Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1979 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 2
Milner lf 3 1 1 1
  Robinson B. ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Ott c 3 0 0 1
Garner 3b 3 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 3 1 1 0
Berra ss 4 1 1 2
Robinson D. p 2 0 0 0
  Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 2 4 0
Thompson rf 3 0 2 1
  Vail ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 1 1
Kingman lf 5 1 4 1
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0
Martin cf 5 0 0 0
Foote c 3 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
McGlothen p 2 0 1 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 15 3
Pittsburgh 100 021 200671
Chicago 000 021 2005150
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (3-3) 5.0 8 2 2 1 1
  Bibby   0.1 2 1 0 1 0
  Romo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Tekulve  SV (3) 2.2 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
5
4
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (5-5) 6.0 5 4 4 1 4
  Moore   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez   1.2 1 1 1 0 3
  Sutter   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
1
7

  E–Milner (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 4.  2B–Chicago Foote (5,off D Robinson); DeJesus (8,off D Robinson); Ontiveros (8,off Bibby); Buckner (10,off Jackson).  HR–Pittsburgh Milner (6,1st inning off McGlothen 0 on, 1 out); Berra (1,5th inning off McGlothen 1 on, 1 out); Moreno (1,7th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Ott (1,off McGlothen).  HBP–Garner (3,by McGlothen).  SH–DeJesus (5,off D Robinson).  CS–Garner (4,2nd base by McGlothen/Foote).  WP–D Robinson (3), Moore (2).  HBP–McGlothen (1,Garner).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:52.  A–30,998.
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