Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Yankees
October 21, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 21, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 0, New York Yankees 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 2 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 3 0 0 0
Yeager c 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Scioscia c 0 0 0 0
Hooton p 2 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Sax pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 4 0
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 2 0 0 0
Milbourne ss 4 0 1 1
Winfield lf 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 2 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 1 0
  Brown pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 1
Cerone c 2 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 2 1 0 1
John p 1 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Los Angeles 000 000 000042
New York 000 010 02x361
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  L (0-1) 6.0 3 1 0 4 1
  Forster   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Howe   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Stewart   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
6
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 0 4
  Gossage  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
7

  E–Lopes (1), Stewart (1), Milbourne (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–New York Milbourne (1,off Hooton).  SH–John (1,off Hooton); Murcer (1,off Forster).  SF–Randolph (1,off Stewart).  IBB–Mumphrey (1,by Forster); Cerone (1,by Stewart).  IBB–Forster (1,Mumphrey); Stewart (1,Cerone).  U–Nick Colosi (NL), Terry Cooney (AL), Doug Harvey (NL), Rich Garcia (AL), Larry Barnett (AL), Dick Stello (NL).  T–2:29.  A–56,505.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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