New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
October 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 15, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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

New York Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 0

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 3 0 1 0
Milbourne ss 4 1 1 0
Winfield lf 5 0 0 0
Murcer dh 3 0 1 0
  Piniella ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Gamble rf 1 0 0 0
  Foote ph 1 0 1 0
  Brown pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 1 3
Watson 1b 5 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1
Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 0 1 0
  Heath lf 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 1 0 0 0
  Bosetti ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Klutts 3b 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Moore 1b 2 0 2 0
  Spencer ph,1b 1 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 0 1 0
Newman c 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Drumright ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
New York 000 001 0034100
Oakland 000 000 000052
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Righetti  W (1-0) 6.0 4 0 0 2 4
  Davis   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gossage   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-1) 8.1 7 2 1 6 4
  Underwood   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
6
4

  E–McKay (1), Picciolo (1).  DP–New York 2, Oakland 1.  2B–New York Nettles (2,off Underwood).  HR–New York Randolph (1,6th inning off Keough 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Milbourne (1,off Keough).  SB–Henderson 2 (2,2nd base off Righetti/Cerone 2).  WP–Keough (1).  U–Jerry Neudecker, Marty Springstead, Durwood Merrill, Vic Voltaggio, Russ Goetz, Nick Bremigan.  T–3:19.  A–47,302.
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