Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos 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

Montreal Expos 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie 1b 4 0 2 0
Scott 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson cf 4 1 1 0
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 1
Wallach rf 4 0 1 0
White lf 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Hostetler ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 5 1 1 0
Templeton ss 4 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 0 1
Iorg lf 1 0 0 1
  Landrum lf 1 0 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 0
Porter c 3 1 1 2
Green cf 2 0 0 0
Martin p 3 0 1 1
  Kaat p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Montreal 000 100 100281
St. Louis 000 500 10x6100
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (9-7) 3.2 4 4 4 0 2
  Jackson   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Gorman   3.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Sosa   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  W (7-5) 6.1 7 2 2 1 4
  Kaat  SV (4) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
5

  E–Carter (4).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Dawson (21,off Martin); Carter (17,off Martin); Wallach (9,off Martin), St. Louis Porter (10,off Jackson); Hernandez (25,off Gorman); Oberkfell (12,off Sosa).  HR–Montreal Parrish (8,7th inning off Martin 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Iorg (2,off Sanderson); Landrum (2,off Gorman).  HBP–Porter (1,by Gorman).  IBB–Green (1,by Jackson); Hendrick (7,by Gorman).  CS–Scott (6,2nd base by Martin/Porter); Speier (2,2nd base by Martin/Porter).  SB–Landrum (4,2nd base off Gorman/Carter).  HBP–Gorman (1,Porter).  IBB–Jackson (4,Green); Gorman (2,Hendrick).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:19.  A–21,216.
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