Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 20, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Thompson cf 3 0 0 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Durham rf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Foote c 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
McGlothen p 2 1 1 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 3 1
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 1
Porter c 2 1 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 1
Lezcano lf 2 1 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 3
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Landrum pr 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Chicago 001 000 000130
St. Louis 101 000 04x6100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (0-2) 7.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Tidrow   1.0 3 4 4 2 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (1-1) 5.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Kaat   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Sutter  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Foote (1).  2B–Chicago Henderson (1,off Forsch); McGlothen (1,off Forsch), St. Louis Hernandez 3 (6,off McGlothen 2,off Tidrow); Oberkfell (1,off Tidrow).  3B–St. Louis Herr (1,off Tidrow).  SH–DeJesus (2,off Forsch).  SF–Thompson (1,off Forsch).  IBB–Porter (1,by Tidrow).  CS–Scott (2,2nd base by McGlothen/Foote).  IBB–Tidrow (2,Porter).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:30.  A–10,454.
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