September 7, 1981 · 3:33 AM EDT
W: Woodie FrymanL: Mike ProlyS: Jeff Reardon
Biggest lead WSH by 2 · PHI by 2 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1ST Cardinals | 59 | 43 | .578 | — |
2WS Nationals | 60 | 48 | .556 | 2.0 |
3PH Phillies | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2.5 |
4PI Pirates | 46 | 56 | .451 | 13.0 |
5NY Mets | 41 | 62 | .400 | 18.5 |
6CH Cubs | 38 | 65 | .373 | 21.5 |
TR Tim Raines Sr.LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RSRodney Scott2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
AD Andre DawsonCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GCGary CarterC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| WCWarren CromartieRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TWTim Wallach1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LPLarry Parrish3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CSChris SpeierSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SBStan BahnsenP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DBDan Briggs1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ESElias SosaP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WFWoodie FrymanP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JMJohn MilnerPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JRJeff ReardonP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
HR: Parrish
RBI: Raines Sr., Wallach, Parrish 2
SB: Raines Sr., Scott, Dawson 2
LOB: 7
2B: Trillo
RBI: Trillo 4
SB: Schmidt, Bowa, Trillo
LOB: 21
The Nationals edged the Phillies 5-4 at Veterans Stadium.
Woodie Fryman got the win, Mike Proly took the loss and Jeff Reardon earned the save. Larry Parrish went 2-for-4 for the Nationals, while Manny Trillo went 2-for-2 for the Phillies.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
