Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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

Atlanta Braves 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller lf 3 2 1 0
Washington rf 3 1 1 2
Chambliss 1b 3 2 2 2
Horner 3b 4 0 4 3
  Royster pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 2
Benedict c 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 0 0
Walk p 3 1 1 0
  Bradford p 1 1 1 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 12 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
  Ramsey ss 1 2 1 0
Scott cf 3 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 2 2
Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 1 1 0
Lezcano lf 3 3 1 2
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Rincon p 1 0 0 1
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Atlanta 000 103 0329121
St. Louis 000 010 302670
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Walk   6.2 5 4 3 4 2
  Bradford  W (2-0) 2.0 1 2 2 3 1
  Camp  SV (4) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
7
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rincon   5.1 8 4 4 1 2
  Otten   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Sutter  L (0-1) 1.0 2 3 3 3 1
  Sykes   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
5
5

  E–Horner (4).  DP–Atlanta 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Atlanta Horner 2 (4,off Rincon,off Sutter); Miller (2,off Rincon), St. Louis Oberkfell (4,off Walk).  HR–St. Louis Lezcano (1,7th inning off Walk 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Washington (3,off Sutter); Miller (2,off Sykes).  HBP–Washington (1,by Sykes).  IBB–Chambliss 2 (4,by Rincon,by Sutter); Murphy (1,by Sutter).  SB–Miller (10,2nd base off Sutter/Porter); Washington (4,3rd base off Sykes/Porter); Scott (5,2nd base off Walk/Benedict); Ramsey (1,2nd base off Walk/Benedict).  CS–Scott (4,2nd base by Bradford/Benedict).  HBP–Sykes (1,Washington).  IBB–Rincon (1,Chambliss); Sutter 2 (2,Chambliss,Murphy).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:48.  A–9,260.
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