Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1981 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 16, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 2 3 1
Thomas cf 4 2 1 0
Monday lf 4 2 1 0
Garvey 1b 5 3 3 5
Cey 3b 6 2 5 2
Guerrero rf 5 2 1 0
Scioscia c 6 3 3 3
Russell ss 5 0 1 2
  Frias pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 2 0 1 0
  Pena p 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 16 19 13
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 1 0
Lacy rf 3 1 2 0
  Easler ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 1 1 1
  Thompson ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Robinson B. 1b,3b 4 1 2 1
Berra ss 4 1 2 3
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Alexander lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Nicosia c 4 0 0 0
Rhoden p 2 0 1 0
  Robinson D. p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Los Angeles 070 006 11116191
Pittsburgh 302 000 1006113
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (8-3) 5.0 10 5 5 0 1
  Pena   3.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Howe   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
0
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  L (7-2) 5.2 12 11 11 3 1
  Robinson   2.1 6 4 3 2 2
  Tekulve   1.0 1 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
19
16
14
5
5

  E–Sax (1), B Robinson (1), Berra 2 (5).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Scioscia 3 (9,off Rhoden,off D Robinson 2); Garvey (20,off Rhoden); Johnstone (3,off Rhoden), Pittsburgh Madlock (17,off Reuss).  3B–Los Angeles Russell (2,off D Robinson).  HR–Pittsburgh B Robinson (1,3rd inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out); Berra (2,3rd inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out); Thompson (8,7th inning off Pena 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Thomas (6,off Rhoden).  SF–Garvey (3,off D Robinson).  SB–Sax (2,2nd base off Rhoden/Nicosia); Moreno (27,2nd base off Reuss/Scioscia).  BK–Rhoden (1).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:07.  A–11,144.
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