Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 8, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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)
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Montreal Expos 5, Philadelphia Phillies 10

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 0 0
Scott 2b 2 0 0 0
  White ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 0 0 0
Carter c 4 2 2 2
Cromartie rf 2 2 0 0
Briggs 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 1 1
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Manuel ss 1 1 1 2
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 0 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 2 2 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
McBride rf 5 2 2 1
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 5 1 1 1
  Vukovich rf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 1 2 0 0
  Aviles 3b 0 0 0 0
Moreland c 4 2 1 1
Maddox cf 4 1 2 5
  Dernier cf 0 0 0 0
Bowa ss 5 0 3 2
  Aguayo ss 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 3 0
Larson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 14 10
Montreal 020 000 003550
Philadelphia 320 100 04x10140
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (7-6) 3.1 8 6 6 5 1
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sosa   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Gorman   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   1.0 3 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
10
8
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Larson  W (1-0) 9.0 5 5 5 6 5
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Trillo (10,off Sosa).  3B–Philadelphia Trillo (3,off Gorman).  HR–Montreal Carter 2 (14,2nd inning off Larson 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Larson 0 on, 0 out); Manuel (2,9th inning off Larson 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia McBride (1,4th inning off Sanderson 0 on, 0 out); Matthews (4,8th inning off Jackson 0 on, 2 out); Maddox (5,8th inning off Jackson 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Parrish (3,off Larson).  SH–Larson (1,off Sanderson).  IBB–Trillo (2,by Sanderson); Schmidt (14,by Sanderson).  CS–Briggs (1,2nd base by Larson/Moreland).  IBB–Sanderson 2 (2,Trillo,Schmidt).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:41.  A–11,812.
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