Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1980 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0
Randle 3b 3 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Riley p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Vail rf,lf 4 0 2 0
Foote c 4 0 0 0
Thompson cf,rf 3 1 0 0
Kelleher ss 4 0 0 0
Capilla p 3 0 1 1
  Martin cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Foli ss 3 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Lacy lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. 1b 1 1 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Easler rf 2 0 0 1
Garner 2b 4 0 0 0
Nicosia c 2 0 0 0
  Ott ph,c 1 0 0 0
Robinson D. p 2 0 1 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Berra ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Chicago 000 110 000260
Pittsburgh 010 000 000142
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Capilla  W (2-0) 7.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Caudill   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Riley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (2-4) 8.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6

  E–Madlock (6), D Robinson (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Randle (11,off D Robinson); Vail (8,off D Robinson).  SF–Easler (2,off Capilla).  SB–Madlock (8,2nd base off Capilla/Foote); Moreno (48,2nd base off Capilla/Foote).  CS–B Robinson (3,2nd base by Capilla/Foote).  WP–D Robinson (4).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:18.  A–24,668.
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