San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 2 0
Richards lf 3 1 1 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 2 2 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Evans 1b 2 1 1 2
  Perkins ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Edwards rf 3 0 1 1
  Show p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
Lollar p 2 0 0 0
  Lefebvre rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 0 0
  Mejias rf 0 0 0 0
Griffey cf 5 0 0 1
Concepcion ss 4 2 2 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 1
Bench 1b 5 1 2 2
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Oester 2b 0 0 0 0
O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 1 0
  Barranca pr 0 1 0 0
Leibrandt p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Householder ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
San Diego 020 000 101471
Cincinnati 100 001 003580
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar   6.0 4 2 2 7 4
  Show   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lucas   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Urrea  L (2-2) 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
8
5
5
8
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   8.2 6 4 4 3 3
  Hume  W (8-3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
3

  E–Evans (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Salazar (17,off Leibrandt); Perkins (15,off Hume), Cincinnati Foster (19,off Lollar).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (6,6th inning off Lollar 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kennedy (4,off Leibrandt); Jones (2,off Leibrandt); Mejias (3,off Lucas).  SF–Evans (3,off Leibrandt).  IBB–Salazar (2,by Leibrandt).  WP–Lollar (6).  IBB–Leibrandt (1,Salazar).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:27.  A–16,328.
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