Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 29, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 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 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 2 1
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 5 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 2
Walling 1b 3 0 1 1
Ashby c 3 0 0 1
Landestoy ss 4 1 2 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 1 2 0
Randle 3b 4 1 1 0
Buckner lf 5 0 1 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 1 2
Biittner rf 4 0 1 2
Thompson cf 3 1 1 0
Blackwell c 3 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Figueroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 1 0 0 0
Krukow p 2 1 1 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 1 1
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Houston 200 002 0116120
Chicago 013 001 0005100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   5.0 6 4 4 1 2
  Smith  W (4-5) 3.0 4 1 1 1 5
  LaCorte  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   5.0 7 4 4 1 3
  Capilla   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sutter   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Tidrow  L (5-5) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (27,off Sutter).  3B–Houston Cruz (6,off Krukow).  HR–Chicago Kingman (14,2nd inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ashby (3,off Capilla); Kingman (4,off Ryan).  HBP–Puhl (4,by Tidrow).  SB–Cruz (27,2nd base off Krukow/Blackwell); Cedeno (39,2nd base off Capilla/Blackwell); Landestoy (20,2nd base off Tidrow/Blackwell).  CS–Walling (3,2nd base by Sutter/Blackwell).  BK–Sutter (3).  HBP–Tidrow (5,Puhl).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:49.  A–9,994.
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