St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1980 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 1
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 1
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez p 4 1 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 1
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Randle 3b 0 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Biittner lf 4 0 0 0
Martin rf 4 0 1 0
Foote c 2 0 0 0
Lezcano cf 3 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Figueroa ph 0 1 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Krukow p 2 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
St. Louis 000 000 030360
Chicago 000 000 010132
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (1-1) 9.0 3 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  L (1-1) 7.0 6 3 0 0 2
  Caudill   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Tidrow   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
0
1
4

  E–Buckner (2), Krukow (3).  SH–Oberkfell (2,off Krukow).  SF–Bonds (1,off Caudill).  IBB–Simmons (3,by Caudill).  SB–Oberkfell (1,2nd base off Caudill/Foote); Figueroa (1,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons).  IBB–Caudill (1,Simmons).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:10.  A–10,429.
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