Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
September 20, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1981 at Stade Olympique. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 0, Montreal Expos 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 0 1 0
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Durham rf 4 0 1 0
Morales lf 3 0 1 0
Blackwell c 2 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Tabler 2b 1 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
  Tyson 2b 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Waller 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 1 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Fletcher 3b 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Dillard 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie 1b 2 2 2 0
Francona lf 3 0 1 0
Dawson cf 3 1 0 1
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 1
Wallach rf 2 0 1 1
Speier ss 2 0 1 1
Manuel 2b 2 0 0 0
Gullickson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 24 4 6 4
Chicago 000 000 000030
Montreal 300 010 00x460
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (2-4) 0.2 2 3 3 2 0
  Howell   4.1 3 1 1 1 2
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Geisel   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Tidrow   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
9
2
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  W (5-8) 9.0 3 0 0 1 13
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
13

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Durham (10,off Gullickson); Morales (5,off Gullickson), Montreal Cromartie (14,off Howell).  SH–Francona 2 (2,off Griffin,off Howell); Speier (5,off Tidrow); Gullickson (4,off Tidrow).  HBP–Wallach (4,by Tidrow).  IBB–Manuel (1,by Howell); Cromartie (8,by Tidrow).  CS–Cromartie (3,2nd base by Howell/Blackwell); Wallach (1,2nd base by Smith/Blackwell).  HBP–Tidrow (1,Wallach).  IBB–Howell (2,Manuel); Tidrow (10,Cromartie).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:22.  A–40,851.
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