Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1979 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 1 1 1
Martin cf 3 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Foote c 4 0 1 0
Kelleher 3b 1 1 0 0
  Ontiveros ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Dillard 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 2 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 3 0
Foli ss 5 1 2 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 1
Stargell 1b 4 3 3 2
Milner lf 3 1 1 0
  Robinson ph,lf 2 1 2 3
Ott c 5 1 1 1
Berra 3b 4 0 1 1
Garner 2b 4 0 3 1
Rooker p 4 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 17 9
Chicago 001 100 000220
Pittsburgh 400 010 31x9171
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (6-6) 6.0 12 6 6 0 5
  Hernandez   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Moore   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
17
9
9
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  W (2-0) 9.0 2 2 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
2
2
1
3
5

  E–Berra (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (14,off McGlothen).  3B–Pittsburgh Foli (1,off McGlothen).  HR–Chicago Kingman (15,4th inning off Rooker 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Stargell (10,5th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 0 out); B Robinson (10,7th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 0 out).  SH–McGlothen (3,off Rooker).  SF–Parker (2,off McGlothen).  IBB–Stargell (2,by Moore).  SB–Moreno (19,2nd base off Moore/Foote).  WP–Rooker (1).  IBB–Moore (3,Stargell).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:26.  A–7,107.
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