Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
June 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1979 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 2 1
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 1 1
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Thomasson cf 2 1 0 0
Ferguson c 2 0 2 0
  Yeager pr,c 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 2 0 1 1
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 2 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 2 1
Kingman lf 3 2 1 1
Murcer rf 3 0 1 0
Martin cf 3 0 2 3
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
Foote c 3 0 0 0
Lamp p 2 0 1 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
Los Angeles 210 000 000381
Chicago 300 001 10x5100
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (6-4) 6.0 8 4 3 3 3
  Hough   0.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Patterson   1.2 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
7
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  W (5-2) 6.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Tidrow  SV (2) 3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
3

  E–Russell (13).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Chicago 3.  2B–Los Angeles Smith (5,off Lamp), Chicago Martin (14,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Los Angeles Lopes (16,1st inning off Lamp 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Russell (3,off Lamp); DeJesus (8,off Sutcliffe); Tidrow (2,off Patterson).  HBP–Garvey (1,by Lamp).  IBB–Ontiveros (1,by Sutcliffe).  CS–Smith (2,2nd base by Lamp/Foote).  SB–Murcer (1,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Ferguson); Kingman (2,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Ferguson); Sizemore (2,2nd base off Hough/Yeager); DeJesus (8,2nd base off Patterson/Yeager).  WP–Sutcliffe (2), Lamp (1).  HBP–Lamp (2,Garvey).  IBB–Sutcliffe (3,Ontiveros).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:46.  A–25,683.
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