Sunday May 3, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Tom Hume surrendered the 11th walk to the Cardinals when he passed Darrell Porter with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, forcing in the winning tally in a 5-4 decision over the Reds. Tony Scott stroked a two-out single in the bottom of the 11th and stole second.

After Keith Hernandez was intentionally walked and George Hendrick got an infield single to load the bases, Porter walked on four straight pitches. Joe Edelen, who pitched three scoreless innings of relief, picked up his first major league victory. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Cincinnati Reds 4

Game Played on Sunday, May 3, 1981 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Reds 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Collins rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .378 Templeton ss 6 0 1 1 0 0 .292 Griffey cf 5 0 0 1 0 1 .253 Scott cf 5 1 2 0 1 0 .294 Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 2 2 .323 Foster lf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .268 Hendrick rf 5 1 2 1 1 1 .274 Knight 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Porter c 4 0 0 1 2 2 .184 Hume p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oberkfell 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .297 Bench 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .290 Lezcano lf 2 1 1 0 3 0 .302 Nolan c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .269 Herr 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .291 Mejias pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Martinez p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .167 O'Berry c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Oester 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .233 Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seaver p 1 0 0 1 0 1 .071 Tenace ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Biittner ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .429 Iorg ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Driessen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Edelen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Price p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spilman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 39 4 8 4 3 5 Totals 38 5 9 5 11 6 Time of Game: 3:12 Attendance: 21,855 Left on Base: Reds 6, Cardinals 13 DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 2 Errors: Oberkfell Doubles: Oester (2), Bench (3), Templeton (6) Triples: Collins (2), Oester (1), Herr (5) Home Runs: Hendrick (4) Stolen Bases: Griffey (4), Driessen (1), Scott 3 (4) Caught Stealing: Bench (1), Herr (1) Sacrifice Hits: Herr (1) Sacrifice Flies: Seaver (1) GIDP: Knight (2), Oester (2), Scott (1) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver 6 6 4 4 6 5 1 29 2.49 Price 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 5.23 Hume L(1-2) 3.1 3 1 1 3 0 0 15 3.12 Totals 10.2 9 5 5 11 6 1 50 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martinez 6.1 6 4 4 3 5 0 27 3.44 Kaat 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.40 Otten 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Edelen W(1-0) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.70 Totals 11 8 4 4 3 5 0 43 Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt REDS 1ST: Collins tripled to center; Griffey reached on a fielder's choice [Collins scored]; Griffey stole second; Concepcion was called out on strikes; Foster walked; Knight struck out; Bench flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton lined to shortstop; Scott walked; Scott stole second; Hernandez walked; Hendrick flied to right [Scott to third]; Porter walked [Hernandez to second]; Oberkfell lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. REDS 2ND: Nolan walked; Oester tripled to right [Nolan scored]; Seaver hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oester scored]; Collins flied to center; Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Lezcano singled to left; Herr grounded out (first unassisted) [Lezcano to second]; Martinez popped to shortstop; Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 0. REDS 3RD: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Knight flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Scott singled to left; Scott stole second; Hernandez struck out; Hendrick struck out; Porter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 0. REDS 4TH: Bench popped to first in foul territory; Nolan singled to left; Oester struck out; Seaver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Oberkfell singled to right; Lezcano walked [Oberkfell to second]; Herr tripled to right [Oberkfell scored, Lezcano scored]; Martinez struck out; Templeton doubled to center [Herr scored]; Scott popped to second; Hernandez popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 3. REDS 5TH: Collins grounded out (second to first); Griffey struck out; Concepcion flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Hendrick homered; Porter was called out on strikes; Oberkfell lined to first; Lezcano walked; Herr popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 4. REDS 6TH: Foster walked; Knight grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Foster out at second]; Bench singled to center; Bench was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Martinez walked; Templeton forced Martinez (pitcher to shortstop); Scott grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 4. REDS 7TH: Nolan grounded out (second to first); Oester doubled to center; BIITTNER BATTED FOR SEAVER; Biittner singled to center [Oester scored]; DRIESSEN RAN FOR BIITTNER; KAAT REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Driessen stole second; Collins flied to right; Griffey flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 7TH: PRICE REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Hernandez struck out; Hendrick walked; Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [Hendrick to second]; Oberkfell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. REDS 8TH: OTTEN REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster popped to first; Knight grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: Lezcano walked; Herr out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lezcano to second]; TENACE BATTED FOR OTTEN; HUME REPLACED KNIGHT (PITCHING); SPILMAN REPLACED PRICE (PLAYING 3B); IORG BATTED FOR TENACE; Iorg walked; Templeton forced Lezcano (shortstop to third) [Iorg to second]; Scott flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. REDS 9TH: EDELEN REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Bench grounded out (second to first); Nolan singled to center; MEJIAS RAN FOR NOLAN; Oester grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mejias out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 9TH: O'BERRY REPLACED MEJIAS (PLAYING C ); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick flied to center; Porter popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. REDS 10TH: Spilman grounded out (first unassisted); Collins lined to third; Griffey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 10TH: Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano lined to right; Herr singled to center; Herr was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. REDS 11TH: Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Hume reached on an error by Oberkfell; Bench doubled to center [Hume to third]; O'Berry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 11TH: Edelen popped to second; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott singled to center; Scott stole second; Hernandez was walked intentionally; Hendrick singled to shortstop [Scott to third, Hernandez to second]; Porter walked [Scott scored, Hernandez to third, Hendrick to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 4, Cardinals 5.

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