Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
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 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)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Cincinnati Reds 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Russell ss 5 0 3 1
Landreaux cf 6 0 2 2
Baker lf 6 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 2 3 1
Cey 3b 5 2 2 2
Guerrero rf 5 1 1 0
Scioscia c 3 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph 1 1 1 1
  Yeager c 1 0 0 0
Thomas 2b 2 1 1 1
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Frias 2b 0 1 0 0
Valenzuela p 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 0 1 0 1
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 14 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 1 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
  Combe p 0 0 0 0
Griffey cf 3 0 0 1
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 0 1 0
Bench 1b 3 2 3 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 1
Oester 2b 5 1 2 0
O'Berry c 2 2 1 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 1
  Nolan c 1 0 0 0
Soto p 1 1 1 0
  Mejias ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 3
Los Angeles 000 112 001 49143
Cincinnati 000 030 110 16100
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   8.0 8 5 4 6 3
  Stewart  W (3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Forster   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Castillo  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
6
5
6
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto   7.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Hume   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Moskau  L (1-1) 0.2 2 4 4 3 0
  Combe   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
14
9
9
5
5

  E–Russell (6), Valenzuela 2 (3).  DP–Los Angeles 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (4,off Soto); Garvey (11,off Soto), Cincinnati Bench 2 (7,off Valenzuela,off Forster); Knight (6,off Forster).  HR–Los Angeles Garvey (4,4th inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out); Thomas (1,5th inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out); Cey (9,6th inning off Soto 1 on, 1 out); Johnstone (1,9th inning off Hume 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Frias (1,by Moskau); Knight (2,by Valenzuela).  SH–Mejias (2,off Valenzuela); Collins (1,off Valenzuela).  SF–Griffey (1,off Valenzuela).  SB–Collins 2 (11,2nd base off Valenzuela/Scioscia 2).  WP–Forster (2).  BK–Soto (2).  IBB–Valenzuela (2,Knight); Moskau (1,Frias).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:17.  A–40,928.
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