Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 27, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1981 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 1 0
Murphy cf 2 0 2 0
Johnson dh 4 1 1 1
Armas rf 3 1 0 0
Newman 1b 3 1 1 0
  Spencer ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Heath c 3 1 1 2
Babitt 2b 4 0 2 2
McKay 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
Stanley ss 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 2 1 0
Evans rf 2 2 2 2
Rice lf 4 0 0 1
Perez dh 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 1
Lansford 3b 3 0 1 0
Gedman c 3 0 1 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 1 3 0
  Stapleton ph 1 0 0 0
  Nichols cf 0 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 5
Oakland 300 200 0005102
Boston 010 000 32x6110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   6.1 8 3 3 2 3
  Jones   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Underwood  L (2-5) 1.1 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   3.0 6 5 5 2 3
  Stanley  W (7-4) 6.0 4 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
7

  E–Armas (2), Heath (6).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Oakland Newman (10,off Tudor); Spencer (5,off Stanley), Boston Gedman (10,off Langford).  3B–Boston Perez (2,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Heath (6,4th inning off Tudor 1 on, 0 out), Boston Evans (15,8th inning off Underwood 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Armas (1,by Stanley).  SF–Rice (7,off Jones).  CS–Babitt (4,2nd base by Stanley/Gedman); Evans (2,2nd base by Langford/Heath).  HBP–Stanley (5,Armas).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:53.  A–23,432.
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