Dane Iorg went 3-for-3, drove in one run and scored twice to pace the Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Expos. Iorg doubled and scored on a single by Mike Ramsey in the second, stroked an RBI single in the third and singled and tallied on a single by Sixto Lezcano in the sixth.

Orlando Sanchez knocked in the other St. Louis run with a single in the second stanza. Lary Sorensen, who had dropped his last four decisions, scattered seven singles in pitching his third complete game. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Thursday, June      4, 1981 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  1
Cardinals    0  2  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   4  9  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Raines lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .322      Herr 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Scott 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .195      Oberkfell 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Dawson cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .316      Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .292
Cromartie 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Hendrick cf,rf        4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
Parrish 3b            4   0   3   0     0   0   .219      Iorg lf               3   2   3   1     0   0   .304
White rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Scott cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Lezcano rf,lf         2   1   1   1     2   0   .250
Ramos c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Ramsey ss             4   0   1   1     0   0   .355
Gullickson p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Sanchez c             3   0   1   1     1   0   .360
  C. Smith ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sorensen p            3   0   0   0     0   2   .074
  Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     2   4             Totals               32   4   9   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 18,958
Left on Base: Expos 6, Cardinals 7
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: White, Iorg, Sanchez
Doubles: Iorg (4)
Stolen Bases: Raines (44), Hernandez (8)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullickson L(2-6)       6     8   4   3   2   3   0  27   3.60
Reardon                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.13
Totals                  8     9   4   3   3   4   0  35

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(5-4)         9     7   1   1   2   4   0  34   3.46
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   4   0  34

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Randy Marsh, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Lee Weyer


EXPOS 1ST: Raines singled to left [Raines to second (error by
Iorg)]; Scott flied to left in foul territory; Dawson reached on
a fielder's choice [Raines out at third (shortstop to third)];
Cromartie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Herr flied to right; Oberkfell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish singled to second; White forced Parrish
(second to shortstop); Speier grounded out (second to first)
[White to second]; Ramos grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick struck out; Iorg doubled to center;
Lezcano walked; Ramsey singled to right [Iorg scored, Lezcano to
third]; Sanchez singled to left [Lezcano scored, Ramsey to
second]; Sorensen popped to pitcher; Herr singled to left
[Ramsey out at home (left to catcher), Sanchez to second]; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Gullickson grounded out (shortstop to first); Raines
grounded out (second to first); Scott walked; Dawson flied to
right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hernandez singled to left; Hernandez stole second; Hendrick
popped to second; Iorg singled to center [Hernandez scored];
Lezcano lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
3.

EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
singled to left; White struck out; Speier forced Parrish
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Ramsey grounded out (first unassisted); Sanchez
flied to center; Sorensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Ramos struck out; Gullickson struck out; Raines flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Herr popped to first in foul territory; Oberkfell
flied to left in foul territory; Hernandez grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Dawson singled
to pitcher; Cromartie flied to left; Parrish singled to center
[Dawson to second]; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hendrick flied to right; Iorg singled to right
[Iorg to third (error by White)]; Lezcano singled to center
[Iorg scored (unearned)]; Ramsey grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Lezcano to second]; Sanchez was walked intentionally; Sorensen
was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
0, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 7TH: SCOTT REPLACED IORG (PLAYING CF); HENDRICK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LEZCANO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Speier singled to left; Ramos lined into a double play (pitcher
to pitcher to first) [Speier out at first]; C. SMITH BATTED FOR
GULLICKSON; C. Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: REARDON REPLACED C. SMITH (PITCHING); Herr lined
to left; Oberkfell singled to center; Hernandez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Oberkfell to second]; Hendrick struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Raines walked; Raines stole second [Raines to third
(error by Sanchez)]; Scott singled to center [Raines scored];
Dawson hit into a double play (shortstop to first to first to
third) [Scott out at second]; Cromartie lined to first; 1 R, 1
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Scott grounded out (first to pitcher); Lezcano
walked; Ramsey flied to left; Sanchez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Parrish popped to third in foul territory; White
lined to center; Speier popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Cardinals 4.