Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 1 0
Baker lf 6 1 2 3
Garvey 1b 6 1 2 0
Cey 3b 4 0 2 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 1 1
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Scioscia c 4 0 1 0
  Yeager ph,c 1 0 0 0
Thomas 2b 4 1 0 0
Reuss p 3 0 0 0
  Monday rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 43 4 10 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 6 0 2 1
Griffey cf 6 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 6 0 1 0
Foster lf 6 1 1 0
Bench 1b 6 0 3 0
Knight 3b 6 0 1 1
Oester 2b 4 1 1 0
O'Berry c 1 0 1 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 2 12 2
Los Angeles 200 000 000 0024101
Cincinnati 000 000 110 0002120
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   7.2 9 2 1 3 2
  Howe   2.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Stewart  W (2-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
12
2
1
3
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   7.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Hume   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Price   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Bair  L (1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
12.0
10
4
4
5
6

  E–Russell (5).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (9,off LaCoss); Garvey (10,off Hume), Cincinnati Bench (5,off Reuss); Foster (10,off Reuss); Knight (5,off Reuss).  HR–Los Angeles Baker (3,1st inning off LaCoss 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Russell (5,off Bair).  IBB–Landreaux (2,by Bair); Oester (4,by Reuss).  WP–Bair (1).  IBB–Reuss (2,Oester); Bair (4,Landreaux).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:15.  A–27,943.
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