Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres
September 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, San Diego Padres 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 1 0
Ray 2b 5 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 1 1 0 0
  Robinson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Easler lf 4 0 1 0
Berra ss 3 0 1 0
Lacy rf 4 1 2 1
Nicosia c 4 0 1 1
Rhoden p 3 0 1 0
  Scurry p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 2 1
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Richards lf 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 0 2 0
Bass 1b 3 0 1 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 1 0
Lefebvre rf 2 0 0 0
  Evans ph 0 0 0 0
  Wiggins pr 0 0 0 0
Mura p 2 0 0 0
  Perkins 1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Pittsburgh 010 100 0002100
San Diego 000 000 100191
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  W (8-2) 6.2 9 1 1 2 5
  Scurry  SV (3) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  L (5-11) 6.2 8 2 2 4 4
  Lucas   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Boone   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
6

  E–Bass (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Lacy (7,off Mura), San Diego Salazar (16,off Rhoden); Jones (27,off Rhoden).  3B–San Diego Perkins (3,off Rhoden).  IBB–Lefebvre (7,by Rhoden).  CS–Berra (1,2nd base by Lucas/Kennedy).  IBB–Rhoden (1,Lefebvre).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:31.  A–7,297.
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