Cincinnati Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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

Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 1 0
Griffey cf 3 0 1 0
  Householder pr,cf 2 1 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 1 1
Nolan c 3 1 2 1
Oester 2b 3 0 0 1
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Barranca ph 1 0 1 0
  Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 1
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 5 2 2 2
Rose 1b 5 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 1
Moreland c 3 0 1 0
  Sandberg pr 0 0 0 0
  Boone c 0 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 4 1 1 1
Bowa ss 3 2 3 0
Aguayo 2b 2 1 1 1
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 2
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 7
Cincinnati 000 005 0016110
Philadelphia 001 300 30x7111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   4.0 6 4 4 3 0
  Leibrandt   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Bair  L (2-2) 1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  Brown   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Price   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
7
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   5.1 8 5 4 3 5
  Brusstar   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Lyle  W (7-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McGraw  SV (9) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
3
8

  E–Moreland (6).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (16,off Ruthven); Collins (16,off McGraw), Philadelphia Smith (6,off LaCoss); Aguayo (3,off LaCoss); D Davis (4,off Price).  HR–Philadelphia Smith (2,4th inning off LaCoss 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Oester (6,off Brusstar); Schmidt (2,off LaCoss).  SH–Aguayo (2,off Bair).  SB–Foster (3,2nd base off Ruthven/Moreland); Smith (11,2nd base off Bair/Nolan).  CS–Bowa (5,2nd base by LaCoss/Nolan); Schmidt (2,2nd base by Price/Nolan).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–3:01.  A–25,020.
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