St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 1 1
Scott cf 5 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 1
Durham lf 5 0 1 1
Landrum rf 5 0 1 0
Kennedy c 2 2 1 0
Reitz 3b 5 0 1 0
Herr ss 3 1 2 0
Martin p 1 0 0 1
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 0 0
Dillard 3b 3 1 2 1
  Tracy ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Buckner rf,1b 4 1 1 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 1
  Tyson 2b 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 3
  Thompson rf 0 0 0 0
Lezcano cf 2 1 0 0
Blackwell c 4 0 1 1
Kelleher 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Martz p 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Figueroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 6
St. Louis 011 001 0115100
Chicago 200 100 03x672
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin   5.0 4 3 3 2 3
  Urrea   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Littlefield  L (5-4) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Martz   5.1 8 3 2 3 0
  Hernandez   1.2 0 0 0 2 3
  Caudill  W (2-5) 2.0 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
6
5

  E–DeJesus (21), Dillard (7).  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (36,off Martz); Herr 2 (9,off Martz,off Caudill), Chicago Blackwell (16,off Martin).  HR–St. Louis Hernandez (15,9th inning off Caudill 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Johnson (10,8th inning off Littlefield 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Martin (1,off Martz); Oberkfell (2,off Caudill).  SB–Herr (8,2nd base off Martz/Blackwell); DeJesus (42,2nd base off Martin/Kennedy).  CS–Herr (2,3rd base by Martz/Blackwell); Landrum (1,2nd base by Martz/Blackwell).  WP–Hernandez (6).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:32.  A–3,019.
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