Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 28, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 5 0 1 0
Lacy lf 2 0 0 0
  Nicosia c 1 0 0 0
Easler rf 3 1 2 1
Bevacqua 1b 4 0 0 0
Ott c,lf 4 1 1 0
Berra 3b 4 0 0 0
Law 2b 4 0 2 0
Blyleven p 1 0 1 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Madlock ph 1 0 1 1
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Dillard 3b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Biittner rf 4 1 1 0
  Thompson rf 0 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Tracy lf 3 1 2 0
O'Berry c 3 1 0 0
Kelleher 2b 4 0 1 2
Krukow p 2 0 2 0
  Figueroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Pittsburgh 000 100 001291
Chicago 000 102 00x380
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (8-13) 6.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Tekulve   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (10-15) 6.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Caudill  SV (1) 3.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
6

  E–Blyleven (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Blyleven (1,off Krukow).  3B–Chicago Kelleher (1,off Blyleven).  HR–Pittsburgh Easler (21,4th inning off Krukow 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Blyleven (9,off Krukow); Nicosia (2,off Krukow).  IBB–Easler (6,by Krukow).  IBB–Krukow (5,Easler).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:31.  A–10,305.
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