Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
September 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 1 3 0
Landreaux cf 5 1 0 0
Guerrero 3b 5 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 0
Baker lf 4 0 2 1
Monday rf 3 2 2 3
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado rf 1 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Yeager c 1 0 0 0
Russell ss 2 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 3 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Perconte ph 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Householder rf 6 0 1 0
Griffey cf 4 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 2 1
Foster lf 4 3 2 0
Bench 1b 3 0 1 1
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 1 3 2
Oester 2b 5 0 1 2
O'Berry c 3 0 0 0
  Nolan ph,c 2 0 0 0
Seaver p 1 0 1 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen 1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 41 6 13 6
Los Angeles 010 003 001 005100
Cincinnati 001 010 300 016131
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   6.1 9 4 4 5 4
  Niedenfuer   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Stewart   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Howe   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Power  L (0-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.1
13
6
6
6
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   6.0 5 4 4 2 4
  Moskau   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Price   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hume   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  LaCoss  W (4-7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
10
5
5
5
4

  E–Bench (5).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Yeager (2).  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (21,off Seaver); Guerrero (15,off Hume), Cincinnati Knight (17,off Valenzuela); Griffey (19,off Valenzuela).  3B–Cincinnati Foster (2,off Valenzuela); Oester (6,off Niedenfuer).  HR–Los Angeles Monday 2 (8,2nd inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Baker (4,off Seaver); Concepcion (5,off Power).  IBB–Smith (2,by Price); Knight (3,by Valenzuela); Griffey (5,by Power).  CS–Oester (5,2nd base by Valenzuela/Scioscia).  WP–Price (2).  IBB–Valenzuela (4,Knight); Power (2,Griffey); Price (1,Smith).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:32.  A–34,090.
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