Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1980 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, St. Louis Cardinals 15

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 1 0
  Guerrero 2b 1 0 0 0
Law cf 5 2 2 0
Smith rf 3 1 1 2
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 2
Cey 3b 4 1 2 2
  Hatcher 3b 1 0 0 0
Thomasson lf 5 0 2 0
Russell ss 4 0 2 0
Yeager c 5 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 1 0 1 0
  Monday ph 0 1 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 6 2 3 3
Oberkfell 2b 3 3 3 0
Hernandez 1b 4 3 2 1
Simmons c 4 2 2 5
Bonds lf 4 1 1 1
Hendrick rf 5 2 2 3
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 1
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Scott cf 5 2 3 0
Thomas p 2 0 1 0
  Borbon p 2 0 0 1
  Phillips ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 15 18 15
Los Angeles 100 031 1107130
St. Louis 320 316 00x15182
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (0-2) 1.1 7 5 5 0 1
  Castillo   3.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Hough   0.0 3 5 5 3 0
  Beckwith   3.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
18
15
15
6
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Thomas   4.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Borbon  W (1-0) 3.1 4 3 1 2 2
  Littell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
5
3
5

  E–Templeton (8), Borbon (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (2,off Thomas); Garvey (2,off Thomas); Cey (4,off Borbon), St. Louis Bonds (3,off Sutcliffe).  3B–Los Angeles Law (3,off Borbon).  HR–St. Louis Templeton (1,2nd inning off Sutcliffe 1 on, 1 out); Simmons (3,4th inning off Castillo 2 on, 2 out); Hendrick (5,5th inning off Castillo 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Smith 2 (5,off Borbon 2).  SB–Law (11,2nd base off Thomas/Simmons); Garvey (3,2nd base off Thomas/Simmons); Scott 2 (3,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Yeager,2nd base off Castillo/Yeager); Oberkfell (3,2nd base off Castillo/Yeager).  WP–Sutcliffe (2).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:49.  A–23,394.
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