New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
May 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 2, Oakland Athletics 0

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 3 1 1 0
Murcer dh 4 0 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Gamble lf 3 0 1 0
  Winfield ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 1 1 1
Milbourne ss 4 0 1 0
Oates c 4 0 1 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 2 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Newman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
Babitt 2b 3 0 2 0
McKay 3b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
New York 000 000 110290
Oakland 000 000 000060
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (4-1) 8.0 5 0 0 1 3
  Gossage  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman  L (2-2) 7.0 8 2 2 2 5
  Owchinko   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Oakland 1.  2B–New York Gamble (3,off Kingman); Murcer (1,off Kingman).  HR–New York Spencer (1,7th inning off Kingman 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Mumphrey (5,2nd base off Kingman/Heath).  CS–Randolph (3,2nd base by Kingman/Heath).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:48.  A–48,592.
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