Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
September 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos 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

Montreal Expos 0, Cincinnati Reds 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 0 1 0
  Manuel 2b 1 0 0 0
Scott 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wallach lf 1 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 0 0 0
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 0 0 0 0
Cromartie rf 3 0 1 0
  Ramos c 0 0 0 0
Milner 1b 3 0 0 0
Mills 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Engle p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 3 2 0
  Householder cf 1 0 0 0
Griffey cf 3 1 1 1
  Mejias rf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 2 3
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 3
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Oester 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
O'Berry c 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 1 1 0
  Barranca ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Montreal 000 000 000020
Cincinnati 302 200 00x790
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen  L (2-1) 2.0 1 3 3 1 2
  Engle   2.0 6 4 4 1 2
  Gorman   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Sosa   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (10-2) 8.0 2 0 0 1 7
  Price   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
8

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Cromartie (13,off Seaver), Cincinnati Collins (15,off Engle); Concepcion (24,off Engle); Driessen (12,off Gorman).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (17,1st inning off Bahnsen 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Collins (4,by Bahnsen).  SB–Collins (24,2nd base off Bahnsen/Carter).  HBP–Bahnsen (1,Collins).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:22.  A–12,926.
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