Completing the three-game series sweep, the Dodgers annihilated the Pirates, 16-6, as Steve Garvey drove in five runs. The Los Angeles first baseman knocked in three tallies with a bases-loaded double in the second inning, stroked a run-scoring single in the sixth and delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Mike Scioscia drove in three runs with three two-baggers and Ron Cey collected five singles in six at-bats. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 16, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Game Played on Wednesday, August    26, 1981 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Dodgers      0  7  0    0  0  6    1  1  1  -  16 19  1
Pirates      3  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   6 11  3


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sax 2b                5   2   3   1     1   1   .364      Moreno cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .274
Thomas cf             4   2   1   0     1   0   .248      Lacy rf               3   1   2   0     0   0   .289
Monday lf             4   2   1   0     2   0   .289        Easler ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .297
Garvey 1b             5   3   3   5     0   0   .288      Madlock 3b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .352
Cey 3b                6   2   5   2     0   0   .277        Thompson ph,1b      1   1   1   1     0   0   .180
Guerrero rf           5   2   1   0     1   0   .321      B. Robinson 1b,3b     4   1   2   1     0   0   .270
Scioscia c            6   3   3   3     0   1   .298      Berra ss              4   1   2   3     0   0   .260
Russell ss            5   0   1   2     0   0   .207      Garner 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
  Frias pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      G. Alexander lf,rf    4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Reuss p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .189      Nicosia c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Johnstone ph        2   0   1   0     0   0   .212      Rhoden p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .176
  Pena p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        D. Robinson p       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .271

Totals               46  16  19  13     5   5             Totals               38   6  11   6     0   4

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance: 11,144
Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Pirates 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0
Errors: Sax, B. Robinson, Berra 2
Doubles: Scioscia 3 (9), Garvey (20), Johnstone (3), Madlock (17)
Triples: Russell (2)
Home Runs: B. Robinson (1), Berra (2), Thompson (8)
Stolen Bases: Sax (2), Moreno (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomas (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (3)
GIDP: Berra (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(8-3)            5    10   5   5   0   1   2  24   2.19
Pena                    3     1   1   1   0   0   1  11   2.70
Howe                    1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   2.36
Totals                  9    11   6   6   0   4   3  38

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden L(7-2)           5.2  12  11  11   3   1   0  32   4.10
D. Robinson             2.1   6   4   3   2   2   0  16   8.31
Tekulve                 1     1   1   0   0   2   0   5   3.05
Totals                  9    19  16  14   5   5   0  53

Balks: Rhoden (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Dutch Rennert


DODGERS 1ST: Sax singled to center; Sax stole second; Thomas
reached on a fielder's choice [Sax out at third (catcher to
third)]; Monday grounded out (first unassisted) [Thomas to
second]; Garvey popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Moreno singled to second; Moreno stole second; On a
bunt Lacy singled to catcher [Moreno stayed at second]; Madlock
doubled to center [Moreno scored, Lacy to third]; B. Robinson
grounded out (third to first); Berra singled to right [Lacy
scored, Madlock scored, Berra to second (on throw to home)];
Garner grounded out (shortstop to first) [Berra to third]; G.
Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey singled to third; Guerrero singled to right
[Cey to second]; Scioscia doubled to right [Cey scored, Guerrero
to third]; Russell grounded out (pitcher to first); Reuss struck
out; Sax singled to right [Guerrero scored, Scioscia to third];
Rhoden balked [Scioscia scored, Sax to second]; Thomas walked;
Monday walked [Sax to third, Thomas to second]; Garvey doubled
to left [Sax scored, Thomas scored, Monday scored]; Cey singled
to right [Garvey scored]; Guerrero flied out to center; 7 R, 6
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 2ND: Nicosia flied out to right; Rhoden grounded out
(second to first); Moreno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Pirates 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Scioscia grounded out (first to pitcher); Russell
grounded out (second to first); Reuss lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 3RD: Lacy flied out to left; Madlock flied out to left;
B. Robinson homered; Berra homered; Garner singled to shortstop;
G. Alexander forced Garner (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 4TH: Sax singled to center; Thomas out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Sax to second]; Monday grounded out
(first unassisted) [Sax to third]; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates
5.

PIRATES 4TH: Nicosia grounded out (shortstop to first); Rhoden
singled to left; Moreno flied out to right; Lacy singled to left
[Rhoden to second]; Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey singled to center; Guerrero popped to second;
Scioscia flied out to center; Russell forced Cey (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 5TH: B. Robinson singled to center; Berra grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [B. Robinson out at
second]; Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 6TH: JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR REUSS; Johnstone doubled to
right; Sax reached on a fielder's choice [Johnstone out at third
(shortstop to third)]; Thomas lined to right; Monday walked [Sax
to second]; Garvey singled to left [Sax scored, Monday to
second]; Cey singled to left [Monday scored, Garvey to second];
D. ROBINSON REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Guerrero walked [Garvey
to third, Cey to second]; Scioscia doubled to left [Garvey
scored, Cey scored, Guerrero to third]; Russell tripled to
center [Guerrero scored, Scioscia scored]; Johnstone lined to
first; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 13, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 6TH: PENA REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); G. Alexander
grounded out (second to first); Nicosia reached on an error by
Sax [Nicosia to first]; D. Robinson grounded out (first
unassisted) [Nicosia to second]; Moreno popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 13, Pirates 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Sax walked; Thomas forced Sax (second to
shortstop); Monday singled to right [Thomas to third]; Garvey
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thomas scored]; Cey singled to
left [Monday to second]; Guerrero forced Monday (third
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 14, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: EASLER BATTED FOR LACY; Easler flied out to center;
THOMPSON BATTED FOR MADLOCK; Thompson homered; B. Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Berra grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 14, Pirates 6.

DODGERS 8TH: B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); G. ALEXANDER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); EASLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
Scioscia doubled to left; Russell reached on an error by Berra
[Scioscia scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; FRIAS RAN FOR RUSSELL;
Pena struck out; Sax struck out; Thomas singled to center [Frias
to third]; Monday flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 15, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Garner flied out
to center; G. Alexander grounded out (third to first); Nicosia
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
15, Pirates 6.

DODGERS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED D. ROBINSON (PITCHING); Garvey
singled to shortstop [Garvey to second (error by Berra)]; Cey
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Garvey to third]; Guerrero
reached on an error by B. Robinson [Garvey scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Scioscia struck out; Frias struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 16, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 9TH: STARGELL BATTED FOR TEKULVE; HOWE REPLACED PENA
(PITCHING); Stargell struck out; Moreno struck out; Easler
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 16, Pirates 6.