Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Thompson rf 3 1 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 0
Biittner lf 4 1 2 2
Martin cf 4 0 0 0
Macko 3b 3 1 1 1
Blackwell c 3 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 3 0 1 0
  Ontiveros ph 1 0 1 1
  Kelleher pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Lamp p 2 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1
Cey 3b 2 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 2 0
Thomasson rf 4 0 1 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Yeager c 1 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Hooton p 2 0 0 0
  Ferguson c 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Chicago 200 000 002470
Los Angeles 001 000 000161
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  W (10-7) 5.1 4 1 1 3 3
  Tidrow   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Sutter  SV (35) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  L (11-10) 7.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Castillo   2.0 2 2 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
4
5

  E–Thomasson (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Los Angeles 1.  3B–Chicago Biittner (2,off Hooton).  HR–Los Angeles Garvey (22,3rd inning off Lamp 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lopes (5,off Sutter).  IBB–Yeager (8,by Lamp).  CS–DeJesus (17,2nd base by Castillo/Ferguson); Thomas (4,2nd base by Lamp/Blackwell).  SB–Thomasson (3,2nd base off Lamp/Blackwell).  WP–Sutter (8).  IBB–Lamp (7,Yeager).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Satch Davidson.
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