Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 31, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 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 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 16

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 1 1 0
Griffey cf 3 1 1 0
  Mejias cf 1 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 2
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Oester 2b,ss 4 0 2 0
O'Berry c 4 1 2 1
Soto p 1 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Combe p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 2b 6 2 3 3
Monday rf 4 2 1 2
Baker lf 5 2 3 2
Garvey 1b 5 2 3 1
Cey 3b 4 1 1 0
Guerrero cf 4 2 2 2
Scioscia c 4 2 2 1
Frias ss 5 1 2 2
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Sutcliffe p 1 1 0 0
  Goltz p 1 0 0 0
  Stewart p 1 1 1 1
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 16 18 14
Cincinnati 310 000 000481
Los Angeles 007 030 60x16181
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  L (4-6) 2.0 4 6 6 2 2
  Moskau   3.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Combe   1.1 5 4 4 0 0
  Price   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
18
16
16
4
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Sutcliffe   3.1 5 3 3 2 2
  Goltz  W (1-0) 2.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Stewart   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Forster   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
7

  E–Frias (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion (15,off Sutcliffe); Oester 2 (9,off Sutcliffe,off Goltz), Los Angeles Cey (11,off Moskau); Garvey (13,off Moskau); Guerrero (9,off Combe); Baker (8,off Price).  3B–Los Angeles Stewart (1,off Combe).  HR–Los Angeles Monday (4,7th inning off Price 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Guerrero (1,by Soto).  SB–Collins (14,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Scioscia).  HBP–Soto (3,Guerrero).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Steve Fields.  T–3:08.  A–46,411.
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