Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
September 17, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1981 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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Cincinnati Reds 1, San Francisco Giants 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Householder rf 5 1 2 0
Griffey cf 4 0 2 0
  Milner pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 3 1
Foster lf 5 0 2 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
Oester 2b 4 0 2 0
O'Berry c 2 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Nolan c 0 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 12 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 2 0
  Pettini pr 0 0 0 0
  Martin cf 1 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Leonard cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
May c 2 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 1 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Cincinnati 000 000 000 11120
San Francisco 000 000 000 0050
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (12-2) 9.0 5 0 0 5 3
  Price   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hume  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
5
0
0
6
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   8.0 9 0 0 3 2
  Holland  L (6-5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Minton   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
12
1
1
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Cincinnati Knight (18,off Whitson); Householder (2,off Holland), San Francisco Cabell (16,off Seaver).  IBB–Driessen (3,by Minton); Leonard (1,by Seaver); May (10,by Seaver).  SH–Evans (3,off Seaver); Morgan (1,off Price).  SB–Householder (2,2nd base off Whitson/May).  WP–Minton (2).  IBB–Seaver 2 (8,Leonard,May); Minton (8,Driessen).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:53.  A–4,721.
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