San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 21, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1981 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres 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 Diego Padres 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 1 0
Richards lf 5 0 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
Bass 1b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 2 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 3 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Salazar 3b 4 1 3 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Lollar p 2 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 1
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 2 2 0
Foli ss 2 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 1 1
Robinson 1b 4 0 1 1
  Montanez 1b 0 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Lacy lf 2 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 1 1 0
Bibby p 2 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Berra ph 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 1 1
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
San Diego 000 000 110280
Pittsburgh 101 000 10x360
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (1-6) 5.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Boone   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Urrea   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Lucas   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (5-3) 6.0 4 0 0 2 4
  Perez   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Jackson   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Tekulve  SV (2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  2B–San Diego Salazar 2 (12,off Bibby,off Perez), Pittsburgh Moreno (9,off Lollar); Thompson (4,off Urrea).  3B–Pittsburgh Moreno (7,off Lollar).  SH–Foli (9,off Lollar).  HBP–Madlock (3,by Lollar).  SB–Richards (13,2nd base off Bibby/Pena).  CS–Foli (6,Home by Lollar/Kennedy).  HBP–Lollar (2,Madlock).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:29.  A–19,049.
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