Seattle Mariners vs Boston Red Sox
September 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1981 at Fenway Park. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 5, Boston Red Sox 12

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 1 2 1
Parsons rf 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 3 0 1 1
Zisk dh 3 1 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 1 1 0
  Maler ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 1 1 1
Simpson cf 3 0 0 0
  Allen ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Narron c 2 1 1 1
  Walton ph 1 0 0 0
  Firova c 1 0 0 0
Serna ss 4 0 2 1
Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Galasso p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 2 4 1
  Walker pr,2b 1 1 1 1
Evans rf 3 1 1 1
Rice lf 4 2 2 1
Yastrzemski dh 3 1 0 0
Rudi 1b 4 1 1 2
Stapleton 3b 5 1 1 1
Miller cf 5 0 2 1
Allenson c 2 1 0 1
Hoffman ss 4 2 2 1
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Tudor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 14 10
Seattle 100 400 000592
Boston 200 061 21x12140
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Clay  L (0-5) 4.1 7 8 5 3 0
  Black   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Galasso   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Clark   2.2 4 3 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
12
8
5
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley   3.2 8 5 5 0 0
  Tudor  W (3-3) 5.1 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
4

  E–Cruz (10), Meyer (7).  DP–Seattle 3.  PB–Narron (3), Firova (1).  2B–Seattle Cruz (9,off Eckersley); Narron (4,off Eckersley), Boston Remy (7,off Clay); Rice (15,off Galasso); Hoffman (5,off Clark).  3B–Boston Evans (4,off Clay).  SH–Parsons (2,off Eckersley); Cruz (3,off Eckersley); Evans (3,off Clay).  SF–Cruz (3,off Eckersley); Allenson (1,off Galasso).  HBP–Rice (3,by Clay).  SB–Serna (1,2nd base off Tudor/Allenson).  WP–Black (1).  HBP–Clay (2,Rice).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:48.  A–15,434.
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