A four-run explosion in the fifth inning carried the Red Sox to a 6-2 victory over the A's. With the score tied, 1-1, in the fifth, Jerry Remy led off with a single and moved to second on a walk to Fred Lynn. A single by Tony Perez scored Remy and a single by Jim Rice plated Lynn. Carlton Fisk then capped the uprising with a line double off the left field wall, scoring Perez and Rice. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      17, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  2
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  4  1    0  0  x  -   6 10  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Burleson ss           5   0   2   0     0   0   .296
  Davis lf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Remy 2b               5   2   1   0     0   0   .326
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .326      Lynn cf               3   1   2   1     1   0   .293
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Perez 1b              4   1   1   1     0   2   .297
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Rice lf               3   2   2   1     1   0   .266
Page dh               3   0   0   0     1   1   .244      Fisk c                4   0   1   2     0   1   .302
Newman c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .250      Yastrzemski dh        3   0   0   0     1   0   .243
Klutts 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .275      Dwyer rf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .308
Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .269        Evans rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Essian ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Hobson 3b             3   0   1   1     0   2   .265
  Edwards 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Hoffman 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
McKay 2b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .119      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gross ph            1   0   0   1     0   0   .264
  Guerrero pr,ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     1   7             Totals               33   6  10   6     5   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 24,722
Left on Base: A's 6, Red Sox 8
DP: A's 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Armas, Newman, Perez
Doubles: Klutts (8), Rice (7), Fisk (12)
Triples: Lynn (2)
Home Runs: Newman (6)
Stolen Bases: Rice (1), Remy (13)
GIDP: Revering (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(7-7)           8    10   6   6   5   5   0  38   3.13
Totals                  8    10   6   6   5   5   0  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(3-6)           9     7   2   2   1   7   1  35   4.12
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   1  35

Wild Pitches: Keough (8)
Balks: Torrez (3)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Steve Palermo


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to shortstop; Murphy grounded
out (second to first) [Henderson to second]; Revering popped to
third in foul territory; Armas grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to center; Remy grounded out
(third to first) [Burleson to second]; Lynn lined into a double
play (second to shortstop) [Burleson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Newman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Klutts grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Perez struck out; Rice doubled to left; Fisk was
called out on strikes; Yastrzemski walked; Dwyer walked [Rice to
third, Yastrzemski to second]; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); McKay was
called out on strikes; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to center; Remy grounded out
(first unassisted); Lynn singled to shortstop; Perez flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy struck out; Revering grounded out (first
to pitcher); Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice walked; Rice stole second [Rice to third
(error by Newman)]; Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory;
Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Dwyer walked;
Hobson singled to left [Rice scored, Dwyer to second]; Burleson
flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Newman
homered; Klutts popped to catcher in foul territory; Picciolo
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Remy singled to left; Lynn walked [Remy to second];
Perez singled to right [Remy scored (RBI), Lynn to third (error
by Armas)]; Rice singled to left [Lynn scored, Perez to third];
Keough threw a wild pitch [Rice to second]; Fisk doubled to left
[Perez scored, Rice scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to right
[Fisk to third]; Dwyer popped to left; Hobson was called out on
strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: McKay grounded out (second to first); Henderson
made an out to first; Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson singled to center; Remy forced Burleson
(third to second); Remy stole second; Lynn tripled to center
[Remy scored]; Perez struck out; Rice popped to pitcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering flied out to right; Armas singled to
center; Page struck out; Torrez balked [Armas to second]; Newman
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
1, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: DAVIS REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); Fisk flied
out to left; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Dwyer made an out
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: EVANS REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING RF); HOFFMAN
REPLACED HOBSON (PLAYING 3B); Klutts doubled to right; ESSIAN
BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Essian singled to left [Klutts to third];
GROSS BATTED FOR MCKAY; Gross reached on an error by Perez
[Klutts scored (RBI), Essian to second]; GUERRERO RAN FOR GROSS;
Davis singled to left [Essian to third, Guerrero to second];
Murphy struck out; Revering grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Davis out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: EDWARDS REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING 2B); GUERRERO
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Hoffman grounded out (third to
first); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy lined
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas grounded out (third to first); Page walked;
Newman singled to left [Page to second]; Klutts flied out to
center; Edwards forced Newman (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.