Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres
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 Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, San Diego Padres 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 3
Ray 2b 5 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0
Robinson B. 1b 3 0 1 0
  Montanez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Easler lf 4 1 1 0
Lacy rf 4 1 0 0
Berra ss 3 1 1 0
Nicosia c 3 1 0 0
Perez p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Boyland ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Bonilla 2b 4 2 2 1
Richards lf 4 0 2 2
Jones cf 4 0 2 1
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Wiggins pr 0 0 0 0
  Gwosdz c 0 0 0 0
Bass 1b 3 0 0 0
  Perkins 1b 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 3 1 1 0
Lollar p 1 0 1 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 1 1 0
  Show p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 4
Pittsburgh 030 100 000461
San Diego 000 002 30x5113
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   5.2 4 2 2 1 3
  Robinson  L (0-3) 1.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Scurry   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lee   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar   6.0 6 4 3 3 6
  Littlefield  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Show  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
3
11

  E–Perez (1), Bass (2), Salazar (12), Lollar (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Moreno (10,off Lollar), San Diego Jones 2 (26,off Perez,off D Robinson).  3B–San Diego Richards (11,off Scurry).  SH–Perez (1,off Lollar); Perkins (3,off Lee).  IBB–Kennedy (5,by D Robinson).  SB–Madlock (16,2nd base off Lollar/Kennedy); Lacy (19,2nd base off Lollar/Kennedy).  WP–Perez 2 (5).  BK–Lee (1).  IBB–D Robinson (2,Kennedy).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:37.  A–8,128.
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