Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Horner 3b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 3 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Boggs p 2 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 1 1
Porter c 3 2 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 1 0 0
Lezcano lf 3 0 2 1
Ramsey ss 3 0 1 1
Sorensen p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Atlanta 000 000 001170
St. Louis 000 202 00x470
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  L (1-4) 7.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Mahler   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen  W (4-0) 9.0 7 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1, St. Louis 1.  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (5,4th inning off Boggs 0 on, 1 out); Porter (2,4th inning off Boggs 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Scott (6,3rd base off Boggs/Benedict); Hernandez (2,2nd base off Boggs/Benedict).  BK–Sorensen (2).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:07.  A–7,531.
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