Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 1 1 0
Foli ss 3 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 1 0
  Berra pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 2 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 0
Easler lf 4 1 1 1
Ray 2b 4 0 2 1
Nicosia c 3 0 1 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
Tiant p 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 3 1
Hendrick rf,cf 4 0 2 1
Iorg lf 4 1 2 1
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0
Green cf 2 0 1 1
  Braun ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Landrum rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 13 5
Pittsburgh 000 210 000390
St. Louis 020 000 30x5130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.1 8 2 2 0 3
  Lee  L (0-2) 1.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Tekulve   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
1
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (10-5) 7.0 8 3 3 0 4
  Sutter  SV (24) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Nicosia (10,off Forsch); Easler (17,off Forsch); Ray (9,off Forsch).  3B–St. Louis Hernandez (4,off Lee).  HR–St. Louis Iorg (2,2nd inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tiant (2,off Forsch); Forsch (6,off Lee).  HBP–Moreno (3,by Forsch).  SB–Madlock 2 (18,2nd base off Forsch/Porter,2nd base off Sutter/Porter); Moreno (38,2nd base off Forsch/Porter).  CS–Hernandez (5,2nd base by Tiant/Nicosia).  HBP–Forsch (4,Moreno).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:26.  A–19,761.
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