Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1979 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 1 1
Thompson rf 4 0 2 1
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 1 1 1
Martin cf 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Foote c 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0
Caudill p 2 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 3 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 4 2
Carbo rf 3 1 1 2
  Hendrick rf 0 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 0 0 0
  Littell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Chicago 002 000 001370
St. Louis 001 040 00x5100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Caudill  L (0-4) 4.1 9 5 5 1 7
  Tidrow   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Capilla   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (6-10) 7.1 6 2 2 1 7
  Littell  SV (7) 1.2 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
9

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (33,off Caudill).  3B–Chicago DeJesus (7,off Forsch).  HR–Chicago Kingman (39,9th inning off Littell 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Carbo (2,5th inning off Caudill 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Brock 2 (11,2nd base off Caudill/Foote 2); Hernandez (7,2nd base off Tidrow/Foote).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:33.  A–49,467.
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