Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 10, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1981 at Exhibition Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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

Boston Red Sox 9, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 3 2 1
Stapleton 2b 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 4
Rice lf 5 1 2 1
Perez dh 5 1 2 0
Rudi 1b 5 1 1 3
Nichols cf 3 0 0 0
  Hancock ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller cf 1 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 4 0 2 0
Allenson c 3 2 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 11 9
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 1
Bosetti cf 3 0 1 0
  Moseby ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Bonnell rf 5 2 3 1
Bell lf 5 1 3 2
Iorg 3b 5 1 1 0
Macha 1b 2 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 3 1 2 1
Ainge dh 1 0 0 0
  Woods ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Whitmer c 0 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 3 0 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Leal p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Bomback p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Boston 101 030 000 49112
Toronto 112 000 100 05130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   3.0 5 4 3 2 0
  Rainey   3.2 4 1 1 0 3
  Burgmeier  W (2-0) 3.1 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
13
5
4
2
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin   4.2 5 5 5 2 3
  Leal   4.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Jackson  L (0-1) 1.0 4 4 4 0 1
  Bomback   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
9
9
2
8

  E–Allenson 2 (6).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Perez (2,off Garvin); Hoffman (2,off Garvin), Toronto Garcia (2,off Rainey).  3B–Boston Rice (1,off Leal).  HR–Boston Evans (7,1st inning off Garvin 0 on, 0 out); Rudi (1,10th inning off Jackson 2 on, 2 out), Toronto Bonnell (1,1st inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out); Bell (2,3rd inning off Tanana 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Stapleton (1,off Jackson); Garcia (1,off Tanana).  SF–Lansford (1,off Garvin).  CS–Lansford (4,2nd base by Jackson/Whitt); Ainge (1,3rd base by Tanana/Allenson).  SB–Iorg (1,2nd base off Tanana/Allenson); Ainge (3,2nd base off Tanana/Allenson); Bell (2,2nd base off Burgmeier/Allenson).  WP–Jackson (2).  T–2:44.  A–17,411.
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