Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 15, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1980 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 3 3 0
Randle 3b 3 0 1 1
  Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0
Buckner rf,lf 4 0 0 1
Kingman lf 3 0 0 0
  Figueroa cf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
  Thompson pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Martin cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
McGlothen p 3 1 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 2 3 1
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
  Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 3 3
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
Hendrick rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Iorg lf 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 2 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Durham ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Martinez p 1 0 0 0
  Ramsey 2b 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 003 010 010561
St. Louis 000 002 020491
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  W (9-7) 7.1 7 4 2 1 4
  Sutter  SV (25) 1.2 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (4-6) 5.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Urrea   2.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Hood   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Otten   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
1
0

  E–Tyson (11), Oberkfell (6).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago McGlothen (4,off Martinez).  3B–Chicago DeJesus (3,off Urrea), St. Louis Templeton (9,off McGlothen); Oberkfell (4,off Sutter).  HR–Chicago Blackwell (5,3rd inning off Martinez 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Hernandez (11,6th inning off McGlothen 1 on, 2 out).  SB–DeJesus (29,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons).  CS–Thompson (6,2nd base by Otten/Kennedy); Scott (7,2nd base by McGlothen/Blackwell).  WP–Urrea (2).  BK–Martinez (2).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:30.  A–28,888.
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