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Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 31, 1980 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Sunday, August 31, 1980 at Wrigley Field |
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| Houston |
2 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Chicago |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 3 | – | 8 | 15 | 1 |
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| Houston Astros |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Niekro |
7.0 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
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Sambito |
0.2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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LaCorte L (8-4) |
1.0 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| Totals |
8.2 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
10 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Reuschel |
8.0 |
11 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
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Tidrow W (6-5) |
1.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
13 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
E–Cabell (21), Cruz (11), DeJesus (20). DP–Chicago 1. PB–Ashby (9). 2B–Chicago Tyson (18,off Niekro); Reuschel (3,off Niekro); Kingman (8,off Sambito). HR–Houston Cruz (8,1st inning off Reuschel 1 on, 2 out); Cabell (2,3rd inning off Reuschel 0 on, 0 out). IBB–Cruz (12,by Tidrow). SH–Reuschel (10,off Niekro). SB–Walling (4,2nd base off Reuschel/Blackwell). WP–Sambito (2). IBB–Tidrow (12,Cruz). U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Paul Pryor. T–3:00. A–14,823. |
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| Game played on Sunday, August 31, 1980 at Wrigley Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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