St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
August 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 6 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b,3b 6 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Simmons c 6 1 1 1
Hendrick cf 5 1 3 0
Durham rf 4 0 1 0
  Bonds pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy lf 5 1 3 2
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
  Ramsey pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Sykes p 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 2 0 1 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 1 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 3 15 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 3 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 2 1 1 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 1 1 2
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 2
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 3 0
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 7 4
St. Louis 020 001 000 0003151
Cincinnati 002 001 000 001470
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes   1.0 1 0 0 4 1
  Urrea   7.0 3 3 3 3 6
  Kaat   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Littlefield   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hood  L (2-5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Otten   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.2
7
4
4
10
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   6.0 9 3 3 0 3
  Hume   3.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Bair   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Price  W (4-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
15
3
3
0
9

  E–Urrea (2).  DP–St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Oberkfell 2 (15,off Seaver 2); Reitz (26,off Seaver), Cincinnati Concepcion (21,off Urrea).  3B–Cincinnati Knight (7,off Kaat).  HR–St. Louis Kennedy (4,2nd inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out); Simmons (18,6th inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Foster (18,3rd inning off Urrea 1 on, 1 out); Driessen (13,6th inning off Urrea 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hernandez (3,by Price); Knight (4,by Otten).  SH–Griffey (3,off Hood).  SF–Driessen (8,off Otten).  IBB–Oester (2,by Urrea); Foster (10,by Kaat); Driessen (14,by Kaat).  CS–Hernandez (6,2nd base by Seaver/Bench); Bonds (5,2nd base by Hume/Bench).  SB–Collins (59,2nd base off Sykes/Simmons); Concepcion (9,2nd base off Littlefield/Simmons).  HBP–Otten (2,Knight); Price (1,Hernandez).  IBB–Urrea (6,Oester); Kaat 2 (10,Foster,Driessen).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:32.  A–30,013.
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