Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 0, Houston Astros 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 7 0 1 0
Randle 3b 7 0 1 0
Buckner lf 6 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 7 0 0 0
Thompson rf 6 0 1 0
Figueroa cf 6 0 1 0
Blackwell c 6 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 2 0 0 0
Lamp p 2 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Riley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 56 0 7 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 6 0 3 0
Cabell 3b 7 1 1 0
Puhl rf 6 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph,1b 4 0 1 0
Heep 1b 4 0 2 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 1 0 1 1
Ashby c 5 0 1 0
  Pujols ph,c 2 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 5 0 2 0
  Landestoy ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 1 0
  Leonard cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 56 1 13 1
Chicago 000 000 000 000 000 00071
Houston 000 000 000 000 000 011130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   9.0 6 0 0 5 2
  Tidrow   3.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Hernandez   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Riley  L (0-4) 2.2 4 1 1 4 0
Totals
16.2
13
1
1
10
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   8.0 6 0 0 2 0
  Roberge   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sambito   4.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Niekro  W (13-11) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
17.0
7
0
0
3
4

  E–Riley (2).  2B–Houston Heep (7,off Lamp).  3B–Houston Andujar (1,off Lamp).  SH–Lamp (7,off Andujar); Andujar (2,off Lamp); Leonard (1,off Tidrow); Puhl (5,off Riley).  IBB–Cruz 3 (11,by Lamp,by Riley 2); Morgan (3,by Tidrow).  SB–DeJesus (32,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby).  CS–Morgan (6,2nd base by Lamp/Blackwell); Puhl (10,2nd base by Lamp/Blackwell); Cruz (9,2nd base by Lamp/Blackwell).  IBB–Lamp (4,Cruz); Tidrow (11,Morgan); Riley 2 (5,Cruz 2).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–4:47.  A–25,031.
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