New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0
Mumphrey cf 5 0 1 0
Winfield lf 5 1 2 1
Jackson dh 3 1 1 0
Gamble rf 5 2 3 4
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Foote c 3 1 2 1
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Milbourne ss 0 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 2 2 1
Murphy cf 4 2 3 1
Johnson dh 4 2 2 2
Armas rf 4 0 2 0
Heath c 4 1 1 1
Babitt 2b 3 0 1 0
McKay 3b 3 1 1 2
Newman 1b 2 0 0 0
  Revering ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Stanley ss 4 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Minetto p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 7
New York 002 000 1036110
Oakland 000 103 22x8130
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (0-3) 5.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Bird   0.1 3 1 1 0 1
  LaRoche   1.0 1 1 1 0 3
  Davis   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Castro   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
4
10
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (4-1) 7.0 8 3 3 4 1
  Minetto   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Jones  SV (2) 2.0 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
5
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Oakland 1.  2B–New York Jackson (4,off Langford), Oakland Murphy (3,off Underwood).  3B–Oakland Henderson (3,off Castro).  HR–New York Gamble 2 (5,3rd inning off Langford 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out); Foote (2,7th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Johnson (3,7th inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Henderson (17,2nd base off Davis/Foote).  CS–Henderson (4,2nd base by Underwood/Foote).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:17.  A–44,105.
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