Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
June 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros 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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Houston Astros 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 3 0 1 1
Walling 1b 3 0 1 0
  Howe ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
  Gonzalez pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 0 0 0 0
  Leonard pr 0 1 0 0
  Pujols c 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Randle 3b 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 3 0
Vail rf 3 0 0 0
Biittner lf 4 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 1 1 1
Foote c 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Houston 000 000 200231
Chicago 000 010 000150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (4-1) 6.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Smith  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Hernandez  L (1-5) 5.2 2 2 2 2 4
  Caudill   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Capilla   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
5
7

  E–Reynolds (5).  2B–Houston Puhl (9,off Reuschel), Chicago Buckner (12,off Ruhle).  HR–Chicago Martin (11,5th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hernandez (1,off Ruhle).  WP–Hernandez (2), Capilla (1).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:35.  A–15,289.
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