Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
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 Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 0 2 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Monday rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
Thomas 2b 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 1 1 1
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Scioscia ph 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
Welch p 2 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 1 1 0
  Mejias cf 0 0 0 0
Griffey cf,rf 4 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Bench 1b 4 1 2 1
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Nolan c 4 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 2 0 1 1
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moskau p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Los Angeles 000 000 110260
Cincinnati 100 200 00x371
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (2-3) 7.0 6 3 3 3 5
  Castillo   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Moskau  W (2-1) 4.2 3 2 2 1 4
  Hume   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Price  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
7

  E–Knight (6).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (8,off Welch); Bench (8,off Welch).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (3,off Welch).  HR–Los Angeles Monday (3,7th inning off Moskau 0 on, 2 out); Johnstone (2,8th inning off Moskau 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Concepcion (1,off Welch); Moskau (1,off Welch).  CS–Cey (2,2nd base by Seaver/Nolan).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:33.
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