Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1980 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 0 0
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
  Russell ss 0 0 0 0
Johnstone lf 4 0 0 1
  Law cf 0 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Thomasson rf 3 2 1 1
Monday cf 3 2 2 2
  Baker ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Guerrero 3b 4 2 2 2
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 0 0 0 1
  Yeager c 0 0 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Castillo p 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 6 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 3 1
Garner 2b 3 2 0 0
Lacy lf 5 3 5 2
Robinson rf,1b 4 1 2 2
Madlock 3b 2 0 0 0
Sanguillen 1b 3 0 0 1
  Milner ph,1b,rf 0 0 0 1
Nicosia c 3 0 0 0
  Ott ph,c 2 0 1 1
Berra ss 4 1 1 0
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Los Angeles 000 021 301760
Pittsburgh 400 110 0028121
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   6.2 10 6 6 4 3
  Castillo  L (3-5) 1.2 1 2 2 2 2
  Howe   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.1
12
8
8
7
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   6.0 3 5 4 2 7
  Romo   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Jackson  W (8-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
7
6
2
9

  E–Sanguillen (1).  2B–Los Angeles Monday (2,off Blyleven), Pittsburgh Lacy (13,off Reuss).  3B–Los Angeles Guerrero (1,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Moreno (7,off Reuss); Lacy (2,off Reuss).  HR–Los Angeles Thomasson (1,5th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); Monday (2,5th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); Guerrero (3,7th inning off Romo 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh B Robinson (10,1st inning off Reuss 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Ferguson (2,off Jackson).  SH–Blyleven (6,off Reuss); B Robinson (3,off Castillo).  IBB–Madlock 3 (8,by Reuss 2,by Castillo).  SB–Moreno (53,2nd base off Reuss/Scioscia); Lacy (10,2nd base off Reuss/Scioscia).  CS–Moreno (18,2nd base by Reuss/Scioscia).  IBB–Reuss 2 (7,Madlock 2); Castillo (3,Madlock).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:37.  A–41,932.
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