Pushing across a run in the eighth inning, the Red Sox shaded the A's, 3-2. Jim Dwyer began the inning with a double, moved to third as Tony Perez grounded out and scored on an infield out by Carl Yastrzemski. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Thursday, August    28, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  x  -   3  6  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   2   2   0     0   1   .307      Burleson ss           3   0   1   0     1   1   .286
Murphy cf             4   0   3   1     0   0   .268      Stapleton 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .306
Page dh               3   0   0   1     0   2   .243      Lynn cf               1   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .290        Dwyer cf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .309
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Rice dh               3   1   2   1     1   0   .269
Essian c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .259      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   1     0   0   .275
Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Cox 2b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Evans rf              2   1   0   0     1   1   .262
McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hoffman 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .296
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   7   2     2   5             Totals               30   3   6   3     4   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 28,262
Left on Base: A's 5, Red Sox 7
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 2
Doubles: Henderson (19), Armas (12), Lynn (32), Dwyer (10)
Home Runs: Rice (16)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (65), Evans (2), Rice (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Page (5)
GIDP: Essian (11), Guerrero (13)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty L(10-12)        7.1   6   3   3   4   4   1  32   4.00
Lacey                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.91
Totals                  8     6   3   3   4   4   1  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   7.2   5   2   2   2   4   0  28   3.33
Burgmeier W(5-3)        0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.06
Stanley SV(12)          0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.46
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   5   0  34

Wild Pitches: Renko (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Rocky Roe


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole
second; On a bunt Murphy singled to first [Henderson to third];
Page lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Henderson scored];
Revering grounded out (first unassisted) [Murphy to second];
Armas grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Stapleton struck out; Fred
Lynn fouled a ball off his foot, fracturing his right toe;
Lynn doubled to left; Perez walked; Rice singled to shortstop
[Lynn to third, Perez to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: DWYER REPLACED LYNN (PLAYING CF); Gross grounded
out (second to first); Essian struck out; Guerrero grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk lined to third; Evans struck out; Hoffman
popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Cox struck out; Henderson struck out; Murphy
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to right; Stapleton grounded out
(pitcher to first); Dwyer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch; Revering singled to right [Page to third]; Armas grounded
out (third to first) [Revering to second]; Gross was walked
intentionally; Essian grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Perez flied out to right; Rice homered; Yastrzemski
lined to right; Tony Armas caught the ball over the wall;
Fisk struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Cox flied out to
right; Henderson doubled to left; Murphy singled to right
[Henderson scored, Murphy out at second (right to shortstop)]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans popped to first in foul territory; Hoffman
grounded out (third to first); Burleson singled to right;
Stapleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page lined to left; Revering grounded out
(shortstop to first); Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Dwyer flied out to right; Perez flied out to right;
Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross flied out to right; Essian walked; Guerrero
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Essian out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski popped to left; Fisk grounded out
(third to first); Evans walked; Evans stole second; Hoffman
singled to right [Evans scored, Hoffman to second (on throw)];
Burleson walked; Stapleton flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: On a bunt Cox made an out to first; Henderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); BURGMEIER REPLACED RENKO
(PITCHING); Murphy singled to center; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Dwyer doubled to center; Perez grounded out (first
unassisted) [Dwyer to third]; Rice was walked intentionally;
LACEY REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Yastrzemski grounded out
(second to first) [Dwyer scored, Rice to second]; Rice stole
third; Fisk flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
2, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering grounded out (first unassisted); STANLEY
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Armas doubled to center; Gross
grounded out (pitcher to first); Essian grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 3.