St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
April 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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St. Louis Cardinals 10, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 1 2
Scott cf 5 1 3 3
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 4 2 1 1
Iorg lf 4 0 1 0
  Landrum lf 1 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 2 1 0
Tenace c 3 2 1 1
Herr 2b 4 1 2 1
Shirley p 3 0 0 0
  Kaat p 1 1 1 1
  Edelen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 12 10
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 1 3 2
Griffey cf 5 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 1
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0
Oester 2b 4 1 1 1
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Berenyi p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 1 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
St. Louis 001 300 51010120
Cincinnati 000 020 200483
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  W (1-0) 5.2 4 2 2 4 8
  Kaat   0.2 3 2 2 0 2
  Edelen   2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
12
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (1-1) 5.0 6 4 1 2 5
  Berenyi   1.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Price   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bair   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
10
7
3
7

  E–Griffey (1), Concepcion 2 (4).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (3,off Seaver); Herr (1,off Seaver); Scott (3,off Price), Cincinnati Driessen (4,off Shirley); Oester (1,off Shirley); Mejias (1,off Kaat); Collins (2,off Kaat).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (2,8th inning off Bair 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Templeton (1,off Seaver); Concepcion (1,off Edelen).  HBP–Tenace (1,by Seaver).  SB–Oberkfell (1,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  HBP–Seaver (1,Tenace).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:53.  A–22,529.
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