Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1981 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Oakland Athletics 5, Boston Red Sox 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
  Davis lf 2 0 0 0
Murphy cf 5 1 3 1
Johnson dh 5 1 2 2
Armas rf 5 0 1 0
Moore 1b 4 0 1 0
Klutts 3b 4 1 3 1
  McKay pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Newman c 4 1 2 1
Babitt 2b 3 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 3 1 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 3
Rice lf 2 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 1 0
Lansford dh 4 0 1 0
Gedman c 3 0 0 0
Stapleton 3b 4 1 1 0
Miller cf 4 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 2 0 0 0
  Hancock ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdez ss 0 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
Oakland 002 300 0005141
Boston 000 030 000340
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  W (9-6) 9.0 4 3 3 5 4
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (3-7) 3.2 8 5 5 1 2
  Campbell   4.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Burgmeier   1.1 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
2
5

  E–Klutts (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Lansford (19,off McCatty).  3B–Oakland Henderson (5,off Tanana).  HR–Oakland Johnson (14,3rd inning off Tanana 1 on, 1 out); Klutts (2,4th inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out); Newman (3,4th inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out), Boston Evans (16,5th inning off McCatty 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Murphy (9,2nd base off Campbell/Gedman).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:34.  A–25,160.
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