Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
October 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets 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 1, New York Mets 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
White rf 2 0 1 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson W. 2b 2 0 0 0
Francona lf 2 0 2 0
  Briggs lf,cf 2 0 0 0
Carter c 1 0 0 0
  Ramos c 2 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson T. lf 1 0 0 0
Milner 1b 1 0 0 0
  Hostetler 1b 3 1 3 1
Wallach 3b 4 0 1 0
Office cf 3 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Manuel 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Wieghaus c 1 0 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Gullickson p 0 0 0 0
  Rooney ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf 3 1 1 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gardenhire 2b 2 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 2 1 2 0
Staub 1b 2 0 1 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
Bailor lf 3 0 1 0
Giles ss 3 0 0 0
Falcone p 3 0 1 0
Totals 27 2 7 2
Montreal 000 000 001171
New York 010 000 01x270
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  L (7-9) 2.0 2 1 0 0 2
  Burris   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Bahnsen   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sosa   2.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Gorman   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  W (5-3) 9.0 7 1 1 0 8
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
8

  E–Wallach (1).  DP–Montreal 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Staub (9,off Gullickson).  HR–Montreal Hostetler (1,9th inning off Falcone 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Howard 2 (2,2nd base off Sosa/Wieghaus,2nd base off Gorman/Wieghaus); Gardenhire (2,2nd base off Gorman/Wieghaus).  CS–Valentine (4,3rd base by Burris/Ramos).  T–1:54.  A–7,618.
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