Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
September 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Atlanta Braves 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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Atlanta Braves 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster lf,3b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 1 1 1
Horner 3b 3 1 1 0
  Cooper lf 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 3
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Boggs p 4 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 5 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Tracy lf 4 1 4 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Vail rf 4 1 1 1
Lezcano cf 3 1 1 2
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
Foote c 3 0 0 0
Kelleher ss 1 0 0 0
  Figueroa ph 1 0 0 0
  DeJesus ss 0 0 0 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Dillard 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Atlanta 000 000 310450
Chicago 000 200 001361
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  W (9-8) 8.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Camp  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (9-11) 8.0 4 4 4 2 6
  Tidrow   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
3
6

  E–Vail (4).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Chambliss (32,off Tidrow), Chicago Tracy (1,off Boggs).  3B–Chicago Tracy (2,off Boggs).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (26,7th inning off McGlothen 2 on, 0 out); Matthews (18,8th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Lezcano (3,4th inning off Boggs 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Benedict (5,by Tidrow).  SH–McGlothen (7,off Boggs).  WP–McGlothen (2).  IBB–Tidrow (13,Benedict).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:13.  A–1,480.
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