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Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
September 6, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 6, 1981 at Dodger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 6, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 6, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Forsch |
Home Starting Pitcher | Fernando Valenzuela |
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium |
City | Los Angeles |
State | CA |
Attendance | 46,780 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: Lanny Harris 2B: Eric Gregg 3B: Nick Colosi |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tom Herr | Second Baseman |
Ken Oberkfell | Third Baseman |
Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
George Hendrick | Right Fielder |
Darrell Porter | Catcher |
David Green | Center Fielder |
Dane Iorg | Left Fielder |
Mike Ramsey | Shortstop |
Bob Forsch | Pitcher |
Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Davey Lopes | Second Baseman |
Ken Landreaux | Center Fielder |
Rick Monday | Right Fielder |
Steve Garvey | First Baseman |
Ron Cey | Third Baseman |
Ron Roenicke | Left Fielder |
Mike Scioscia | Catcher |
Derrel Thomas | Shortstop |
Fernando Valenzuela | Pitcher |
Tom Lasorda | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
September 6, 1981
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herr vs. Valenzuela
Herr strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Valenzuela
Oberkfell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Valenzuela
Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oberkfell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hendrick vs. Valenzuela
Hendrick hits a fly ball into left field. Roenicke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Valenzuela
Porter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Forsch
Lopes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landreaux vs. Forsch
Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monday vs. Forsch
Monday hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick who is chasing the ball. Monday reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garvey vs. Forsch
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Valenzuela
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Valenzuela
Iorg hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lopes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramsey vs. Valenzuela
Ramsey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey juggles the ball. That's an error on Cey. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Forsch vs. Valenzuela
Forsch hits a line drive into left field. Roenicke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Forsch
Cey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramsey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roenicke vs. Forsch
Roenicke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Forsch covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scioscia vs. Forsch
Scioscia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herr vs. Valenzuela
Herr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oberkfell vs. Valenzuela
Oberkfell hits a fly ball into right field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Valenzuela
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Herr moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hendrick vs. Valenzuela
Hendrick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Forsch
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valenzuela vs. Forsch
Valenzuela bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Herr covering, for the out. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopes vs. Forsch
Lopes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landreaux vs. Forsch
Landreaux hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monday vs. Forsch
Monday is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Valenzuela
Porter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Valenzuela
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops it up and throws to first, with Valenzuela covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Valenzuela
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Iorg for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Forsch
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Forsch
Cey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roenicke vs. Forsch
Roenicke hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramsey vs. Valenzuela
Ramsey hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Forsch vs. Valenzuela
Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herr vs. Valenzuela
Herr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oberkfell vs. Valenzuela
Valenzuela fires to first and has Herr trapped. There's the throw to Thomas who tags Herr for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scioscia vs. Forsch
Scioscia hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Forsch
Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valenzuela vs. Forsch
Valenzuela hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopes vs. Forsch
Lopes strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Valenzuela
Oberkfell hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Valenzuela
Hernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Valenzuela
Hendrick hits a line drive towards short. Thomas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Valenzuela
There goes Hernandez. The throw from Scioscia and he is safe. Hernandez steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Valenzuela
Porter strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landreaux vs. Forsch
Landreaux hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monday vs. Forsch
Monday strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garvey vs. Forsch
There goes Landreaux. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Landreaux steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garvey vs. Forsch
Garvey hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Landreaux moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cey vs. Forsch
Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Valenzuela
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Valenzuela
Iorg hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramsey vs. Valenzuela
Ramsey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roenicke vs. Forsch
Roenicke bunts for a single. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scioscia vs. Forsch
Scioscia is hit by the pitch. Roenicke moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Forsch
Mark Bradley pinch runs for Mike Scioscia.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Roenicke moves to third. Bradley moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Valenzuela vs. Shirley
Bob Shirley now pitching.
Valenzuela hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick who is chasing the ball. Valenzuela reaches third base with a triple. Roenicke scores. Bradley scores. Thomas goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lopes vs. Shirley
Lopes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valenzuela scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landreaux vs. Shirley
Landreaux hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. DeLeon
Pedro Guerrero pinch hits for Rick Monday. Luis DeLeon now pitching. Gene Roof now playing left field.
Guerrero strikes out. There goes Lopes. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garvey vs. DeLeon
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roof vs. Valenzuela
Steve Yeager now catching. Mark Bradley now playing right field.
Roof is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herr vs. Valenzuela
Herr strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Valenzuela
Oberkfell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. DeLeon
Cey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roenicke vs. DeLeon
Roenicke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. DeLeon fields it and throws to first for the out. Cey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bradley vs. DeLeon
Bradley hits a fly ball into left field. Roof settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. DeLeon
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Roof settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Valenzuela
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hernandez for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Valenzuela
Hendrick strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Valenzuela
Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/6/1981 -- St.Louis at Los Angeles (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI Herr T, 2b 3 0 1 0 Lopes D, 2b 4 0 3 2 Oberkfell K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Landreaux K, cf 4 0 1 0 Hernandez K, 1b 4 0 2 0 Monday R, rf 3 0 1 0 Hendrick G, rf 4 0 0 0 Guerrero P, ph 1 0 0 0 Porter D, c 4 0 0 0 Yeager S, c 0 0 0 0 Green D, cf 3 0 0 0 Garvey S, 1b 4 0 0 0 Iorg D, lf 3 0 0 0 Cey R, 3b 4 0 1 0 DeLeon L, p 0 0 0 0 Roenicke R, lf 4 1 1 0 Ramsey M, ss 3 0 0 0 Scioscia M, c 2 0 0 0 Forsch B, p 2 0 0 0 Bradley M, pr-rf 1 1 0 0 Shirley B, p 0 0 0 0 Thomas D, ss 4 2 3 0 Roof G, lf 1 0 0 0 Valenzuela F, p 2 1 1 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 0 4 0 33 5 11 5 St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0 Los Angeles 001 000 40x -- 5 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Forsch B (L)* 6.0 8 4 4 0 3 Shirley B 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 DeLeon L 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Valenzuela F (W) 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Cey R DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- St.Louis 5, Los Angeles 6 3B -- Monday R, Valenzuela F SB -- Hernandez K, Landreaux K, Lopes D CS -- Herr T SH -- Valenzuela F HBP -- by Forsch B (Scioscia M) T -- 2:27 A -- 46780
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