Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
September 13, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1981 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 10, Chicago Cubs 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 1 2 0 0
  Francona lf 2 1 0 0
Scott 2b 5 1 1 1
Dawson cf 5 3 4 3
  Briggs cf 0 0 0 0
Carter c 5 0 1 0
Cromartie 1b 3 1 1 1
Parrish 3b 5 0 2 3
Wallach rf 4 1 1 1
Speier ss 3 1 1 0
  Phillips ss 1 0 0 0
Sanderson p 2 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 12 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 2 2 0
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 4 3
Durham rf 5 0 0 0
Morales lf 4 0 1 0
Davis c 4 1 2 1
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Tabler 2b 4 1 1 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 1 1 2
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Waller 3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 39 6 13 6
Montreal 210 025 00010120
Chicago 000 020 1126132
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  W (8-6) 5.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Smith   3.1 7 4 4 0 3
  Fryman   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  L (6-9) 4.1 5 5 5 3 3
  Howell   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Tidrow   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Eastwick   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Caudill   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
6
7

  E–Buckner (15), Durham (5).  DP–Montreal 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Montreal Dawson 2 (17,off Krukow,off Tidrow); Parrish (13,off Tidrow), Chicago Buckner 2 (29,off B Smith 2).  3B–Chicago Tabler (1,off Sanderson).  HR–Montreal Wallach (4,2nd inning off Krukow 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Hall (1,5th inning off Sanderson 1 on, 0 out); Davis (3,8th inning off B Smith 0 on, 1 out).  SH–B Smith (1,off Eastwick).  IBB–Cromartie 2 (7,by Howell,by Tidrow).  WP–Tidrow (1).  IBB–Howell (1,Cromartie); Tidrow (9,Cromartie).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Steve Fields.  T–2:54.  A–14,589.
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