Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1981 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros 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, Houston Astros 9

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 1 0
Scott 2b 3 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 1 0
Cromartie rf 4 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Wallach 1b 4 0 0 0
Phillips ss 4 0 0 0
Ramos c 3 0 1 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 5 1 2 1
Reynolds ss 5 1 2 1
Puhl rf 4 1 2 2
Walling lf 4 2 1 2
Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 0
Howe 3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 1 1 1
Pittman 2b 4 1 1 2
Ryan p 2 0 1 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Montreal 000 000 100151
Houston 004 001 22x9132
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (6-4) 4.0 7 4 4 0 4
  Bahnsen   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Sosa   2.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Reardon   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (7-3) 6.0 2 0 0 0 8
  Smith  SV (5) 3.0 3 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
0
9

  E–Phillips (2), Cedeno (4), Howe (7).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Cromartie (10,off D Smith), Houston Ashby (8,off Sanderson); Puhl (13,off Sanderson); Cedeno (13,off Sosa).  3B–Houston Pittman (2,off Sanderson).  HR–Houston Walling (4,8th inning off Reardon 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Scott (9,off Ryan).  CS–Howe (2,3rd base by Sanderson/Ramos).  WP–Ryan (11).  T–2:39.  A–27,169.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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