Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 30, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1977 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 2 0
Cardenal lf 4 0 1 0
Biittner 1b 4 0 0 0
Clines rf 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Wallis cf 3 0 0 0
Swisher c 3 1 1 1
Reuschel p 2 0 1 0
  Rosello ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 1
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 4 1 1 0
Oliver lf 4 1 3 1
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Macha 3b 3 0 1 1
  Mendoza 3b 1 0 0 0
Moreno cf 2 1 1 0
Candelaria p 2 0 2 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Chicago 000 000 010172
Pittsburgh 000 200 10x380
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (20-10) 7.0 8 3 3 4 1
  Roberts   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
4
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (20-5) 9.0 7 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
7

  E–Swisher 2 (8).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago DeJesus (31,off Candelaria).  3B–Pittsburgh Oliver (6,off R Reuschel); Moreno (9,off R Reuschel).  HR–Chicago Swisher (5,8th inning off Candelaria 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Parker (12,by R Reuschel).  CS–Trillo (5,2nd base by Candelaria/Ott); Moreno (15,2nd base by R Reuschel/Swisher).  SB–Taveras 2 (70,2nd base off R Reuschel/Swisher 2).  WP–R Reuschel (9).  IBB–R Reuschel (11,Parker).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–(none), 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:09.  A–8,507.
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