Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 1 1 0
Griffey cf 5 0 0 1
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
  Hume p 1 0 0 0
Bench 1b 5 0 2 0
Nolan c 3 1 2 0
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 2 2 1
Seaver p 1 0 0 1
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 1
  Driessen pr 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 6 0 1 1
Scott cf 5 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 5 1 2 1
Porter c 4 0 0 1
Oberkfell 3b 5 1 1 0
Lezcano lf 2 1 1 0
Herr 2b 4 1 2 2
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 0 0 0 0
  Edelen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 9 5
Cincinnati 120 000 100 00480
St. Louis 000 310 000 01591
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   6.0 6 4 4 6 5
  Price   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Hume  L (1-2) 3.1 3 1 1 3 0
Totals
10.2
9
5
5
11
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.1 6 4 4 3 5
  Kaat   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Otten   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Edelen  W (1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
3
5

  E–Oberkfell (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Cincinnati Oester (2,off Martinez); Bench (3,off Edelen), St. Louis Templeton (6,off Seaver).  3B–Cincinnati Collins (2,off Martinez); Oester (1,off Martinez), St. Louis Herr (5,off Seaver).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (4,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Seaver (1,off Martinez).  SH–Herr (1,off Price).  IBB–Hernandez (3,by Hume).  SB–Griffey (4,2nd base off Martinez/Porter); Driessen (1,2nd base off Kaat/Porter).  CS–Bench (1,2nd base by Martinez/Porter).  IBB–Hume (4,Hernandez).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:12.  A–21,855.
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