Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
August 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1981 at Kingdome. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 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 7, Seattle Mariners 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 3 1 1 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 1
Rice lf 5 0 3 2
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0
Stapleton 1b 4 2 3 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 0 0 0 0
  Nichols pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 1 1 0
  Hancock ph 1 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 1 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 1 2
  Valdez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 6
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 2 1
Bochte 1b 3 1 1 2
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 5 1 1 1
Zisk dh 4 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0
  Parsons rf 0 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 2 2 0
Narron c 2 0 0 0
  Bulling ph,c 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 1 1 1
  Randle ph 0 0 0 0
Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Boston 010 020 1307110
Seattle 010 031 000592
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   4.2 7 4 4 3 0
  Burgmeier  W (3-4) 3.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Campbell  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Clay   6.1 8 4 1 2 1
  Drago   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Clark  L (2-4) 0.2 1 3 3 2 0
  Andersen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rawley   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
4
4
2

  E–Cruz (8), Anderson (13).  DP–Seattle 3.  2B–Boston Stapleton 2 (8,off Clay,off Clark); Rice (13,off Clay), Seattle Simpson (9,off Torrez); Cruz (7,off Burgmeier).  HR–Seattle Bochte (3,5th inning off Torrez 1 on, 1 out); Paciorek (8,5th inning off Torrez 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Remy (6,off Clay); Narron (3,off Burgmeier).  SF–Remy (2,off Rawley).  IBB–Yastrzemski (2,by Clay); Rudi (1,by Clark).  SB–Anderson (2,2nd base off Torrez/Gedman).  CS–Cruz (2,2nd base by Torrez/Gedman).  WP–Campbell (2).  IBB–Clay (3,Yastrzemski); Clark (4,Rudi).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:36.  A–8,294.
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