Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 22, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs 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, Houston Astros 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 0 0
Randle 3b 6 1 3 0
Buckner lf 5 1 2 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 0 0 0 0
Thompson rf,1b 4 0 1 0
Martin cf,rf 5 0 1 1
Blackwell c 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Figueroa cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 6 0 2 1
Puhl rf 5 0 0 0
Cruz lf 5 1 3 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Heep 1b 5 0 2 0
Ashby c 5 0 0 1
Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 1 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 0 1 0 0
Pladson p 2 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph,ss 3 0 1 0
Totals 43 3 10 3
Chicago 100 001 000 000270
Houston 010 000 010 0013102
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Sutter   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Caudill  L (1-4) 1.2 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.2
10
3
3
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pladson   7.0 5 2 1 2 3
  LaCorte  W (8-3) 5.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
12.0
7
2
1
4
5

  E–Cabell (20), Reynolds (14).  DP–Chicago 2, Houston 2.  2B–Chicago Thompson (9,off LaCorte), Houston Cedeno (26,off Reuschel).  3B–Chicago Randle (6,off Pladson).  IBB–Blackwell (5,by LaCorte).  SB–Morgan (19,2nd base off Sutter/Blackwell).  BK–Caudill 2 (3).  IBB–LaCorte (5,Blackwell).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:24.  A–34,118.
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