Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
September 11, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1981 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 2 2 2
White rf 3 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Milner 1b 3 0 1 0
  Wallach ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 3 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 0
Manuel 2b 2 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 1
Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 1 1 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Mills ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Cromartie ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 11 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 2 2 1
Durham rf 4 1 2 1
Morales lf 4 1 1 1
Davis c 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 2 1 1 2
Tabler 2b 4 0 2 1
Griffin p 2 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Montreal 002 000 0215111
Chicago 410 010 00x690
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (7-6) 2.0 6 5 5 2 5
  Bahnsen   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Lee   3.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Reardon   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (2-2) 7.0 7 4 4 0 4
  Tidrow   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Geisel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (2) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
6

  E–Burris (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago DeJesus (7,off B Smith).  3B–Chicago Buckner (2,off Burris); Durham (6,off Burris).  HR–Montreal Raines (5,3rd inning off Griffin 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Reitz (2,5th inning off Lee 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (2,off Lee).  SF–Reitz (6,off Burris).  HBP–Davis (1,by Lee).  SB–Francona (1,3rd base off Hernandez/Davis).  CS–W Johnson (1,2nd base by Hernandez/Davis); DeJesus (7,2nd base by Reardon/Carter).  WP–B Smith (1).  HBP–Lee (2,Davis).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:50.  A–7,204.
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