Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 0

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 2 2 1
Rose 1b 4 1 2 1
  Unser 1b 1 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 2 2 3
  Vukovich J. 3b 1 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 5 0 2 1
  Vukovich G. lf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 2 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 2b 3 0 1 0
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Vail rf 4 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
Blackwell c 2 0 1 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Tyson ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Figueroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Philadelphia 003 300 1007110
Chicago 000 000 000041
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (9-2) 7.0 4 0 0 0 11
  Noles   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
13
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (1-4) 3.1 7 5 5 2 2
  McGlothen   2.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Caudill   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Capilla   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
6

  E–Vail (1).  2B–Philadelphia Bowa (6,off Hernandez); Smith (2,off Hernandez), Chicago Kingman (4,off Carlton).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt 2 (16,3rd inning off Hernandez 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Caudill 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Carlton (4,off Hernandez).  SB–Boone (2,2nd base off Hernandez/Blackwell).  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by Hernandez/Blackwell).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:24.  A–26,937.
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