Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 2, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster lf 4 1 2 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Matthews rf 3 0 1 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 1 0 1 0
  Lum pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
  Nahorodny c 1 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
  Cooper cf 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 1 1 1
  Spikes rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Oberkfell 2b 5 0 3 1
Scott cf 5 1 0 1
Hernandez 1b 3 3 1 1
Hendrick rf 1 3 1 0
  Durham ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Iorg lf 5 1 3 7
Kennedy c 5 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Phillips ss 3 1 3 0
Forsch p 4 1 1 0
Totals 37 11 14 10
Atlanta 000 001 010260
St. Louis 260 300 00x11141
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (12-7) 1.1 7 7 7 1 0
  Hrabosky   3.2 4 4 4 3 2
  Garber   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Bradford   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (10-7) 9.0 6 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
3

  E–Phillips (8).  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–Nahorodny (2).  2B–Atlanta Chambliss (28,off Forsch), St. Louis Iorg 2 (17,off Alexander,off Hrabosky); Hernandez (31,off Alexander); Hendrick (28,off Hrabosky).  HR–Atlanta Pocoroba (2,6th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Royster (1,8th inning off Forsch 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hendrick (3,by Alexander).  IBB–Hendrick (7,by Hrabosky).  CS–Scott (8,2nd base by Alexander/Benedict).  WP–Hrabosky (2).  HBP–Alexander (3,Hendrick).  IBB–Hrabosky (4,Hendrick).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:14.  A–7,203.
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