Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
August 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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."

"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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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Chicago Cubs 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 2 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 1 2 1
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Thomasson rf 3 0 1 0
Martinez ss 2 0 2 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 1 0 0 0
  Brett p 1 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 2 0
Thompson rf 2 0 0 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 2 0 0 0
  Kelleher 3b 1 0 0 0
Martin cf 3 0 0 0
Foote c 3 1 1 1
Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0
McGlothen p 3 1 2 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
Los Angeles 000 000 010190
Chicago 010 010 00x250
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (11-9) 5.2 5 2 2 4 3
  Brett   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  W (11-8) 7.2 8 1 1 3 3
  Tidrow   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sutter  SV (32) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 3.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (26,off McGlothen); Ferguson (9,off McGlothen), Chicago McGlothen (3,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Los Angeles Baker (17,8th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Foote (12,2nd inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Sutcliffe (5,off McGlothen); DeJesus (14,off Sutcliffe).  IBB–Martinez (1,by McGlothen); Dillard (4,by Sutcliffe).  SF–Thompson (2,off Sutcliffe).  IBB–Sutcliffe (5,Dillard); McGlothen (5,Martinez).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:38.  A–25,285.
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