St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
June 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1980 at Fulton County Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Atlanta Braves 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 2 1
Iorg lf 4 0 0 0
  Scott cf 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0
Simmons c 4 3 4 1
Hendrick cf,rf 5 2 3 5
Bonds rf,lf 4 0 0 1
Reitz 3b 5 1 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Kaat p 3 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 1 0 0 0
  Seaman p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 11 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hubbard 2b 5 0 2 1
Murphy cf 4 2 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 3 2
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
Horner 3b 5 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 5 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 1 1 0
Gomez ss 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Matula p 2 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 1 1 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 9 3
St. Louis 111 002 000 38111
Atlanta 000 001 301 0590
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat   6.2 6 4 2 3 2
  Littlefield  W (1-0) 2.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Seaman   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Frazier  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
5
3
4
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula   5.2 8 5 5 1 1
  Hrabosky   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Camp   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bradford  L (1-3) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Garber   0.2 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
11
8
8
2
4

  E–Templeton (13).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Reitz (13,off Matula); Simmons (10,off Matula); Hendrick (11,off Matula); Herr (3,off Matula), Atlanta Hubbard (3,off Kaat); Murphy (10,off Kaat); Chambliss (13,off Kaat); Spikes (1,off Kaat).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (8,3rd inning off Matula 0 on, 1 out); Hendrick (12,10th inning off Garber 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Bonds (2,off Matula).  SB–Templeton (15,2nd base off Matula/Benedict).  CS–Hubbard (2,2nd base by Littlefield/Simmons).  WP–Kaat (2), Littlefield (1), Matula (2).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:32.  A–6,513.
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