With Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk and Dave Stapleton hitting homers, the Red Sox posted their fifth straight victory, defeating the A's, 6-3. Yastrzemski's round-tapper followed a single by jim Rice in the second inning and gave the veteran star 5,060 total bases for his career, passing Lou Gehrig into eighth place on the major leagues' all-time list. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Friday, August    29, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  7  0
Red Sox      0  2  0    1  1  2    0  0  x  -   6 11  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .307      Burleson ss           5   0   3   2     0   0   .289
Murphy cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .270      Stapleton 2b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .307
Page dh               4   1   1   1     0   0   .243      Dwyer cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Perez 1b              2   0   1   0     2   0   .271
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .262      Rice dh               4   1   1   0     0   2   .268
Gross 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Yastrzemski lf        4   2   2   2     0   0   .278
  Heath ph,c          2   1   1   0     0   0   .224      Fisk c                3   1   1   1     1   0   .288
Newman c,3b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .234      Evans rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .259
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Hoffman 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .295
Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   7   3     1   5             Totals               35   6  11   6     4   5

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 28,666
Left on Base: A's 5, Red Sox 9
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Burleson, Stapleton
Doubles: Newman (17), Hoffman (8), Stapleton (21)
Home Runs: Page (10), Yastrzemski (14), Fisk (14), Stapleton (7)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (66)
GIDP: McKay (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman L(7-15)         5.2   9   6   6   2   3   3  28   3.58
Jones                   0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.11
Minetto                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   7.88
Beard                   1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   0.00
Lacey                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.90
Totals                  8    11   6   6   4   5   3  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(8-12)          5     4   2   2   1   3   1  20   4.76
Burgmeier SV(19)        4     3   1   1   0   2   0  15   2.07
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   5   1  35

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy singled to right; Page flied out to right; Revering flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to left; Stapleton flied out to
center; Dwyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to right; Gross flied out to
center; Newman made an out to shortstop; McKay struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Perez grounded out (second to first); Rice singled
to left; Yastrzemski homered [Rice scored]; Fisk walked; Evans
struck out; Hoffman grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (first unassisted);
Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy popped to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson singled to center; On a bunt Stapleton
forced Burleson (pitcher to shortstop); Dwyer grounded out
(first unassisted) [Stapleton to second]; Perez singled to left
[Stapleton to third]; Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page homered; Revering grounded out (second to
first); Armas made an out to shortstop; Gross grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Fisk
homered; Evans made an out to shortstop; Hoffman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red
Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman struck out; McKay made an out to
shortstop; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson popped to first in foul territory;
Stapleton homered; Dwyer grounded out (second to first); Perez
walked; Rice struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red
Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
singled to center [Henderson scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED TORREZ
(PITCHING); Page popped to third in foul territory; Revering
made an out to shortstop; Armas flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk flied out to
left; Evans flied out to center; Hoffman doubled to center
[Yastrzemski to third]; Burleson singled to center [Yastrzemski
scored, Hoffman scored]; JONES REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING);
Stapleton doubled to left [Burleson to third]; MINETTO REPLACED
JONES (PITCHING); Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HEATH BATTED FOR GROSS; Heath reached on an error
by Stapleton; Newman forced Heath (shortstop to second); McKay
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Newman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red
Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: HEATH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Perez walked; Rice was called out on
strikes; Yastrzemski flied out to center; BEARD REPLACED MINETTO
(PITCHING); Fisk made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Picciolo reached on an error by Burleson;
Henderson singled to center [Picciolo to second]; On a bunt
Murphy forced Picciolo (catcher to third) [Henderson to second];
Page flied into a double play (shortstop to second) [Henderson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans walked; Hoffman struck out; Burleson singled
to left [Evans to second]; Stapleton flied out to center; LACEY
REPLACED BEARD (PITCHING); Dwyer popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering struck out; Armas struck out; Heath
singled to left; Newman doubled to center [Heath scored]; McKay
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Red Sox 6.