A bases-loaded single by Dusty Baker in the top of the 12th inning snapped a 2-2 tie, boosting the Dodgers to a 4-2 triumph over the Reds. The score was 2-2 when Derrel Thomas began the 12th with a walk and Rick Monday beat out a bunt.

After both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Bill Russell and Ken Landreaux was intentionally walked, Baker singled sharply to center to drive in two runs. The Reds had tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on a run-scoring double by Ray Knight. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Friday, May       22, 1981 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 10  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Russell ss            4   0   0   0     1   0   .192      Collins rf            6   0   2   1     0   0   .315
Landreaux cf          4   0   1   0     2   1   .280      Griffey cf            6   0   2   0     0   1   .278
Baker lf              6   1   2   3     0   1   .305      Concepcion ss         6   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Garvey 1b             6   1   2   0     0   0   .265      Foster lf             6   1   1   0     0   2   .278
Cey 3b                4   0   2   0     1   0   .292      Bench 1b              6   0   3   0     0   0   .301
Guerrero rf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .298      Knight 3b             6   0   1   1     0   1   .254
  Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Oester 2b             4   1   1   0     1   2   .292
  Ferguson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .100      O'Berry c             1   0   1   0     2   0   .212
  Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Driessen ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .171
Scioscia c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .261        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Yeager ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      LaCoss p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thomas 2b             4   1   0   0     1   1   .152        Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Reuss p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Hume p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monday rf           2   1   1   0     0   1   .276        Mejias ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Price p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Nolan ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .274

Totals               43   4  10   4     5   6             Totals               46   2  12   2     3   7

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 27,943
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Reds 13
DP: Dodgers 1, Reds 2
Errors: Russell
Doubles: Cey (9), Garvey (10), Bench (5), Foster (10), Knight (5)
Home Runs: Baker (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Russell (5), LaCoss (5), O'Berry (1)
GIDP: Scioscia (3), Garvey (2), Concepcion (6)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   7.2   9   2   1   3   2   0  35   1.51
Howe                    2.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   8   0.40
Stewart W(2-0)          2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                 12    12   2   1   3   7   0  51

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCoss                  7     7   2   2   2   3   1  30   4.61
Hume                    1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.78
Price                   3     0   0   0   0   3   0   9   2.49
Bair L(1-1)             1     2   2   2   2   0   0   6   6.23
Totals                 12    10   4   4   5   6   1  49

Wild Pitches: Bair (1)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Randy Marsh


DODGERS 1ST: Debut for umpire Randy Marsh; Russell
grounded out (third to first); Landreaux struck out; Baker
homered; Garvey singled to center; Cey singled to center [Garvey
to second]; Guerrero singled to center [Garvey scored, Cey to
second]; Scioscia grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Collins lined to pitcher; Griffey singled to left;
Concepcion grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Griffey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Thomas grounded out (second to first); Reuss
grounded out (second to first); Russell flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench
grounded out (third to first); Knight flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Landreaux flied to center; Baker struck out; Garvey
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Oester struck out; O'Berry singled to center; LaCoss
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [O'Berry to second];
Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey flied to center; Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Scioscia singled to center; Thomas
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
lined to shortstop; Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Reuss grounded out (second to first); Russell lined
to left; Landreaux walked; Baker forced Landreaux (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Bench doubled to right; Knight flied to left; Oester
grounded out (third to first); O'Berry walked; LaCoss flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey flied to right; Cey doubled to right;
Guerrero struck out; Scioscia grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
singled to left; Concepcion singled to center [Griffey to
third]; Foster struck out; Bench forced Concepcion (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Reuss
grounded out (second to first); Russell walked; Landreaux
singled to right [Russell to second]; Baker forced Landreaux
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: Knight reached on an error by Russell; Oester singled
to center [Knight to second]; O'Berry out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Knight to third, Oester to second]; VAIL
BATTED FOR LACOSS; Vail reached on a fielder's choice [Knight
out at home (pitcher to third to catcher)]; Collins singled to
right [Oester scored (unearned), Vail to second]; Griffey
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 1.

DODGERS 8TH: HUME REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Garvey doubled to
left; Cey walked; On a bunt Guerrero popped to catcher in foul
territory; Scioscia grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Foster
doubled to center; Bench popped to first in foul territory;
Knight doubled to left [Foster scored]; Oester was walked
intentionally; O'Berry walked [Knight to third, Oester to
second]; HOWE REPLACED GUERRERO (PITCHING); MONDAY REPLACED
REUSS (PLAYING RF); MEJIAS BATTED FOR HUME; Mejias grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

DODGERS 9TH: PRICE REPLACED MEJIAS (PITCHING); Thomas struck
out; Monday was called out on strikes; Russell flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: On a bunt Collins popped to catcher in foul territory;
Griffey struck out; Concepcion flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

DODGERS 10TH: Landreaux flied to right; Baker flied to right;
Garvey flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

REDS 10TH: Foster flied to center; Bench singled to left; Knight
struck out; Oester was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

DODGERS 11TH: Cey flied to right; FERGUSON BATTED FOR HOWE;
Ferguson was called out on strikes; YEAGER BATTED FOR SCIOSCIA;
Yeager flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

REDS 11TH: YEAGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); STEWART REPLACED
FERGUSON (PITCHING); DRIESSEN BATTED FOR O'BERRY; Driessen was
called out on strikes; NOLAN BATTED FOR PRICE; Nolan grounded
out (first to pitcher); Collins singled to center; Griffey
forced Collins (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 2.

DODGERS 12TH: NOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BAIR REPLACED
DRIESSEN (PITCHING); Thomas walked; Bair threw a wild pitch
[Thomas to second]; On a bunt Monday singled to pitcher [Thomas
stayed at second]; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Thomas to third, Monday to second]; Landreaux was
walked intentionally; Baker singled to center [Thomas scored,
Monday scored, Landreaux to third]; Garvey grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baker out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Reds 2.

REDS 12TH: Concepcion flied to center; Foster was called out on
strikes; On a bunt Bench singled to third; Knight grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Reds 2.