St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 5, Philadelphia Phillies 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 1 0
Herr 2b 5 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 1 1
Iorg lf 4 1 3 1
  Landrum lf 1 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 1 2
Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0
Tenace c 2 0 0 0
  Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Sorensen p 2 0 0 0
  Brummer c 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 5 1 0 0
McBride rf 3 0 1 0
  Noles p 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 5 1 3 1
Matthews lf 4 1 1 0
Maddox cf 5 1 0 0
Bowa ss 5 1 2 0
Boone c 4 0 2 2
  Smith pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Espinosa p 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Moreland ph,c 2 0 2 2
Totals 41 6 12 5
St. Louis 001 010 030 05103
Philadelphia 100 002 020 16120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen   5.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Andujar   2.2 4 4 4 2 2
  Kaat  L (3-2) 1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Sutter   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
12
6
6
3
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   5.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Noles   2.0 4 3 3 1 0
  McGraw   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Reed  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Oberkfell (11), Tenace (1), Sorensen (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Templeton (10,off Espinosa); Herr (9,off Espinosa); Iorg (7,off Noles), Philadelphia Bowa (7,off Andujar); Boone (7,off Andujar).  3B–St. Louis Oberkfell (3,off McGraw).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (15,6th inning off Andujar 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hendrick (2,off Espinosa).  IBB–Smith (1,by Kaat).  SB–Herr 2 (10,2nd base off Espinosa/Boone,Home off Espinosa/Boone); Trillo (6,2nd base off Sorensen/Tenace); Rose (4,2nd base off Sorensen/Tenace); Matthews (8,2nd base off Andujar/Brummer); Boone (2,2nd base off Andujar/Brummer).  BK–Noles (1).  IBB–Kaat (2,Smith).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:56.  A–24,549.
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