St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
May 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1981 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Montreal Expos 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 1 2 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 2 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 0
Lezcano lf 4 0 1 0
Sanchez c 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 2
  Brummer c 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 3 0 1 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 1 1 1
Scott 2b 3 1 1 0
Cromartie 1b 4 0 2 1
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Wallach rf 4 0 1 1
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
White cf 3 2 2 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
Rogers p 2 0 1 1
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Pate ph 1 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
St. Louis 100 000 200381
Montreal 001 001 20x490
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.1 6 3 3 1 2
  Kaat  L (2-1) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Littell   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
3
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (5-3) 7.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Fryman   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Sosa  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
4

  E–Lezcano (2).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–St. Louis Herr (6,off Rogers), Montreal Cromartie (8,off Martinez).  SH–Speier (2,off Martinez).  CS–Herr (2,2nd base by Rogers/Carter); Hernandez (1,2nd base by Fryman/Carter); White (2,2nd base by Littell/Brummer).  SB–White (3,2nd base off Martinez/Sanchez); Scott (19,2nd base off Martinez/Sanchez).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:20.  A–27,775.
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