Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
September 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1981 at Fulton County Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves 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

Cincinnati Reds 10, Atlanta Braves 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Householder rf,cf 5 2 2 1
Griffey cf 3 2 1 0
  Milner rf 1 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0
  Landestoy 2b 1 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 2
Bench 1b 4 0 0 1
  Biittner ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Nolan c 4 1 2 1
Knight 3b 5 2 2 1
Oester 2b,ss 5 1 2 2
Soto p 5 1 1 0
Totals 42 10 14 9
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
  Whisenton lf 0 0 0 0
Linares lf 4 0 1 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
  Smith 1b 0 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
  Jacoby 3b 0 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 1 2 0
Sinatro c 4 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 2 1 1 1
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Runge ss 1 0 0 0
Boggs p 1 0 1 1
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Cincinnati 212 030 20010140
Atlanta 020 000 000283
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  W (10-9) 9.0 8 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  L (3-12) 2.0 5 5 4 5 2
  Walk   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Bedrosian   3.0 6 5 5 2 0
  Bradford   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
14
10
9
8
7

  E–Whisenton (1), Ramirez 2 (29).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Sinatro (1).  2B–Cincinnati Nolan 2 (16,off Boggs,off Bradford); Knight (19,off Boggs); Householder (3,off Bedrosian); Milner (1,off Bedrosian), Atlanta Hubbard (12,off Soto).  3B–Atlanta Ramirez (2,off Soto).  HR–Cincinnati Oester (5,2nd inning off Boggs 0 on, 0 out); Knight (6,5th inning off Bedrosian 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Foster (5,by Boggs).  SB–Oester (2,2nd base off Walk/Sinatro).  WP–Soto (3).  IBB–Boggs (4,Foster).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:57.  A–7,817.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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