Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1981 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 8, Philadelphia Phillies 11

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 2 2 0
Scott 2b 4 0 0 1
Dawson cf 5 1 1 1
Carter c 5 2 2 1
Milner 1b 4 1 2 1
  Briggs rf 0 0 0 0
  Rooney ph 1 0 0 0
Cromartie rf,1b 3 0 2 1
  Johnson pr 0 1 0 0
  Manuel ss 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 1
  White ph 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Lea p 0 0 0 0
Gullickson p 3 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 8 10 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 1 1 1
McBride rf 5 2 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 4 3 3
Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 3
Moreland c 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 3 0 3 3
Bowa ss 3 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 1 0
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 11 12 11
Montreal 110 130 0208102
Philadelphia 000 220 25x11122
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson   6.1 8 5 3 2 4
  Reardon   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Fryman  L (5-3) 0.1 2 4 3 1 0
  Lea   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
11
8
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   5.0 8 6 6 3 1
  Brusstar   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Proly   1.2 2 2 1 3 1
  Reed  W (4-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyle  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
7
3

  E–Scott (7), Milner (4), Schmidt (12), Maddox (6).  DP–Montreal 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Montreal Milner (5,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Matthews (16,off Gullickson); Trillo (11,off Fryman).  3B–Montreal Raines (7,off Ruthven).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (25,4th inning off Gullickson 1 on, 0 out); Matthews (5,8th inning off Lea 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Speier (9,by Ruthven); Raines (5,by Proly).  SF–Maddox (8,off Gullickson); D Davis (1,off Fryman).  HBP–Moreland (1,by Gullickson).  SB–Dawson (25,2nd base off Ruthven/Moreland); Raines (68,2nd base off Brusstar/Moreland); W Johnson (1,2nd base off Proly/Moreland).  CS–Maddox (4,2nd base by Reardon/Carter).  BK–Ruthven (1).  HBP–Gullickson (4,Moreland).  IBB–Ruthven (4,Speier); Proly (3,Raines).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:55.  A–25,468.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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