St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
August 27, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Diego Padres 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 6 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 6 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 6 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 5 1 2 3
Iorg lf 6 0 0 0
Porter c 5 0 0 0
  Brummer c 0 0 0 0
Braun rf 2 0 2 0
  Landrum rf 2 0 1 0
Ramsey ss 5 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 10 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 5 0 1 0
Richards lf 5 1 1 0
Jones cf 5 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
  Moreno pr 0 0 0 0
  Gwosdz c 2 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 5 0 2 1
Salazar 3b 6 1 2 0
Lefebvre rf 5 0 0 0
Wise p 1 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 1 1
  Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 0
  Mura pr 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 2 9 2
St. Louis 002 000 000 000 13100
San Diego 000 000 011 000 0291
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.2 5 1 1 0 3
  Sutter   2.1 3 1 1 1 2
  Shirley   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Littell   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Kaat  W (6-2) 2.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
9
2
2
5
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   6.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Boone   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lucas   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Curtis  L (2-6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.0
10
3
3
2
5

  E–Smith (12).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Diego 1.  2B–St. Louis Hendrick (10,off Wise), San Diego Salazar (14,off Forsch).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (15,13th inning off Curtis 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Forsch (4,off Wise); Smith (5,off Kaat).  IBB–Perkins (2,by Littell); Bonilla (4,by Kaat).  SB–Braun (1,2nd base off Wise/Kennedy).  CS–Landrum (2,2nd base by Littlefield/Gwosdz).  WP–Wise (1).  IBB–Littell (3,Perkins); Kaat (4,Bonilla).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:32.  A–7,056.
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