Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 30, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1980 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 0 0
Murphy cf 5 1 2 0
Page dh 5 2 2 2
Revering 1b 5 1 2 0
Gross 3b 3 0 2 1
  McKay pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 1 3
Essian c 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0
Cox 2b 3 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 3 1
Stapleton 2b 4 0 2 0
Dwyer cf 4 0 0 0
Rice dh 5 2 2 2
Yastrzemski lf 3 2 2 1
  Hancock lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 1 1 0
Fisk c 3 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 1
Hoffman 3b 4 0 1 2
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Oakland 000 102 030 06120
Boston 000 011 004 17121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough   8.0 10 5 5 2 1
  Beard   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Lacey  L (2-2) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley   7.2 11 6 6 1 1
  Campbell  W (4-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
1
3

  E–Fisk (6).  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 2.  2B–Oakland Revering (19,off Eckersley), Boston Evans (28,off Keough).  3B–Boston Hoffman (4,off Lacey).  HR–Oakland Page (11,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out); Armas (27,8th inning off Eckersley 2 on, 2 out), Boston Yastrzemski (15,5th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out); Burleson (7,6th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out); Rice 2 (18,9th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out,10th inning off Lacey 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cox (9,off Eckersley).  IBB–Gross (9,by Eckersley); Stapleton (1,by Lacey).  SF–Evans (3,off Lacey).  SB–Guerrero (2,2nd base off Eckersley/Fisk); Murphy 2 (22,2nd base off Eckersley/Fisk,2nd base off Campbell/Fisk).  CS–Yastrzemski (2,2nd base by Keough/Essian).  WP–Keough (13).  IBB–Lacey (4,Stapleton); Eckersley (4,Gross).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–3:38.  A–27,146.
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