Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 29, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1980 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b,2b 4 1 2 2
DeJesus ss 5 0 2 1
Buckner 1b 5 0 1 1
  Biittner 1b 0 0 0 0
Kingman lf 5 0 1 0
Martin cf 4 0 0 0
Thompson rf 3 1 1 0
Blackwell c 3 1 0 0
Kelleher 2b 1 1 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Dillard 3b 1 1 1 1
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Lezcano ph 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Foote ph 1 0 1 1
  Figueroa pr 0 1 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 2b 5 0 3 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 1 2 0
Bonds lf 5 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 5 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 1 2 1
Scott cf 4 1 2 0
Thomas p 1 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 0 0 0 1
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 3
Chicago 002 000 103691
St. Louis 000 102 0104122
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   5.0 10 3 3 3 5
  Caudill   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow   1.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Capilla  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Sutter  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Thomas   4.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Moore   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Hood   2.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Sykes  L (1-2) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Littell   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
8

  E–Kingman (1), Templeton (7), Hendrick (1).  DP–Chicago 3, St. Louis 1.  PB–Simmons (2).  2B–Chicago DeJesus (4,off Thomas); Dillard (2,off Sykes), St. Louis Oberkfell (2,off Reuschel); Reitz (3,off Reuschel); Simmons (3,off Reuschel); Hendrick (5,off Reuschel).  HBP–Simmons (1,by Tidrow).  IBB–Templeton (3,by Capilla).  SB–Kelleher (1,2nd base off Thomas/Simmons); Thompson (1,2nd base off Sykes/Simmons); Hernandez (3,2nd base off Tidrow/Blackwell).  CS–Kingman (1,2nd base by Thomas/Simmons); Randle (3,2nd base by Moore/Simmons).  WP–Littell (2).  HBP–Tidrow (1,Simmons).  IBB–Capilla (1,Templeton).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:55.  A–12,665.
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