Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
May 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Montreal Expos 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

Montreal Expos 3, San Diego Padres 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 0 0 0
Scott 2b 5 2 3 0
Dawson cf 5 1 2 1
Valentine rf 4 0 1 1
  White pr,rf 0 0 0 1
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Wallach 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Sanderson p 2 0 1 0
  Fryman p 1 0 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 1 0
Jones cf 3 0 3 0
  Evans ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Richards lf 5 0 2 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
  Edwards pr 0 1 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Stimac ph 1 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 1 0
Lefebvre rf 3 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Swisher ph,c 1 0 0 0
Salazar 3b,cf 4 1 2 1
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 1
Welsh p 2 0 1 0
  Turner rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 13 2
Montreal 000 000 020 13100
San Diego 000 000 011 02130
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   7.2 8 1 1 0 2
  Fryman  W (3-1) 1.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Lee  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
2
2
0
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh   7.2 6 2 2 5 3
  Littlefield   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Lucas  L (3-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 2, San Diego 1.  2B–Montreal Dawson 2 (7,off Welsh,off Lucas), San Diego Jones (10,off Sanderson); Salazar (4,off Sanderson).  SH–Sanderson (4,off Welsh); Turner (1,off Sanderson).  SF–White (1,off Lucas).  IBB–Raines (2,by Welsh); Carter (4,by Welsh); Wallach (2,by Welsh).  SB–Raines (34,2nd base off Welsh/Kennedy); White (1,2nd base off Welsh/Kennedy).  CS–Raines (4,2nd base by Welsh/Kennedy).  WP–Welsh (1).  IBB–Welsh 3 (4,Raines,Carter,Wallach).  T–2:57.  A–13,283.
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