Combining on a five-hitter, John Martin and Bruce Sutter hurled the Cardinals to a 4-2 triumph over the Expos. The Redbirds broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning on doubles by Glenn Brummer and Tommy Herr and a single by Garry Templeton. Templeton also had a run-scoring double in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Montreal Expos 2

Game Played on Monday, June 1, 1981 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Expos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 x - 4 9 1 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Raines lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Herr 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .286 Scott 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .199 Templeton ss 4 1 3 2 0 0 .269 Dawson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .317 Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .306 Carter c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .242 Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Cromartie 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Iorg lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Wallach rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Landrum lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .206 Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Speier ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .262 Scott cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Lea p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .154 Brummer c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .400 Fryman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Martin p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .111 Pate ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Totals 31 2 5 2 3 5 Totals 31 4 9 4 1 2 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 14,224 Left on Base: Expos 5, Cardinals 6 DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Templeton Doubles: Parrish (9), Speier (8), Brummer (1), Herr (7), Templeton (8) Triples: Martin (1) Home Runs: Carter (6) Stolen Bases: Scott 2 (21) Caught Stealing: Raines (5) Sacrifice Hits: Martin (2) GIDP: Cromartie (4) Hit by Pitch: Landrum (1,by Sosa) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lea L(4-2) 6.2 9 4 4 1 1 0 29 2.54 Fryman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.88 Sosa 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.45 Totals 8 9 4 4 1 2 0 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martin W(2-1) 7.2 4 1 1 3 3 0 29 2.22 Sutter SV(9) 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 5 3.77 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 5 1 34 Hit by Pitch: Sosa (1) Wild Pitches: Lea (2) Balks: Sutter (1) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Randy Marsh, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Lee Weyer EXPOS 1ST: Raines flied to left; Scott walked; Scott stole second; Dawson struck out; Scott stole third; Carter flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Herr flied to left; Templeton singled to left; Hernandez walked [Templeton to second]; Hendrick flied to center; Iorg singled to center [Templeton scored, Hernandez to second]; Oberkfell popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Wallach lined to third; Parrish flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Scott lined to center; Brummer grounded out (first unassisted); Martin tripled to left; Herr flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 3RD: Speier flied to center; Lea singled to right; Raines forced Lea (pitcher to second); Raines was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hernandez flied to center; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 4TH: Scott flied to center; Dawson popped to shortstop; Carter popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Iorg flied to left; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 1. EXPOS 5TH: Cromartie flied to left; Wallach flied to right; Parrish doubled to right; Speier doubled to center [Parrish scored]; Lea was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Brummer doubled to right; Martin out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Brummer to third]; Herr doubled to left [Brummer scored]; Templeton singled to right [Herr scored]; Hernandez flied to left; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 6TH: Raines popped to first in foul territory; Scott was called out on strikes; Dawson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Iorg grounded out (first to pitcher); Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 3. EXPOS 7TH: Carter reached on an error by Templeton; Cromartie grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carter out at second]; Wallach walked; Parrish forced Wallach (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Brummer singled to left; On a bunt Martin struck out; Lea threw a wild pitch [Brummer to second]; Herr singled to center [Brummer out at home (center to catcher), Herr to second (on throw to home)]; Templeton doubled to center [Herr scored]; FRYMAN REPLACED LEA (PITCHING); Hernandez popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 4. EXPOS 8TH: LANDRUM REPLACED IORG (PLAYING LF); Speier walked; PATE BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Pate popped to second; Raines forced Speier (shortstop to second); Scott singled to pitcher [Raines to second]; SUTTER REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Sutter balked [Raines to third, Scott to second]; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED PATE (PITCHING); Hendrick popped to shortstop; Landrum was hit by a pitch; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first) [Landrum to second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 4. EXPOS 9TH: Carter homered; Cromartie lined to third; Wallach struck out; Parrish lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Cardinals 4.

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