Tom Seaver breezed to his 291st career victory as the Reds pounded the Expos, 9-3. After the Expos touched Seaver for two runs in the first inning, the Reds scored five runs in their half on a walk and six hits, the big blow being a two-run double by Ken Griffey. Ray Knight and Dan Driessen cracked back-to-back homers in the third. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 9, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      6, 1981 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Expos        2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  5  0
Reds         5  0  2    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   9 14  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Raines lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .319      Collins rf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .318
Phillips 2b,ss        3   0   0   1     0   0   .195        Vail rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Dawson cf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .309      Oester 2b,ss          5   2   2   1     0   0   .312
  White cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Griffey cf            4   1   2   2     0   0   .289
Carter c              3   1   2   2     0   1   .254        Mejias cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .318
  Ramos c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Foster lf             2   1   1   2     1   0   .288
Cromartie rf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .272      Concepcion ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .315
  Pate rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Kennedy 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Hutton 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Knight 3b             3   2   1   1     1   0   .257
Wallach 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Driessen 1b           3   1   2   2     0   0   .178
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .264      O'Berry c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .218
  Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Seaver p              4   0   2   1     0   0   .167
Lea p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Montanez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  C. Smith ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   3   5   3     2   2             Totals               34   9  14   9     3   0

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 26,016
Left on Base: Expos 1, Reds 6
DP: Expos 1, Reds 2
Doubles: Oester (12), Griffey (11), Seaver (1)
Triples: Dawson (1), Raines (5), Collins (5)
Home Runs: Carter (7), Knight (5), Driessen (4)
Caught Stealing: Raines (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (1), Driessen (3), Foster (3)
GIDP: Montanez (4), Cromartie (5), O'Berry (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lea L(4-3)              3.1  10   9   9   1   0   2  20   3.91
Sosa                    0.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.65
Lee                     3     1   0   0   1   0   0  10   2.55
Fryman                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.47
Totals                  8    14   9   9   3   0   2  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(6-1)           9     5   3   3   2   2   1  31   2.07
Totals                  9     5   3   3   2   2   1  31

Wild Pitches: Lea (3), Seaver (3)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Lanny Harris


EXPOS 1ST: Raines walked; Raines was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Phillips flied to center; Dawson tripled
to left; Carter homered [Dawson scored]; Cromartie grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Collins walked; Oester doubled to right [Collins to
third]; Griffey doubled [Collins scored, Oester scored]; Foster
singled to center [Griffey scored]; Concepcion singled to right
[Foster to second]; Knight forced Concepcion (second to
shortstop) [Foster to third]; Driessen hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Foster scored]; O'Berry singled to right [Knight to
second]; Lea threw a wild pitch [Knight to third, O'Berry to
second]; Seaver singled to left [Knight scored, O'Berry out at
home (left to catcher)]; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 5.

EXPOS 2ND: Hutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallach
struck out; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 5.

REDS 2ND: Collins popped to shortstop; Oester popped to
shortstop; Griffey flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Reds 5.

EXPOS 3RD: Lea grounded out (second to first); Raines grounded
out (second to first); Phillips flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); Knight homered; Driessen
homered; O'Berry popped to catcher; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Reds 7.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson grounded out (second to first); Carter struck
out; Cromartie walked while Cromartie advanced to second on a
wild pitch [Cromartie to second]; Hutton lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 7.

REDS 4TH: Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); Collins
tripled; Oester singled to center [Collins scored]; SOSA
REPLACED LEA (PITCHING); Griffey singled to right [Oester to
third]; Foster hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oester scored];
Concepcion singled to shortstop [Griffey to second]; Knight
walked [Griffey to third, Concepcion to second]; Driessen
grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 2,
Reds 9.

EXPOS 5TH: Wallach flied to right; Speier singled to center;
MONTANEZ BATTED FOR SOSA; Montanez grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Speier out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 9.

REDS 5TH: LEE REPLACED MONTANEZ (PITCHING); O'Berry popped to
second; Seaver flied to center; Collins flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 9.

EXPOS 6TH: Raines flied to left; Phillips grounded out (second
to first); Dawson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 9.

REDS 6TH: Oester grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
grounded out (first to pitcher); Foster walked; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2,
Reds 9.

EXPOS 7TH: VAIL REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING RF); KENNEDY REPLACED
CONCEPCION (PLAYING 2B); OESTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Carter singled to left; Cromartie grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Carter out at second]; Hutton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Reds 9.

REDS 7TH: WHITE REPLACED DAWSON (PLAYING CF); RAMOS REPLACED
CARTER (PLAYING C ); PATE REPLACED CROMARTIE (PLAYING RF);
Knight flied to right; Driessen singled to left; O'Berry
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Driessen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 9.

EXPOS 8TH: MEJIAS REPLACED GRIFFEY (PLAYING CF); Wallach
grounded out (third to first); Speier grounded out (third to
first); C. SMITH BATTED FOR LEE; C. Smith flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 9.

REDS 8TH: C. SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PHILLIPS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); FRYMAN REPLACED SPEIER (PITCHING);
Seaver doubled; Vail grounded out (second to first); Oester
grounded out (third to first); Mejias grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Reds 9.

EXPOS 9TH: Raines tripled; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Raines scored]; White flied to left; Ramos flied to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Reds 9.