Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
May 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1980 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
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Chicago Cubs 0, San Francisco Giants 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 3 0
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Martin cf 2 0 0 0
  Figueroa cf 2 0 1 0
Biittner lf 4 0 3 0
Thompson rf 4 0 1 0
Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 0 0 0
Krukow p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 9 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 3 0 0 0
Strain 2b 3 1 2 0
Clark rf 3 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 3 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 1 2
May c 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
Whitson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 2
Chicago 000 000 000090
San Francisco 000 200 00x261
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  L (3-4) 6.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Hernandez   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
0
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  W (2-5) 9.0 9 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
0
3

  E–LeMaster (7).  DP–Chicago 2, San Francisco 1.  3B–San Francisco Whitfield (1,off Krukow).  SH–Strain (3,off Krukow).  HBP–Herndon (1,by Krukow).  CS–Randle (4,2nd base by Whitson/May).  HBP–Krukow (2,Herndon).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–John Kibler.  T–1:58.  A–8,652.
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