Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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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Philadelphia Phillies 14, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 3 1 1 1
  Maddox cf 3 0 0 0
Rose 1b 5 2 2 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 1 3 4
  Unser lf,1b 2 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 2
  Aviles 3b 2 1 2 0
McBride rf 4 2 2 2
  Aguayo 2b 1 0 0 0
Boone c 5 2 3 3
Bowa ss 2 1 1 0
  Sandberg ss 2 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 3 1
  Gross rf 2 0 0 0
Davis p 4 2 1 1
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 14 20 14
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0
Templeton ss 2 0 1 0
  Ramsey ss 3 0 0 0
Hernandez lf 2 0 1 0
  Roof lf 3 1 2 0
Hendrick cf 2 0 0 0
  Green cf 2 1 0 0
Tenace 1b 5 2 2 4
Oberkfell 3b 2 0 1 0
  Braun 3b 1 1 1 0
Landrum rf 4 1 2 1
Porter c 0 0 0 0
  Brummer c 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez c 1 0 0 0
Sorensen p 1 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Otten p 1 0 0 0
  LaPoint p 1 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 1
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Philadelphia 0011 030 00014200
St. Louis 010 000 0506110
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (1-3) 7.0 8 4 4 3 7
  Brusstar   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  McGraw   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen  L (7-7) 2.0 9 6 6 0 1
  Shirley   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Littell   0.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Otten   3.1 6 3 3 0 0
  LaPoint   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
20
14
14
2
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Trillo (14,off Sorensen); Aviles (1,off Otten); McBride (16,off Otten), St. Louis Roof (5,off M Davis).  3B–St. Louis Landrum (4,off Brusstar).  HR–Philadelphia Boone (4,5th inning off Otten 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Tenace 2 (5,2nd inning off M Davis 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off M Davis 2 on, 0 out).  CS–Bowa (7,2nd base by Sorensen/Porter).  SB–Oberkfell (11,2nd base off M Davis/Boone).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:34.  A–11,758.
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