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

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Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 4 0 2 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 5 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Spilman 1b 4 3 3 1
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Householder rf 4 0 2 2
Pastore p 3 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 11 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 2 0
Scott cf 4 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0
Iorg lf,3b 4 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 2 2 3
  Bonds pr 0 0 0 0
  Ramsey ss 0 0 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 1 0
  Durham ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 1 0
  Hood pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Cincinnati 010 101 000 03110
St. Louis 000 010 200 14101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore   7.0 8 3 3 1 3
  Soto   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Hume  L (7-9) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
10
4
4
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   9.0 10 3 2 0 3
  Kaat  W (6-7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
3
2
0
3

  E–Hernandez (7).  DP–Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 3.  HR–Cincinnati Spilman (4,6th inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Reitz 2 (8,5th inning off Pastore 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Pastore 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Martinez (2,off Pastore); Scott (5,off Soto); Oberkfell (6,off Hume).  SB–Collins 2 (66,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons 2).  CS–Collins (15,3rd base by Martinez/Simmons).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:22.  A–8,522.
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