Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
April 30, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1977 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
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Chicago Cubs 0, Cincinnati Reds 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Cardenal lf 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 0 1 0
Morales cf 3 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 1 0 0 0
  Wallis ph 1 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 1 0
  Krukow p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 0 1 0 0
  Flynn 3b,2b 2 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 0 0
Griffey rf 4 2 2 1
Morgan 2b 3 3 0 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 2
Foster lf 5 0 2 2
Bench c 5 1 3 1
Geronimo cf 3 0 2 1
Billingham p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Chicago 000 000 000052
Cincinnati 330 000 11x8110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (2-3) 1.0 3 6 3 5 0
  Hernandez   3.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Krukow   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Todd   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
5
8
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (3-1) 9.0 5 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
5

  E–DeJesus (4), Trillo (2).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Cincinnati Bench 2 (5,off Burris,off Todd); Griffey (6,off Burris).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (1,off G Hernandez).  HBP–Rose (1,by G Hernandez).  IBB–Geronimo (2,by Burris).  WP–G Hernandez 2 (2).  HBP–G Hernandez (1,Rose).  IBB–Burris (2,Geronimo).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:15.  A–26,774.
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