San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1981 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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San Francisco Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0
Cabell 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 1 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 0
Leonard lf 4 2 1 1
May c 4 0 2 2
Martin cf 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 1
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 1 1
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 2 0 0 0
Easler lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 3 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 1 1
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
San Francisco 010 300 000460
Pittsburgh 100 000 100261
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  W (4-5) 5.1 4 1 1 3 2
  Lavelle   2.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Minton  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (0-2) 7.0 6 4 3 5 2
  Tekulve   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
5
3

  E–Parker (3).  DP–San Francisco 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Francisco Evans (10,off Tiant), Pittsburgh Pena (5,off Lavelle).  3B–Pittsburgh Moreno (5,off Whitson).  SH–Whitson (4,off Tiant); Tiant (1,off Whitson).  IBB–Morgan (4,by Tiant).  SB–Madlock (13,2nd base off Lavelle/May).  CS–Foli (5,2nd base by Whitson/May).  IBB–Tiant (1,Morgan).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:32.  A–9,362.
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