Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1981 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 0 2 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0
Matthews lf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Boone c 4 1 2 0
Bystrom p 1 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lacy lf 4 1 2 0
Moreno cf 5 1 3 2
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 2
Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0
Easler rf 3 0 1 0
Garner 2b 3 2 2 0
Berra ss 3 1 2 1
Nicosia c 3 1 0 0
Bibby p 3 1 1 2
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Philadelphia 001 000 000180
Pittsburgh 000 020 05x7120
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bystrom  L (3-3) 5.1 7 2 2 3 1
  Proly   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyle   2.0 5 5 5 3 3
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
6
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (3-2) 7.0 7 1 1 1 4
  Cruz  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Philadelphia Rose (11,off Bibby); Boone (5,off Bibby), Pittsburgh Lacy (3,off Lyle); Madlock (7,off Lyle).  3B–Pittsburgh Garner (1,off Lyle).  HR–Pittsburgh Bibby (1,5th inning off Bystrom 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bystrom (1,off Bibby); Cruz (1,off Lyle).  HBP–Maddox (1,by Bibby).  IBB–Unser (1,by Bibby); Berra (2,by Bystrom); Madlock (2,by Lyle); Nicosia (1,by Lyle); Lacy (1,by Lyle).  SB–Matthews (5,2nd base off Bibby/Nicosia); Moreno 2 (11,2nd base off Bystrom/Boone 2); Garner (2,2nd base off Bystrom/Boone); Lacy (10,2nd base off Bystrom/Boone); Berra (4,2nd base off Lyle/Boone).  CS–Easler (1,2nd base by Bystrom/Boone).  HBP–Bibby (2,Maddox).  IBB–Bystrom (1,Berra); Lyle 3 (5,Madlock,Nicosia,Lacy); Bibby (1,Unser).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:25.  A–21,771.
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