Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
May 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 0, Chicago Cubs 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 0
Ferguson c 1 0 0 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 1 0
  Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 2 0 0 1
Vail lf 3 0 1 0
  Figueroa lf 0 0 0 0
Martin cf 2 0 0 0
Thompson rf 3 0 1 0
Dillard 2b 3 1 1 0
Blackwell c 3 0 1 1
Lamp p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 5 2
Los Angeles 000 000 000040
Chicago 001 000 10x251
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (4-1) 6.0 2 1 1 3 3
  Castillo   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  W (3-4) 9.0 4 0 0 4 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
6

  E–Thompson (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (3,off Lamp); Smith (6,off Lamp), Chicago Dillard (4,off Castillo).  SH–Sutton (3,off Lamp).  IBB–Ferguson (3,by Lamp).  SF–Buckner (2,off Sutton).  CS–Thomas (4,2nd base by Lamp/Blackwell); Thompson (3,2nd base by Castillo/Ferguson).  SB–Randle (5,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson).  IBB–Lamp (1,Ferguson).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:06.  A–7,482.
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