Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 1 1
Griffey cf 5 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 2
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 1 1 0
Knight 3b 3 2 2 0
Oester 2b 2 1 1 1
O'Berry c 2 0 0 0
  Nolan ph,c 2 0 0 0
Soto p 1 0 0 0
  Moskau p 1 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 2
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Scott cf 5 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Hendrick rf 1 3 0 0
Porter c 3 1 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 2 2 2
Lezcano lf 3 0 1 2
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 1 1
  Edelen p 1 0 1 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 6
Cincinnati 010 100 3016101
St. Louis 024 000 10x771
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  L (1-4) 2.1 4 6 6 3 2
  Moskau   3.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Bair   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Hume   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
7
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (2-1) 5.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Edelen   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Sutter  SV (5) 3.0 5 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
6

  E–Foster (1), Porter (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Biittner (2,off Sutter), St. Louis Lezcano (2,off Moskau); Porter (3,off Bair).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (4,4th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Collins (1,off Sutter).  HBP–Hendrick (2,by Soto).  IBB–Oberkfell (1,by Bair).  SB–Knight (2,2nd base off Forsch/Porter); Griffey 2 (3,2nd base off Forsch/Porter,2nd base off Sutter/Porter).  WP–Soto (1).  HBP–Soto (1,Hendrick).  IBB–Bair (2,Oberkfell).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:48.  A–21,315.
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