Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 26, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1980 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 3 2
Foli ss 5 0 1 0
Parker rf 2 1 1 0
  Lacy ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Easler lf,rf 4 2 1 0
Madlock 1b 5 1 3 2
Garner 2b 1 1 0 0
  Bevacqua 3b 3 0 0 0
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Berra 3b,2b 2 1 0 0
Candelaria p 2 1 2 4
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 0 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 1 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 1 2 2
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 2
  Capilla p 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Martin rf 4 0 0 0
Vail lf 4 2 2 0
  Figueroa lf 0 0 0 0
Lezcano cf 4 1 1 1
Dillard 3b 4 3 3 1
O'Berry c 3 1 2 2
Lamp p 1 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 1 1
  Reuschel pr 0 1 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 9
Pittsburgh 020 320 0108122
Chicago 020 510 01x9131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria   3.2 9 7 7 0 0
  Solomon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Romo   3.0 2 1 1 0 4
  Tekulve  L (8-12) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
0
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   4.0 5 5 5 5 2
  Smith   0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Capilla   2.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Caudill  W (4-5) 1.2 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
6
9

  E–Easler (3), Madlock (18), Dillard (9).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Candelaria (3,off Lamp); Easler (26,off Smith).  3B–Chicago Lezcano (1,off Candelaria).  IBB–Berra (5,by Lamp); Ott (7,by Smith).  WP–Lamp (9).  IBB–Lamp (7,Berra); Smith (5,Ott).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:04.  A–3,941.
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