Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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."

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Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 6 0 2 1
Randle 3b 4 1 1 0
  Figueroa cf 1 0 0 0
Buckner rf,lf 5 3 4 3
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
  Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 2 0
  Thompson pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Martin cf,rf 3 0 0 2
Blackwell c 4 2 1 0
Tyson 2b 5 1 3 1
Krukow p 2 0 1 1
  Dillard ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 1 1 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 15 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 1 1 0
Templeton ss 5 2 3 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 1
Durham lf 3 0 1 1
Oberkfell 2b 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Ramsey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 3
Chicago 210 010 1139152
St. Louis 000 002 020491
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (8-12) 5.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez   1.2 3 2 1 0 0
  Tidrow   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Sutter  SV (26) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
1
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (6-9) 3.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Otten   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Hood   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Urrea   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield   2.0 6 4 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
4
6

  E–Kelleher (6), Tyson (12), Templeton (23).  2B–Chicago Tyson (13,off Otten), St. Louis Scott (11,off Hernandez).  3B–Chicago Blackwell (4,off Sykes).  HR–Chicago Buckner (8,1st inning off Sykes 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Martin (6,off Otten).  IBB–Blackwell (4,by Littlefield).  HBP–Durham (1,by Krukow).  SB–DeJesus (30,2nd base off Hood/Simmons); Martin (8,2nd base off Urrea/Simmons).  WP–Hood (5).  HBP–Krukow (7,Durham).  IBB–Littlefield (6,Blackwell).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:45.  A–38,710.
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