San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 2 1
Bonilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Richards lf 5 0 2 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
  Gwosdz c 0 0 0 0
Edwards rf 4 0 3 0
  Lefebvre pr 0 1 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 1 1
Welsh p 2 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Lacy rf 4 0 1 0
Pena c 4 1 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 2 2 0
Robinson 1b 3 1 2 1
  Easler lf 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 1 1 3
Alexander lf 3 0 1 1
  Montanez 1b 1 0 0 0
Berra ss 3 0 0 0
Scurry p 3 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
San Diego 000 000 002282
Pittsburgh 022 010 00x592
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh  L (5-5) 6.0 9 5 4 1 4
  Littlefield   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Scurry  W (3-4) 8.2 8 2 2 2 5
  Romo  SV (9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6

  E–Salazar 2 (11), Garner 2 (8).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Edwards 2 (3,off Scurry 2); Jones (21,off Scurry), Pittsburgh G Alexander (2,off Welsh); Pena (6,off Welsh); B Robinson (1,off Welsh).  SF–Garner (3,off Welsh).  SB–Moreno (26,2nd base off Welsh/Kennedy).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:17.  A–23,736.
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