Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1981 at Dodger 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 0 2 0
Griffey cf 4 1 3 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Nolan c 4 0 3 0
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 11 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 2b 3 0 1 1
Johnstone rf 4 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 2 2 0
Cey 3b 3 1 1 0
Guerrero cf 4 1 3 4
Scioscia c 4 0 0 0
Frias ss 3 0 0 0
Welch p 3 1 1 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Cincinnati 000 000 0202111
Los Angeles 000 103 10x590
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (2-5) 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Bair   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (3-3) 7.1 8 2 2 1 7
  Howe  SV (5) 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
7

  E–Knight (7).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Cincinnati Nolan (7,off Welch); Griffey (9,off Welch).  3B–Los Angeles Welch (1,off Bair).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (10,8th inning off Welch 1 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Guerrero (9,6th inning off LaCoss 2 on, 1 out).  SB–Thomas (2,2nd base off LaCoss/Nolan).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:44.  A–45,749.
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