Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 11, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1981 at Dodger 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

Cincinnati Reds 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 1 2 0
  Mejias rf 0 0 0 0
Griffey cf 4 2 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 2 1
Foster lf 2 1 2 1
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 3
Knight 3b 4 0 1 2
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Nolan c 4 0 1 0
Soto p 2 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 5 1 2 0
Baker lf 4 2 1 2
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0
Cey 3b 4 1 3 1
Guerrero rf 4 1 2 1
Scioscia c 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 2 1
Valenzuela p 1 0 0 0
  Forster p 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5
Cincinnati 201 000 4007101
Los Angeles 200 130 0006110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto   4.1 8 6 6 2 2
  Bair   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Brown  W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Hume  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   4.1 5 3 3 4 3
  Forster  L (0-1) 2.2 4 4 4 0 1
  Castillo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stewart   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
5

  E–Knight (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Guerrero 2 (13,off Soto,off Bair); Russell (6,off Soto); Cey (13,off Soto).  3B–Los Angeles Landreaux (4,off Soto).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (5,3rd inning off Valenzuela 0 on, 0 out); Driessen (6,7th inning off Forster 2 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Baker (5,1st inning off Soto 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Valenzuela (5,off Soto).  SB–Collins 2 (18,2nd base off Valenzuela/Scioscia 2); Landreaux (9,2nd base off Hume/Nolan).  WP–Bair (3).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:50.  A–45,817.
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