Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
June 6, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos 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

Montreal Expos 3, Cincinnati Reds 9

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 1 1 0
Phillips 2b,ss 3 0 0 1
Dawson cf 3 1 1 0
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Carter c 3 1 2 2
  Ramos c 1 0 0 0
Cromartie rf 2 0 0 0
  Pate rf 0 0 0 0
Hutton 1b 3 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Lea p 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 2 1 0
  Vail rf 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b,ss 5 2 2 1
Griffey cf 4 1 2 2
  Mejias cf 1 0 0 0
Foster lf 2 1 1 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 2 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 1 2 2
O'Berry c 4 0 1 0
Seaver p 4 0 2 1
Totals 34 9 14 9
Montreal 200 000 001350
Cincinnati 502 200 00x9140
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lea  L (4-3) 3.1 10 9 9 1 0
  Sosa   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Lee   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Fryman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
3
0
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (6-1) 9.0 5 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Oester (12,off Lea); Griffey (11,off Lea); Seaver (1,off Fryman).  3B–Montreal Dawson (1,off Seaver); Raines (5,off Seaver), Cincinnati Collins (5,off Lea).  HR–Montreal Carter (7,1st inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Knight (5,3rd inning off Lea 0 on, 2 out); Driessen (4,3rd inning off Lea 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Phillips (1,off Seaver); Driessen (3,off Lea); Foster (3,off Sosa).  WP–Lea (3), Seaver (3).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:17.  A–26,016.
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