Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos 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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Montreal Expos 2, New York Mets 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 0 1 0
Scott 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 3 0 0 0
Cromartie 1b 4 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 1 1
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Ramos c 4 1 1 1
Lea p 1 0 0 0
  Ratzer p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 2 2 0
Trevino c 5 2 2 1
Staub 1b 4 1 2 1
  Wilson cf 1 0 1 0
Kingman lf 5 1 1 3
Jorgensen rf,1b 4 0 1 1
Youngblood cf,rf 2 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 2 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 2 1
Zachry p 4 0 2 0
Totals 38 7 16 7
Montreal 020 000 000240
New York 105 100 00x7162
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lea  L (0-1) 2.2 9 6 6 2 1
  Ratzer   3.1 5 1 1 0 1
  Lee   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
7
7
2
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (3-0) 9.0 4 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
3

  E–Taveras (4), Brooks (2).  DP–Montreal 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Staub (1,off Lea); Flynn (5,off Lea).  HR–Montreal Wallach (1,2nd inning off Zachry 0 on, 1 out); Ramos (1,2nd inning off Zachry 0 on, 2 out), New York Kingman (1,3rd inning off Lea 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Raines (1,by Zachry).  SB–Raines (5,2nd base off Zachry/Trevino); Taveras 2 (3,2nd base off Lea/Ramos,3rd base off Lea/Ramos).  CS–Youngblood (1,2nd base by Lea/Ramos).  HBP–Zachry (1,Raines).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:20.  A–21,464.
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