Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 3 0 1 0
DeJesus ss 3 2 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 2 1 1
Kingman lf 5 1 1 0
  Lezcano cf 0 0 0 0
Martin cf,lf 4 1 2 3
Foote c 5 1 3 2
Thompson rf 5 0 2 1
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 1 0 0 0
Krukow p 5 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 3 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Spilman lf 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Oester ph 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 2 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0
Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Soto p 2 0 0 0
  Mejias lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Chicago 500 000 0207110
Cincinnati 100 000 000142
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (1-1) 0.1 5 5 5 1 1
  Soto   7.0 5 2 2 6 5
  Bair   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
9

  E–Griffey (1), Knight (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Buckner (3,off Bonham), Cincinnati Driessen (2,off Krukow).  3B–Chicago Foote (1,off Bonham).  SB–DeJesus (4,2nd base off Bonham/Bench); Randle (4,2nd base off Soto/Bench).  CS–Buckner (1,2nd base by Soto/Bench).  WP–Bair (1).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:40.  A–27,165.
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