Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins 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, Minnesota Twins 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 6 0 3 0
Evans rf 6 0 1 0
Yastrzemski dh 5 2 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 0
Perez 1b 6 1 2 4
Lansford 3b 4 3 3 1
Miller cf 6 0 1 1
Stapleton ss 5 1 2 2
Schmidt c 5 1 1 1
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 15 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 3 2 1 0
  Adams ph 0 0 0 0
  Sofield lf 1 0 1 0
Castino 3b 6 1 3 1
Hatcher cf 4 0 1 2
Smalley dh 5 1 1 0
Mackanin 2b,ss 4 1 2 1
Engle rf 3 1 1 2
  Powell ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 5 0 1 1
Butera c 5 0 1 0
Baker ss 2 1 1 0
  Wilfong ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
  O'Connor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 13 7
Boston 000 411 010 029150
Minnesota 000 006 100 007131
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   5.2 8 6 6 0 2
  Stanley   3.1 4 1 1 4 1
  Campbell  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
11.0
13
7
7
5
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   4.1 6 5 5 0 3
  Verhoeven   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Corbett   2.2 3 1 1 0 3
  Cooper  L (0-2) 1.2 1 2 2 3 0
  O'Connor   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
15
9
9
4
7

  E–R Jackson (4).  DP–Boston 2.  PB–Schmidt (2).  2B–Boston Stapleton (1,off Corbett), Minnesota Engle (3,off Tanana).  3B–Boston Lansford (2,off Verhoeven).  HR–Boston Perez (3,4th inning off Williams 2 on, 2 out); Lansford (2,4th inning off Williams 0 on, 2 out); Stapleton (2,5th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out); Schmidt (1,11th inning off Cooper 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hatcher (1,off Tanana).  SB–Lansford (6,2nd base off Corbett/Butera).  CS–Miller (2,2nd base by Cooper/Butera); Hatcher (1,2nd base by Stanley/Schmidt).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:13.  A–4,884.
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