A four-run outburst in the second inning carried the Red Sox to a 4-1 decision over the Blue Jays. Jim Rice led off the inning with a single, stole second, beat the throw to third on Rich Gedman's fielder's choice grounder and scored on a single by Glenn Hoffman.

An rrror by Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin on a grounder by Julio Valdez altowed Gedman to score. A single by Reid Nichols plated Hoffman and Valdez also came home on right fielder Barry Bonnell's throwing error. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Thursday, October 2, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 3 Red Sox 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Nichols cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .261 Hodgson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Walker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Bonnell rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Hancock rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .249 Rice lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .296 Howell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .262 Rader c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .331 Ault dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Stapleton 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .320 Iorg 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Gedman dh 3 1 0 0 0 1 .227 Moseby cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Hoffman 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .289 Davis c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Valdez ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 .273 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tudor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 1 5 Totals 29 4 6 2 2 5 Time of Game: 1:53 Attendance: 11,872 Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 3 DP: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2 Errors: Griffin, Bonnell, Clancy Doubles: Bonnell (22), Howell (28), Iorg (10), Hoffman (14), Hancock (6) Stolen Bases: Rice (8) Caught Stealing: Nichols (1) GIDP: Hodgson (2), Davis (9), Gedman (1) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy L(13-16) 8 6 4 1 2 5 0 31 3.30 Totals 8 6 4 1 2 5 0 31 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tudor W(8-5) 9 7 1 1 1 5 0 33 3.02 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 5 0 33 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jim Evans BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Hodgson was called out on strikes; Bonnell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Nichols struck out; Walker grounded out (second to first); Hancock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell struck out; Ault flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Rice singled; Rader struck out; Rice stole second; Stapleton walked; Gedman forced Stapleton (second to shortstop) [Rice to third]; Hoffman singled [Rice scored, Gedman to third]; Valdez reached on an error by Griffin [Gedman scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hoffman to second]; Nichols singled to right [Hoffman scored (unearned) (RBI), Valdez scored (error by Bonnell) (unearned) (no RBI), Nichols to third (error by Clancy)]; Walker grounded out (second to first); 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Iorg flied out to right; Moseby struck out; Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 3RD: Hancock flied out to center; Rice flied out to center; Rader made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin singled; Hodgson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Griffin out at second]; Bonnell doubled; Mayberry walked; Howell doubled [Bonnell scored, Mayberry to third]; Ault grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 4TH: Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Gedman struck out; Hoffman doubled; Valdez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg flied out to center; Moseby singled; Davis grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Moseby out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 5TH: Nichols grounded out (shortstop to first); Walker grounded out (second to first); Hancock doubled; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin flied out to center; Hodgson flied out to center; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 6TH: Rader singled; Stapleton made an out to second; Gedman grounded into a double play (second to first) [Rader out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry singled; Howell forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); Ault forced Howell (shortstop to second); Iorg doubled [Ault to third]; Moseby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 7TH: Hoffman grounded out (second to first); Valdez struck out; Nichols walked; Nichols was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin flied out to right; Hodgson singled; Bonnell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 8TH: Walker grounded out (second to first); Hancock lined to right; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Garry Hancock caught the ball over the wall; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Ault flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".