San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 1b 5 0 1 1
Herndon lf 5 1 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 2 1 0 0
Leonard cf 4 1 1 0
Brenly c 4 0 2 1
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Pettini 2b 3 1 1 1
Griffin p 1 0 0 1
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0
Hendrick cf 5 1 2 2
Iorg lf 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 2 0
Lezcano rf 4 0 2 0
Tenace c 1 0 0 0
Martin p 1 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
San Francisco 020 010 010482
St. Louis 000 200 000280
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (6-6) 6.0 5 2 1 3 3
  Holland  SV (5) 3.0 3 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  L (4-2) 7.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Littell   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Shirley   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
1

  E–Evans (11), Griffin (3).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco Pettini (1,off Martin).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (14,4th inning off Griffin 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (3,off Martin); Martin (5,off Griffin).  SF–Griffin (1,off Martin).  IBB–Evans (5,by Littell); Tenace (2,by Griffin).  SB–Holland (1,2nd base off Shirley/Tenace); Oberkfell 2 (10,2nd base off Griffin/Brenly 2).  BK–Griffin (2).  IBB–Griffin (7,Tenace); Littell (2,Evans).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:38.  A–13,086.
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