Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Montreal Expos 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 1 2 0
Manuel 2b 5 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 2 1 1
  Bahnsen p 1 0 1 0
  Sosa p 1 0 1 1
Valentine rf 4 1 1 1
Carter c 5 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0
Cromartie 1b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 3 2
Lea p 1 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Ratzer p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 1 0
Aguayo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1
Matthews lf 4 1 2 0
Moreland rf 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 2
Bowa ss 3 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Christenson p 2 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Aviles 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Montreal 000 112 0116121
Philadelphia 000 300 000363
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lea   4.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Ratzer  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bahnsen   2.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Sosa  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  L (1-2) 5.2 6 4 2 2 3
  Proly   2.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Reed   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
2
3

  E–Office (1), Aguayo (2), Bowa (1), Christenson (1).  DP–Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Montreal Parrish (4,off Christenson); Carter (1,off Proly); Speier (5,off Proly), Philadelphia Schmidt (4,off Lea).  3B–Montreal Speier (1,off Christenson).  HR–Montreal Dawson (5,4th inning off Christenson 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Raines 2 (16,2nd base off Christenson/Boone,2nd base off R Reed/Boone); Rose (1,2nd base off Lea/Carter).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:19.  A–26,192.
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