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Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
May 16, 1981 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1981 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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) |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 16, 1981 at Fenway Park |
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| Kansas City |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 12 | 1 |
| Boston |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 0 | 2 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 11 | 0 |
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| Kansas City Royals |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Gura W (4-3) |
6.1 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
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Quisenberry SV (2) |
2.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
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| Boston Red Sox |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Eckersley L (3-3) |
3.1 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
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Rainey |
4.0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Campbell |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
E–Wilson (1). DP–Kansas City 3, Boston 2. 2B–Kansas City Wilson (3,off Eckersley); Otis (5,off Eckersley), Boston Stapleton 2 (3,off Gura 2); Lansford (9,off Gura); Rudi (2,off Gura). HR–Kansas City Aikens (5,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out); McRae (1,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out), Boston Perez (4,4th inning off Gura 1 on, 1 out). SF–Aikens (2,off Eckersley). SB–Wilson (2,2nd base off Rainey/Schmidt); Washington (1,2nd base off Rainey/Schmidt); Remy (2,2nd base off Quisenberry/Wathan). CS–Rice (1,3rd base by Quisenberry/Wathan). U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dave Phillips. T–2:26. A–26,107. |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 16, 1981 at Fenway Park |
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