Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 1 2 0
Thompson cf 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 1
Kingman lf 4 2 2 1
Biittner rf 3 0 1 2
Macko 3b 4 0 1 0
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 3 0 0 0
Blackwell c 2 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 0 0 0 0
  Kelleher pr 0 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 1 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 2
Cey 3b 2 1 1 0
Baker lf 3 1 1 0
Hatcher rf 4 0 0 0
  Thomasson rf 0 0 0 0
Thomas cf 3 1 1 1
Oates c 3 0 0 0
  Yeager c 0 0 0 0
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 3
Chicago 300 001 000482
Los Angeles 030 020 00x560
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (16-8) 4.1 6 5 4 4 0
  Tidrow   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
4
4
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (12-12) 9.0 8 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
7

  E–Thompson (4), Biittner (3).  DP–Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Chicago Buckner (33,off Sutton), Los Angeles Garvey (28,off Reuschel).  HR–Chicago Kingman (42,6th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dillard (5,off Sutton).  SB–Buckner (8,2nd base off Sutton/Oates); Lopes (41,2nd base off Reuschel/Blackwell).  WP–Reuschel (5), Sutton (4).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.
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