1
Dawson rf 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro lf 3 0 1 0
Law 3b 3 0 0 0
Berryhill c 3 1 1 0
  Roomes pr 0 0 0 0
  Trillo ss 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 2 1 1 0
  Dascenzo ph 0 1 0 0
  Salazar ss 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph,c 1 0 0 0
Maddux p 2 0 0 1
  Capel p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Wrona ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Cincinnati 030 002 1006111
Chicago 100 010 200480
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Armstrong  W (3-6) 6.0 6 4 3 4 2
  Murphy   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Williams   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Franco  SV (31) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
6
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (16-7) 5.1 8 5 5 2 2
  Capel   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Hall   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Reed (3).  2B–Chicago Berryhill (16,off Armstrong).  HR–Cincinnati Esasky (13,2nd inning off Maddux 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Oester (1,off Hall).  IBB–Larkin (2,by Hall).  SB–Webster 2 (18,2nd base off Armstrong/Reed 2); Grace (1,2nd base off Armstrong/Reed); Dunston (19,2nd base off Armstrong/Reed).  WP–Maddux (3).  IBB–Hall (2,Larkin).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:48.  A–33,087.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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