Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 0 1 0
Griffey cf 1 1 0 0
  Mejias cf 3 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 4 0
Foster lf 5 1 1 3
Driessen 1b 5 0 2 1
Knight 3b 4 1 1 0
Oester 2b 3 0 1 0
Nolan c 4 0 1 1
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Combe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 2 3 3
Landreaux cf 5 2 3 1
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 1
Cey 3b 3 0 1 1
Guerrero rf 2 0 0 1
Scioscia c 2 0 0 1
  Yeager ph,c 1 0 1 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Welch p 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 1 1 0
  Stewart p 2 1 1 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 13 8
Cincinnati 003 100 0015131
Los Angeles 300 300 20x8130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (7-2) 3.0 8 6 6 5 1
  Moskau   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Price   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Combe   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
6
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   4.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Stewart  W (4-1) 3.1 5 0 0 0 4
  Howe  SV (7) 1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
1
4

  E–Mejias (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Nolan (10,off Welch), Los Angeles Garvey (15,off Seaver); Cey (14,off Seaver); Johnstone (1,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (15,3rd inning off Welch 2 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Lopes (4,7th inning off Price 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Oester (3,off Welch).  HBP–Knight (4,by Welch).  SF–Cey (3,off Moskau).  IBB–Cey (2,by Seaver); Russell (2,by Seaver).  SB–Landreaux (10,2nd base off Seaver/Nolan); Lopes (15,2nd base off Moskau/Nolan).  HBP–Welch (3,Knight).  IBB–Seaver 2 (3,Cey,Russell).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:48.  A–36,494.
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