New York Mets vs Montreal Expos
April 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1981 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 4, Montreal Expos 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson rf 2 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 1 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 1 1
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 0 2 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 1
Kingman lf 4 1 1 1
Jorgensen 1b,rf 4 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Trevino c 4 1 2 0
Flynn 2b 2 1 0 0
Zachry p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 0 0 0
Manuel 2b 5 2 2 0
Dawson cf 3 1 1 0
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 2 3 3
  Hutton rf 1 0 1 1
Carter c 4 2 2 2
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Cromartie 1b 3 1 2 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Burris p 1 0 0 1
Totals 35 8 12 7
New York 001 001 011462
Montreal 312 001 01x8123
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (3-1) 2.0 5 4 3 0 2
  Falcone   3.0 2 2 2 5 4
  Miller   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Reardon   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
6
9
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  W (2-1) 9.0 6 4 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
1
6

  E–Mazzilli 2 (3), Parrish (3), Speier (4), Burris (1).  DP–Montreal 3.  2B–New York Cubbage (1,off Burris), Montreal Dawson (2,off Zachry); Speier (3,off Zachry); Manuel 2 (2,off Miller,off Reardon).  3B–Montreal Carter (1,off Zachry).  HR–New York Kingman (2,9th inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out), Montreal Valentine (3,1st inning off Zachry 1 on, 2 out); Carter (4,3rd inning off Falcone 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Mazzilli (1,off Burris); Burris (1,off Zachry).  WP–Burris (1).  BK–Burris (1).  T–2:22.
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