Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 28, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1980 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 5 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 3 1 1 0
  Howe ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 1 3 1
Cruz lf 4 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 2 0
Walling 1b 2 0 0 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 2
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Randle 3b 4 0 2 0
Buckner rf 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Thompson cf 4 1 1 0
Blackwell c 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
Lamp p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 1 0
  Vail ph 1 0 1 1
  Riley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Houston 103 000 000490
Chicago 000 000 100192
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (2-4) 6.0 7 0 0 0 2
  Sambito  SV (13) 3.0 2 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  L (10-10) 4.1 7 4 3 3 1
  Hernandez   2.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Riley   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
6
3

  E–Randle (19), Tyson (14).  DP–Houston 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Houston Bergman (3,off Riley), Chicago Thompson (10,off Sambito).  SH–Andujar (3,off Hernandez).  IBB–Cabell (6,by Hernandez).  SB–Cabell (17,2nd base off Lamp/Blackwell); Puhl (21,2nd base off Lamp/Blackwell).  CS–Landestoy (12,2nd base by Lamp/Blackwell).  IBB–Hernandez (2,Cabell).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:47.  A–18,694.
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