Boston Red Sox vs Milwaukee Brewers
May 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1981 at County Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 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)
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Boston Red Sox 8, Milwaukee Brewers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 1 2 0
Stapleton ss 4 0 1 3
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 0
Perez 1b 5 1 2 2
Rudi dh 5 0 1 0
Schmidt c 3 1 2 1
Nichols cf 4 2 2 0
Remy 2b 5 1 2 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 6
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Gantner 2b 4 1 1 0
Yount ss 3 0 1 0
  Romero pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 4 0 2 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 1
Oglivie lf 4 0 1 0
Hisle dh 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 2 0
Moore c 3 0 0 0
Brouhard rf 3 0 1 0
Lerch p 0 0 0 0
  Keeton p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Boston 121 200 0208150
Milwaukee 000 001 000182
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (4-2) 5.1 6 1 1 0 1
  Clear  SV (3) 3.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
4
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (2-4) 3.2 8 6 4 2 1
  Keeton   3.1 5 2 2 0 1
  Cleveland   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Easterly   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
6
3
3

  E–Yount (5), Cooper (3).  DP–Boston 1, Milwaukee 2.  2B–Boston Rice (5,off Lerch); Remy (3,off Keeton).  HR–Boston Schmidt (2,2nd inning off Lerch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Nichols (3,off Keeton).  SF–Stapleton (2,off Lerch).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:34.  A–35,254.
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