Raising his league-leading batting average to .485, Carney Lansford rapped out three hits and drove in two runs as the Red Sox pounded the Rangers, 10-4. Lansford gave Boston the lead for good with an RBI single in the fourth inning and added an RBI double in the sixth and a single in the seventh. Carl Yastrzemski delivered a run-scoring single in the fifth and a two-run single during a three-run eighth. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 10, Texas Rangers 4

Game Played on Tuesday, April 21, 1981 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Rangers 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 4 9 0 Red Sox 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 3 x - 10 15 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .314 Remy 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .250 Rivers cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Evans rf 2 1 1 2 2 0 .323 Oliver dh 4 0 2 2 0 1 .220 Yastrzemski dh 4 0 2 3 1 0 .278 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .375 Rice lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .237 Ellis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Perez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .206 Sundberg c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Lansford 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .485 Roberts rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .333 Allenson c 4 2 2 1 0 0 .310 Sample lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .206 Hoffman ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .188 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Miller cf 3 2 1 0 1 1 .296 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tudor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 9 3 2 2 Totals 34 10 15 10 5 3 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 13,233 Left on Base: Rangers 5, Red Sox 6 DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 1 Errors: Hoffman Doubles: Oliver (3), Wills (2), Sundberg (2), Allenson 2 (4), Rice (1), Lansford (4), Miller (3), Evans (1) Triples: Perez (1) Stolen Bases: Lansford (2) Caught Stealing: Bell (2) Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (3) Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1) GIDP: Allenson (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(1-1) 5 8 6 6 3 2 0 24 5.93 Comer 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 7.71 Hough 2 5 3 3 1 1 0 10 8.10 Totals 8 15 10 10 5 3 0 40 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tudor W(1-0) 9 9 4 3 2 2 0 36 3.00 Totals 9 9 4 3 2 2 0 36 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller RANGERS 1ST: Wills was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded out (second to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy popped to third in foul territory; Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski walked; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Ellis singled to right [Ellis out at second (right to shortstop)]; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Perez flied out to left; Lansford grounded out (third to first); Allenson doubled to left; Hoffman singled to left [Allenson scored, Hoffman to second (on throw to home)]; Miller was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 1. RANGERS 3RD: Roberts walked; Sample singled to left [Roberts to second]; Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Roberts to third, Sample to second]; Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers singled to first [Roberts scored, Sample to third]; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to right; Evans walked; Yastrzemski lined into a double play (second to first) [Evans out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bell singled to right; Bell was picked off and caught stealing second (catcher to first); Ellis lined to center; Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: Rice doubled to right; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Lansford singled to center [Rice scored]; Allenson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lansford out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 5TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Sample singled to shortstop; Mendoza lined into a double play (second to first) [Sample out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 5TH: Hoffman grounded out (second to first); Miller walked; Remy singled to center [Miller to third, Remy to second (on throw to 3b)]; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to right [Miller scored]; Yastrzemski singled to center [Remy scored]; Rice flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 4. RANGERS 6TH: Wills walked; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wills to second]; Oliver doubled [Wills scored]; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Oliver to third]; Ellis grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 6TH: Perez tripled to center; Lansford doubled to center [Perez scored]; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Allenson doubled to right [Lansford scored]; Hoffman grounded out (second to first) [Allenson to third]; Miller flied out to left; Remy singled to third [Allenson scored]; Evans walked [Remy to second]; Yastrzemski flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Roberts made an out to shortstop; Sample popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Rice singled to left [Rice out at second (left to second)]; Perez struck out; Lansford singled to center; Lansford stole second; Allenson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 8TH: Mendoza flied out to right; Wills doubled to left; Rivers flied out to center; Oliver singled to left [Wills scored]; Bell lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 8TH: Hoffman flied out to center; Miller doubled to left; Remy walked; Evans doubled to left [Miller scored, Remy to third]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Remy scored, Evans scored, Yastrzemski out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Rice grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 10. RANGERS 9TH: Ellis flied out to center; Sundberg doubled to center; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sundberg to third]; Sample reached on an error by Hoffman [Sundberg scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Mendoza forced Sample (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 10.

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