St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1980 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 3 1 1 0
Herr 2b 5 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 2
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Lentine cf,lf 3 0 1 1
  Iorg ph 0 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 1 0 0 0
  Swisher ph 1 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 0 0
Foli ss 3 2 2 1
Parker rf 4 1 3 3
Robinson lf 4 0 1 0
Milner 1b 4 0 1 1
Madlock 3b 3 1 1 0
Ott c 2 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 1 1 1
Rooker p 2 0 0 0
  Romo p 1 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
St. Louis 000 010 0203100
Pittsburgh 050 010 00x6101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  L (2-1) 4.0 6 5 5 2 1
  Hood   1.2 4 1 1 3 2
  Thomas   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sykes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Littell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
6
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  W (2-0) 5.0 4 1 1 2 1
  Romo   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Jackson   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
4

  E–Foli (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (3,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Parker (3,off Vuckovich).  3B–St. Louis Bonds (2,off Rooker).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (2,2nd inning off Vuckovich 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Scott (1,by Tekulve).  IBB–Madlock (1,by Hood).  CS–Reitz (1,2nd base by Romo/Ott); Milner (1,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons); Moreno (1,2nd base by Hood/Simmons).  WP–Hood (1).  HBP–Tekulve (1,Scott).  IBB–Hood (1,Madlock).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:54.  A–35,567.
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