St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
August 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 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 6, San Diego Padres 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 1 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 3 1
Hendrick cf 5 0 2 1
Iorg lf 4 1 0 0
Porter c 3 2 1 0
Braun rf 2 1 0 0
  Landrum rf 0 0 0 0
Ramsey ss 3 1 1 2
Martinez p 3 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 1 1 0
Bonilla 2b 5 0 3 0
Richards lf 4 1 3 0
Jones cf 5 1 1 2
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Bass 1b 3 1 1 0
Salazar 3b 4 1 1 2
Lefebvre rf 3 0 1 0
Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Boone p 1 0 1 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 4
St. Louis 051 000 000691
San Diego 000 220 0015121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   4.1 8 4 4 1 0
  Sykes  W (2-0) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Kaat   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  SV (17) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger  L (6-5) 1.1 2 5 2 6 0
  Boone   2.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Curtis   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Urrea   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lucas   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
3
8
3

  E–Hernandez (3), Lefebvre (1).  DP–St. Louis 3, San Diego 2.  2B–St. Louis Porter (4,off Boone); Ramsey (3,off Boone).  HR–San Diego Salazar (2,4th inning off Martinez 1 on, 0 out); Jones (3,5th inning off Martinez 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Hernandez (3,off Boone).  CS–Herr (5,2nd base by Eichelberger/Kennedy); Porter (1,2nd base by Urrea/Kennedy).  SB–Richards 2 (15,2nd base off Martinez/Porter 2); Smith (19,3rd base off Sutter/Porter).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:24.  A–9,668.
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