Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 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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Chicago Cubs 10, New York Mets 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 6 1 1 0
Figueroa cf,rf 5 1 2 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 6 0 2 0
Kingman lf 5 1 2 2
  Lezcano pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Tracy rf,lf 5 1 0 0
Tyson 2b 6 1 0 0
Dillard 3b 7 1 3 0
O'Berry c 5 2 3 2
Krukow p 2 0 1 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Totals 51 10 15 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 0 0
Backman 2b 4 0 2 0
Trevino c 6 0 1 0
Youngblood rf 6 2 1 0
Mazzilli 1b 6 2 3 1
Henderson lf 7 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 6 0 2 2
Almon ss 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 1
  Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 1 0 0 0
  Norman ph 0 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 10 4
Chicago 101 100 200 000 0510151
New York 011 102 000 000 005101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   5.1 6 5 5 4 3
  Hernandez   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Caudill   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Tidrow   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Sutter   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Smith  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
14.0
10
5
5
11
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   6.0 9 3 3 2 2
  Allen   2.0 1 2 2 1 3
  Reardon   5.0 2 0 0 4 6
  Hausman  L (6-5) 1.0 3 5 5 1 0
Totals
14.0
15
10
10
8
11

  E–Buckner (8), Wilson (1).  DP–Chicago 1, New York 2.  2B–New York Mazzilli (29,off Krukow).  3B–New York Mazzilli (4,off Krukow).  HR–Chicago Kingman (15,7th inning off Allen 1 on, 1 out); Vail (6,14th inning off Hausman 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Buckner (10,by Reardon); Tyson (3,by Hausman); Moreno (1,by Hernandez); Mazzilli (7,by Caudill); Backman (1,by Smith).  SH–Trevino (2,off Caudill); Backman (1,off Sutter); Wilson (1,off Smith).  BK–Krukow (2).  IBB–Hernandez (3,Moreno); Caudill (10,Mazzilli); Smith (2,Backman); Reardon (14,Buckner); Hausman (8,Tyson).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–4:28.  A–8,053.
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