Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1980 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 2 1
DeJesus ss 4 0 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Martin cf 3 0 0 0
Biittner lf 3 0 1 0
Thompson rf 3 0 2 0
Blackwell c 4 0 1 0
Dillard 2b 3 0 1 0
  Figueroa ph 1 0 1 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 10 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 1 0
Law cf 3 1 2 1
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 1
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomasson lf 3 0 1 0
  Castillo p 1 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 2 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Monday lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Chicago 100 000 0001101
Los Angeles 002 000 00x261
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (2-3) 6.0 6 2 2 2 4
  Tidrow   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (3-0) 6.0 8 1 1 2 5
  Castillo  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
4
11

  E–DeJesus (3), Yeager (2).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–Chicago DeJesus (6,off Sutton), Los Angeles Lopes (3,off Reuschel); Law (1,off Reuschel).  HR–Chicago Randle (3,1st inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sutton (1,off Reuschel).  HBP–Law (1,by Tidrow).  SB–DeJesus (8,2nd base off Sutton/Yeager); Thompson (3,2nd base off Sutton/Yeager); Law 4 (15,2nd base off Reuschel/Blackwell 2,3rd base off Reuschel/Blackwell,2nd base off Tidrow/Blackwell); Smith (1,2nd base off Reuschel/Blackwell).  CS–Thompson (1,Home by Sutton/Yeager); Biittner (1,2nd base by Sutton/Yeager); Cey (2,2nd base by Reuschel/Blackwell).  HBP–Tidrow (2,Law).  U–Dave Pallone, Ed Vargo, Satch Davidson.  T–2:39.  A–36,401.
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