Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
October 13, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 13, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 1, New York Yankees 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 2 0 0 1
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Klutts 3b 3 0 2 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Moore 1b 4 0 0 0
Newman c 2 0 0 0
  Drumright ph 1 0 0 0
  Heath c 1 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 0
Milbourne ss 4 1 3 0
Winfield lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 0 0
Gamble dh 2 1 0 0
  Piniella ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 3
Watson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Revering 1b 1 0 0 0
Cerone c 2 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Oakland 000 010 000161
New York 300 000 00x371
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (0-1) 7.1 6 3 3 2 4
  Underwood   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (1-0) 6.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Davis   1.1 0 0 0 2 3
  Gossage  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
6

  E–Henderson (1), Nettles (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Oakland Henderson 2 (2,off John 2), New York Nettles (1,off Norris).  SH–Cerone (1,off Norris).  SB–Jackson (1,2nd base off Norris/Newman).  CS–Mumphrey (1,2nd base by Norris/Newman).  U–Nick Bremigan, Russ Goetz, Jerry Neudecker, Marty Springstead, Vic Voltaggio, Durwood Merrill.  T–2:52.  A–55,740.
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