Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
May 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1981 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos 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 4, Chicago Cubs 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 2 3 2
Scott 2b 5 0 2 1
Dawson cf 3 0 3 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Cromartie rf 4 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 1 0
Burris p 2 1 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 1 1
Strain 2b 3 1 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Durham rf 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
Morales cf 4 2 3 2
Reitz 3b 3 1 2 2
Blackwell c 2 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis c 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Dillard ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Totals 31 6 11 6
Montreal 002 000 1014100
Chicago 200 000 22x6111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (2-4) 6.1 5 4 4 3 2
  Fryman   1.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Bahnsen   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (2-5) 7.0 9 3 2 2 5
  Tidrow  SV (2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
2
7

  E–Reuschel (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Montreal Speier (7,off Reuschel), Chicago Buckner (14,off Burris); Reitz (5,off Bahnsen).  3B–Montreal Scott (1,off Reuschel).  HR–Montreal Raines (3,9th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Burris (2,off Reuschel).  HBP–Reitz (3,by Burris).  SB–Raines 3 (38,2nd base off Reuschel/Blackwell 2,Home off Reuschel/Blackwell); Scott (18,2nd base off Reuschel/Blackwell); DeJesus (11,2nd base off Burris/Carter).  CS–Buckner (1,Home by Burris/Carter).  WP–Reuschel (3).  HBP–Burris (1,Reitz).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:28.  A–15,981.
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