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Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals

1981-04-11 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 38473 · 2:07

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 1st. Dick Ruthven earned the win. Mike Schmidt went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	9
SLN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Dick Ruthven L: Bob Forsch SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Satch Davidson · 1B: Terry Tata · 2B: Jerry Crawford · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	4	2	2	0	0	0
Manny Trillo	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bake McBride	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Schmidt	3	1	1	3	1	0
Gary Matthews	4	0	0	0	0	0
Garry Maddox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bowa	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Boone	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dick Ruthven	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Garry Templeton	4	1	1	0	1
Ken Oberkfell	4	1	1	0	0
Keith Hernandez	4	0	1	1	0
George Hendrick	3	0	1	0	0
Darrell Porter	4	0	0	0	0
Sixto Lezcano	3	0	0	0	2
Tony Scott	3	0	0	0	1
Tom Herr	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Forsch	2	0	0	0	1
Steve Braun	1	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ruthven	9.0	5	0	5

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Forsch	7.0	7	1	1
Jim Kaat	0.0	1	0	0
Jim Otten	1.0	0	1	0
Bob Shirley	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: D8
Manny Trillo: W
Bake McBride: 8.2-3
Mike Schmidt: HR.3-H;1-H
Gary Matthews: 4/L
Garry Maddox: 63

Bot 1

Garry Templeton: 7
Ken Oberkfell: 43
Keith Hernandez: 43

Top 2

Larry Bowa: 7
Bob Boone: E5
Dick Ruthven: 16(1)/FO
Pete Rose: 43

Bot 2

George Hendrick: 53
Darrell Porter: 43
Sixto Lezcano: 8

Top 3

Manny Trillo: 53
Bake McBride: 43
Mike Schmidt: 13

Bot 3

Tony Scott: 3/G
Tom Herr: 8
Bob Forsch: K

Top 4

Gary Matthews: 43
Garry Maddox: 3/G
Larry Bowa: S7
Bob Boone: 63

Bot 4

Garry Templeton: D9
Ken Oberkfell: E3.2-H
Keith Hernandez: D9.1-H(UR)
George Hendrick: HP
Darrell Porter: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Sixto Lezcano: K

Top 5

Dick Ruthven: K
Pete Rose: 43
Manny Trillo: 53

Bot 5

Tony Scott: K
Tom Herr: 6/L
Bob Forsch: 8

Top 6

Bake McBride: S7
Mike Schmidt: 36(1)3/GDP
Gary Matthews: 53

Bot 6

Garry Templeton: K
Ken Oberkfell: 43
Keith Hernandez: 43

Top 7

Garry Maddox: 63
Larry Bowa: 31
Bob Boone: HR
Dick Ruthven: 3/P

Bot 7

George Hendrick: 3/P
Darrell Porter: 31
Sixto Lezcano: K

Top 8

Pete Rose: S9
Manny Trillo: S7.1-2
Bake McBride: S1.2-H(NR);1-3;B-2(E1)
Mike Schmidt: IW
Gary Matthews: 6(B)/L6/TP.1X1(623);2X3(34)

Bot 8

Tony Scott: 43
Tom Herr: 7
Steve Braun: D9
Garry Templeton: 43

Top 9

Garry Maddox: 43
Larry Bowa: S8
Bob Boone: CS2(1343)
Bob Boone: 43

Bot 9

Ken Oberkfell: S8
Keith Hernandez: 46(1)3/GDP
George Hendrick: S8
Darrell Porter: 63

Notes & reviews

Templeton caught low line drive, but thought he had trapped it as runners started to run; shortstop threw home but there was no force so catcher threw to 1st to retire Schmidt; throw then went to 2nd to retire McBride who started there

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