Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
September 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres 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 5, San Diego Padres 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 1 1 1 0
  Householder rf 3 0 1 1
Griffey cf 4 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 2 2 2
Bench 1b 4 0 1 0
Nolan c 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 4 1 2 2
Oester 2b 3 0 1 0
Pastore p 3 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Richards lf 4 1 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Bass 1b 3 0 1 1
Salazar rf 3 0 1 0
Flannery 3b 3 0 0 0
Wise p 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Wiggins ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Cincinnati 300 110 000590
San Diego 000 000 100160
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  W (4-7) 7.1 6 1 1 2 6
  Price  SV (4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (3-8) 4.0 8 5 5 3 1
  Littlefield   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lollar   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Urrea   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Foster (21,off Wise); Kennedy (1,off Wise), San Diego Jones (33,off Pastore); Richards (14,off Pastore).  SH–Pastore (6,off Lollar).  IBB–Nolan (6,by Wise); Oester (8,by Wise); Griffey (6,by Wise).  SB–Richards (20,2nd base off Pastore/Nolan).  WP–Wise (2).  IBB–Wise 3 (4,Nolan,Oester,Griffey).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:13.  A–4,831.
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