Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 1 0
Thompson rf,cf 3 0 0 0
  Vail ph 0 0 0 1
  Dilone cf 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 3 0
Ontiveros 3b 2 0 1 0
Martin cf 3 0 1 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Foote c 4 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 4 1 1 0
Lamp p 2 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 1
Brock lf 2 0 2 0
  Scott ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 1
Mumphrey cf,lf 3 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
  Herr pr 0 1 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 1 0
Vuckovich p 1 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Chicago 000 000 200281
St. Louis 100 100 0013101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   3.0 4 2 1 0 2
  Capilla   2.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Caudill   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Hernandez  L (4-2) 2.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Sutter   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
10
3
2
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich   6.0 7 2 2 4 3
  McEnaney   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Littell  W (8-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
4

  E–Buckner (5), Reitz (5).  DP–Chicago 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Dillard (5,off Vuckovich); Biittner (8,off Vuckovich); Kingman (13,off McEnaney), St. Louis Hernandez (34,off Capilla); Oberkfell (12,off Hernandez).  SF–Vail (2,off McEnaney); Templeton (3,off Sutter).  IBB–Ontiveros (4,by McEnaney); Mumphrey (1,by Caudill).  SH–Vuckovich (7,off Capilla).  HBP–Oberkfell (2,by Hernandez).  CS–Kingman (2,3rd base by Vuckovich/Simmons); Hernandez (5,2nd base by Capilla/Foote).  HBP–Hernandez (3,Oberkfell).  IBB–Caudill (3,Mumphrey); McEnaney (6,Ontiveros).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:44.  A–44,457.
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