San Diego Padres vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 8, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres 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 Diego Padres 7, Philadelphia Phillies 11

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 1 1 0
Jones cf 4 2 1 2
Richards lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 1 2 0
Perkins 1b 4 1 1 1
Lefebvre rf 2 1 1 1
  Edwards ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 2 2
Bonilla 2b 3 0 2 0
Curtis p 2 1 0 0
  Urrea p 1 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 2 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 3 2 3
Schmidt 3b 5 3 4 5
Matthews lf 5 0 3 1
Davis rf 3 1 2 0
  Gross ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 2 1
  Aviles pr 0 0 0 0
  Unser cf 0 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Boone c 5 0 0 0
Ruthven p 3 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 0
  Aguayo pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 10
San Diego 400 200 1007114
Philadelphia 012 030 05x11141
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis   4.0 8 6 5 1 1
  Urrea   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Lucas  L (2-3) 0.1 1 4 0 1 1
  Littlefield   0.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
6
4
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   6.1 9 7 7 4 6
  Lyle  W (3-1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  McGraw   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
8

  E–Smith 2 (8), Kennedy (4), Bonilla (4), Ruthven (1).  DP–San Diego 1.  PB–Boone (1).  2B–San Diego Lefebvre (3,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Matthews (7,off Littlefield).  3B–Philadelphia D Davis (1,off Curtis); Trillo (1,off Lucas).  HR–San Diego Jones (1,4th inning off Ruthven 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Schmidt 2 (10,5th inning off Curtis 2 on, 0 out,8th inning off Littlefield 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bonilla (3,off Lyle).  SF–Perkins (1,off Lyle).  IBB–Gross (2,by Littlefield).  SB–Smith (5,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone); Trillo (4,2nd base off Curtis/Kennedy); Schmidt (4,2nd base off Curtis/Kennedy); Maddox (3,2nd base off Urrea/Kennedy).  IBB–Littlefield (1,Gross).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:45.  A–30,830.
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