Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
April 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1981 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 4 1 0 0
Squires 1b 3 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 2 1
Luzinski dh 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 1 0 0 0
  Kuntz cf 2 1 2 0
Nordhagen rf 3 0 0 0
  Baines rf 1 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 2 2 1
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
Almon ss 3 0 1 2
  Molinaro ph 0 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 3 1 1 1
Stapleton 1b 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 2 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 4
Perez dh 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 0 0
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
Miller cf 2 1 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 6 5
Chicago 100 000 201491
Boston 000 000 05x561
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson   7.2 4 2 2 3 3
  Farmer  L (0-1) 0.1 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   6.1 7 3 3 2 5
  Clear  W (1-0) 2.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–LeFlore (1), Lansford (1).  DP–Chicago 2, Boston 3.  2B–Chicago Fisk (1,off Tanana); Morrison (1,off Tanana), Boston Miller (1,off Dotson).  HR–Chicago Morrison (1,9th inning off Clear 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice (1,8th inning off Farmer 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Squires (2,off Tanana); Miller (1,off Dotson).  IBB–Bernazard (1,by Tanana).  SB–LeFlore (2,2nd base off Tanana/Allenson); Almon (1,2nd base off Tanana/Allenson).  CS–Squires (1,2nd base by Tanana/Allenson).  BK–Dotson (1).  IBB–Tanana (1,Bernazard).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:24.  A–21,439.
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