The Steve Christmas Game Boxscore

Merry Christmas Cub fans. Below is the "Christmas Game". Steve Christmas was a backup catcher with the Reds, Sox & Cubs. He only got a cup of coffee with the Cubs in '86. On April 27, 1986 it was a white Christmas in Wrigleyville!

Chicago Cubs 12, Montreal Expos 10

DayGame Played on Sunday, April 27, 1986 (D) at Wrigley Field

MON N 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 - 10 12 0
CHI N 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 5 x - 12 14 0

BATTING
Montreal Expos AB R H RBI BB K PO A
Raines lf 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
Webster cf 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dawson rf 3 1 1 0 2 1 3 1
Brooks ss 5 2 2 4 0 1 2 1
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 6 0
Law 2b 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 2
Fitzgerald c 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
McGaffigan p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 12 9 4 5 24 6

FIELDING -
DP: 1.

BATTING -
2B: Law 2 (4,off Trout,off Ruthven); Brooks (6,off Trout); Dawson (3,off Baller).
HR: Raines (2,1st inning off Trout 0 on, 0 out); Law (1,6th inning off Trout
1 on, 2 out); Brooks (4,7th inning off Ruthven 2 on, 2 out).

Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB K PO A
Dernier cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Christmas ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Hoffman pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bosley lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
Dunston ph,ss 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
Moreland rf 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Durham 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 10 0
Cey 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Trillo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
J. Davis c 4 3 3 5 0 1 6 0
Speier ss 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 3
Lopes pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trout p 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
Ruthven p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fontenot p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey ph,cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 36 12 14 12 4 6 27 10

FIELDING -
DP: 2.
PB: J. Davis (3).

BATTING -
2B: Sandberg (4,off McGaffigan); Trout (1,off McGaffigan); Bosley (1,off Schatzeder);
Christmas (1,off Reardon); Dunston (5,off Riley).
HR: J. Davis 2 (2,4th inning off McGaffigan 3 on, 2 out,8th inning off Reardon
0 on, 1 out); Speier (1,6th inning off Schatzeder 1 on, 1 out).
HBP: Cey (1,by McGaffigan).
IBB: Moreland 2 (2,by Schatzeder,by Riley).

PITCHING
Montreal Expos IP H HR R ER BB K
McGaffigan 4 4 1 5 5 2 5
Schatzeder 3 4 1 2 2 1 1
Reardon L(2-2) 0.1 4 1 4 4 0 0
Riley 0.2 2 0 1 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 14 3 12 12 4 6

Chicago Cubs IP H HR R ER BB K
Trout 5.2 7 2 6 6 3 4
Ruthven 2 3 1 3 3 1 0
Fontenot W(1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baller SV(2) 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 9 12 3 10 9 4 5

HBP: McGaffigan (1,Cey).
IBB: Schatzeder (2,Moreland); Riley (3,Moreland).

Umpires: Bob Engel, Jim Quick, Paul Runge, Dave Pallone

Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 30825

8th Inning Recap:
CUBS 8TH: REARDON REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Trillo made an
out to third; J. Davis homered; Speier singled to center; LOPES
RAN FOR SPEIER; MUMPHREY BATTED FOR FONTENOT; Mumphrey singled
to right [Lopes to third]; CHRISTMAS BATTED FOR DERNIER;
Christmas doubled to right [Lopes scored, Mumphrey scored];
HOFFMAN RAN FOR CHRISTMAS; DUNSTON BATTED FOR BOSLEY; RILEY
REPLACED REARDON (PITCHING); Dunston doubled to left [Hoffman
scored]; Sandberg grounded out (third to first); Moreland was
walked intentionally; Durham singled to right [Dunston scored,
Moreland out at third (right to third)]; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 9, Cubs 12.