Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 13, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1977 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Gross cf 2 1 0 0
  Morales ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Biittner lf 4 0 2 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Swisher c 3 0 1 0
Burris p 1 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 1 0
  Bosetti lf 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 1 1
Templeton ss 4 0 2 2
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 1 2 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Falcone p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 9 3
Chicago 000 001 000140
St. Louis 000 030 00x391
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (13-15) 6.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Lamp   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (17-6) 5.0 4 1 0 2 1
  Falcone  SV (1) 4.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
2
3

  E–Mumphrey (8).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Biittner (24,off Forsch).  SH–Burris (6,off Forsch); Forsch 2 (11,off Burris 2).  SB–Mumphrey (20,2nd base off Burris/Swisher).  CS–Hernandez (6,2nd base by Burris/Swisher).  WP–Burris (8).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:10.  A–10,353.
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