San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 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

San Francisco Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 1
Clark rf 4 1 2 1
Herndon lf 4 2 1 1
May c 3 0 1 1
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 1 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 3 1
Rose 1b 5 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 3
Matthews lf 4 2 2 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 2 0
Maddox cf 2 1 1 1
Bowa ss 4 0 0 1
Boone c 3 1 2 1
Ruthven p 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 13 7
San Francisco 000 401 000571
Philadelphia 022 010 11x7130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   2.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Holland   3.2 5 1 1 1 2
  Lavelle  L (0-2) 1.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Breining   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (4-1) 7.0 7 5 5 2 4
  McGraw  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
4

  E–Holland (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Francisco Cabell (6,off Ruthven); Clark (2,off Ruthven); LeMaster (2,off Ruthven); May (5,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Matthews (5,off Griffin); Gross 2 (3,off Griffin,off Lavelle).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt 2 (8,3rd inning off Griffin 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Lavelle 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Evans (1,off McGraw); McGraw (1,off Lavelle).  SF–Maddox (3,off Holland).  HBP–Schmidt (1,by Lavelle).  SB–Morgan (4,2nd base off McGraw/Boone); Maddox (2,2nd base off Griffin/May).  CS–Trillo (1,2nd base by Holland/May).  WP–Ruthven (1).  HBP–Lavelle (1,Schmidt).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:58.  A–41,283.
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