John Martin doubled in two runs and tossed a five-hitter in pacing the Cardinals to a 7-2 decision over the Dodgers. In the second inning, Darrell Porter walked and Mike Ramsey singled before Martin drilled his two-run two-bagger. Porter stroked a two-run single in the fifth and an RBI single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Game Played on Friday, September 4, 1981 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cardinals 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 7 14 1 Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herr 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Sax 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .288 Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .297 Russell ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .212 Hernandez 1b 4 2 4 0 1 0 .317 Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Hendrick cf,rf 3 1 0 1 2 0 .283 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Iorg lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .341 Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Green ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roenicke lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Porter c 3 1 2 3 2 0 .228 Yeager c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Lezcano rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Thomas cf 3 2 2 1 0 0 .261 Landrum rf,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Ramsey ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 .291 Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin p 2 0 1 2 1 1 .238 Bradley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Howe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 7 14 7 6 2 Totals 31 2 5 2 1 1 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 48,114 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Dodgers 4 DP: Cardinals 0, Dodgers 2 Errors: Ramsey Doubles: Martin (2), Hernandez (20) Home Runs: Thomas (4) Caught Stealing: Oberkfell (4), Sax (5) Sacrifice Hits: Martin (6), Goltz (2) Sacrifice Flies: Oberkfell (3) GIDP: Iorg (5), Herr (8) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martin W(5-2) 9 5 2 1 1 1 1 33 2.57 Totals 9 5 2 1 1 1 1 33 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz L(2-3) 3 6 3 3 2 0 0 16 3.05 Niedenfuer 2 3 2 2 2 1 0 9 2.79 Forster 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 9 5.48 Stewart 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 1.67 Howe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.82 Totals 9 14 7 7 6 2 0 43 Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Lanny Harris CARDINALS 1ST: Herr lined to shortstop; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); Hernandez singled to left; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Sax singled to left; Russell flied out to center; Sax was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Garvey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg grounded out (third to first); Porter walked; Lezcano flied out to center; Ramsey singled to left [Porter to second]; Martin doubled to right [Porter scored, Ramsey scored]; Herr grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Guerrero flied out to left; Roenicke flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Dodgers 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Oberkfell singled to left; Hernandez singled to center [Oberkfell to third]; Hendrick forced Hernandez (shortstop to second) [Oberkfell scored]; Iorg grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas singled to left; Goltz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Thomas to second]; Sax reached on an error by Ramsey [Thomas to third]; Russell singled to left [Thomas scored (unearned), Sax to second]; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Porter walked; Lezcano singled to center [Porter to second]; NIEDENFUER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Ramsey struck out; Martin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Porter to third, Lezcano to second]; Herr popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to right; Roenicke singled to left; Yeager forced Roenicke (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Oberkfell singled to shortstop; Oberkfell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hernandez walked; Hendrick walked [Hernandez to second]; Iorg singled to left [Hernandez to third, Hendrick to second]; Porter singled to right [Hernandez scored, Hendrick scored, Iorg to third, Porter out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 5TH: LANDRUM REPLACED LEZCANO (PLAYING RF); Thomas flied out to left; BRADLEY BATTED FOR NIEDENFUER; Bradley flied out to right; Sax walked; Russell forced Sax (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1. CARDINALS 6TH: FORSTER REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Ramsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin walked; Herr grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Martin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: Garvey popped to first; Cey popped to shortstop; Guerrero popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Oberkfell grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez doubled to right; Hendrick was walked intentionally; GREEN BATTED FOR IORG; Green forced Hendrick (second to shortstop) [Hernandez to third]; Debut game for David Green; Porter singled to right [Hernandez scored, Green to third]; Landrum popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 7TH: LANDRUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GREEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HENDRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Roenicke was called out on strikes; Yeager popped to catcher in foul territory; Thomas homered; LOPES BATTED FOR FORSTER; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Dodgers 2. CARDINALS 8TH: STEWART REPLACED LOPES (PITCHING); Ramsey singled to left; On a bunt Martin struck out; Herr singled to right [Ramsey to third]; Oberkfell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ramsey scored]; Hernandez singled to right [Herr to third]; Hendrick popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 8TH: Sax grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell grounded out (third to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2. CARDINALS 9TH: HOWE REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Green popped to first in foul territory; Porter flied to right in foul territory; Landrum lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 9TH: Cey flied out to center; Guerrero flied out to right; Roenicke flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2.

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