Scoring seven runs in the first three innings, the Cardinals enjoyed an 8-3 rout of the Pirates. The Redbirds tallied three times in their first turn at bat on run-scoring singles by Keith Hernandez, Dane Iorg and Ken Oberkfell. Garry Templeton's RBI infield out accounted for a second-inning run. Darrell Porter stroked a sacrifice fly in the third and winning pitcher John Martin aided his own cause with a two-run single. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Game Played on Saturday, October 3, 1981 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 11 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 7 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herr 2b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .267 Moreno cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Templeton ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .288 Bevacqua ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .259 Ramsey ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .307 Madlock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .341 Hendrick rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Porter c 3 1 0 1 1 0 .225 Foli ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Iorg lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .329 Law ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .141 Landrum lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Easler lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .290 Oberkfell 3b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .293 B. Robinson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Green cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .133 Thompson 1b 3 1 2 2 1 1 .242 Martin p 4 0 1 2 0 1 .212 Berra 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Nicosia c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Ray 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Camacho p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Long p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 M. Alexander ph,cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .364 Totals 36 8 11 7 4 4 Totals 33 3 7 3 2 4 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 3,589 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Pirates 5 DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 1 Errors: Nicosia Doubles: Hendrick (19) Triples: Hendrick (3) Home Runs: Thompson (15) Stolen Bases: Herr 2 (22), Oberkfell (13) Sacrifice Flies: Porter (3) GIDP: Hendrick (10), Ray (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martin W(8-5) 9 7 3 3 2 4 1 35 3.42 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 4 1 35 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Camacho L(0-1) 2.1 6 6 6 3 2 0 15 4.98 Long 3.2 5 2 1 1 0 0 17 5.95 Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.65 Tekulve 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.32 Totals 9 11 8 7 4 4 0 41 Balks: Camacho (3) Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Terry Tata CARDINALS 1ST: Herr walked; Herr stole second; Templeton singled to second [Herr to third]; Hernandez singled to third [Herr scored, Templeton to second]; Hendrick grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Templeton to third, Hernandez out at second]; Porter walked; Iorg singled to left [Templeton scored, Porter to second]; Oberkfell singled to center [Porter scored, Iorg to third]; Oberkfell stole second; Green struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Moreno flied out to center; Foli grounded out (pitcher to first); Easler grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); Herr walked; Herr stole second; Camacho balked [Herr to third]; Templeton grounded out (first unassisted) [Herr scored]; Hernandez struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson struck out; Thompson was called out on strikes; Berra flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Hendrick tripled to right; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hendrick scored]; Iorg singled to center; LONG REPLACED CAMACHO (PITCHING); Oberkfell singled to right [Iorg to second]; Green walked [Iorg to third, Oberkfell to second]; Martin singled to center [Iorg scored, Oberkfell scored, Green to second]; Herr popped to shortstop; Templeton popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Nicosia grounded out (third to first); Ray flied out to center; Long struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez flied out to center; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Moreno grounded out (first unassisted); Foli flied out to right; Easler singled to left; B. Robinson lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Iorg flied out to center; Oberkfell singled to center; Green singled to center [Oberkfell to second]; Martin flied out to right [Oberkfell to third]; Oberkfell was picked off third but was safe on an error by Nicosia [Oberkfell scored (unearned), Green to second]; Herr popped to third; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Thompson walked; Berra singled to left [Thompson to second]; Nicosia flied out to left; Ray grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Berra out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 6TH: LAW REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING SS); Templeton popped to center; Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick doubled to right; Porter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: RAMSEY REPLACED TEMPLETON (PLAYING SS); M. ALEXANDER BATTED FOR LONG; M. Alexander singled to right; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MORENO; Bevacqua walked [M. Alexander to second]; Law flied out to right [M. Alexander to third]; Easler singled to center [M. Alexander scored, Bevacqua to second]; B. Robinson flied out to center; Thompson singled to right [Bevacqua scored, Easler to third]; Berra lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 7TH: CRUZ REPLACED BEVACQUA (PITCHING); M. ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Iorg was called out on strikes; Oberkfell popped to left; Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 2. PIRATES 7TH: LANDRUM REPLACED IORG (PLAYING LF); Nicosia lined to left; Ray flied out to left; M. Alexander singled to right; MADLOCK BATTED FOR CRUZ; Madlock forced M. Alexander (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 8TH: TEKULVE REPLACED MADLOCK (PITCHING); Martin was called out on strikes; Herr grounded out (second to first); Ramsey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: Law grounded out (second to first); Easler grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Hendrick popped to first in foul territory; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 2. PIRATES 9TH: Thompson homered; Berra lined to center; Nicosia flied out to right; Ray grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Pirates 3.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".