Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
October 14, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 14, 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)
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Oakland Athletics 3, New York Yankees 13

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 1 1
Murphy cf 5 0 2 0
Moore 1b 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Klutts 3b 2 1 1 0
  Gross ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Heath c 4 1 2 0
McKay 2b 4 0 2 1
Bosetti dh 1 1 1 0
  Drumright ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Stanley ss 3 0 1 1
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 5 2 4 0
Milbourne ss 5 2 2 1
  Robertson ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Winfield lf 5 2 2 2
Jackson rf 1 0 0 1
  Piniella rf 3 1 1 3
  Brown rf 1 1 1 0
Gamble dh 3 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 2 4 3
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 1
  Revering 1b 1 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 1 0 0
  Foote c 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 5 1 2 1
May p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 19 13
Oakland 001 200 0003111
New York 100 701 40x13190
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty  L (0-1) 3.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Beard   0.2 5 3 3 0 0
  Jones   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Kingman   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Owchinko   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
19
13
13
3
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
May   3.1 6 3 3 0 5
  Frazier  W (1-0) 5.2 5 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
10

  E–Klutts (1).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Cerone (1).  2B–Oakland Bosetti (1,off May); Murphy (1,off Frazier), New York Mumphrey (1,off McCatty); Winfield (1,off Beard).  3B–Oakland Henderson (1,off May).  HR–New York Piniella (1,4th inning off Beard 2 on, 1 out); Nettles (1,7th inning off Owchinko 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Drumright (1,by Frazier).  SF–Gamble (1,off Owchinko).  HBP–Cerone (1,by McCatty); Nettles (1,by Jones).  SB–Winfield (1,2nd base off McCatty/Heath).  WP–Frazier (1).  HBP–McCatty (1,Cerone); Jones (1,Nettles).  IBB–Frazier (1,Drumright).  U–Russ Goetz, Jerry Neudecker, Marty Springstead, Durwood Merrill, Nick Bremigan, Vic Voltaggio.  T–3:08.  A–48,497.
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