Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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 12

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 0 0 0
  Heath lf 2 1 1 2
Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
  Bosetti cf 2 1 1 0
Johnson dh 4 1 1 2
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Moore 1b 4 0 1 0
Newman c 3 0 0 0
Babitt 2b 3 0 0 0
McKay 3b 1 0 0 0
  Klutts 3b 2 1 1 1
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 1 1 1
Evans rf 2 1 1 2
  Hancock rf 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 5 0 2 1
  Nichols pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Perez dh 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 3 3 1
  Yastrzemski 1b 2 0 1 1
Stapleton 1b,3b 5 1 2 0
Gedman c 4 2 3 3
Hoffman ss 4 1 0 1
Miller cf 2 1 1 2
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 15 12
Oakland 000 001 004570
Boston 035 120 10x12150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (9-5) 2.2 5 8 7 4 1
  Kingman   1.2 6 3 3 3 2
  Owchinko   2.2 4 1 1 0 6
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
12
11
8
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (3-1) 9.0 7 5 5 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 2.  PB–Newman (1).  2B–Boston Gedman (11,off Kingman); Rice (14,off Kingman).  HR–Oakland Klutts (1,6th inning off Ojeda 0 on, 1 out); Heath (7,9th inning off Ojeda 1 on, 1 out); Johnson (13,9th inning off Ojeda 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Miller (2,off Norris).  HBP–Gedman (1,by Norris).  WP–Norris (9).  HBP–Norris (8,Gedman).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:47.  A–25,356.
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