Pounding out 13 hits, the Red Sox enjoyed a 10-3 romp over the Blue Jays. The Sox scored in the first inning when Jim Rice grounded into a double play with the bases loaded and added three more runs in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk and a two run single by Dwight Evans. Rice belted a solo homer in the seventh and Evans clouted a three-run round-tripper in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 10, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       9, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  0    3  0  1    1  3  1  -  10 13  1
Blue Jays    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Evans rf              4   2   2   5     2   0   .368      Griffin ss            4   1   1   1     0   0   .183
Stapleton 2b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .220      Moseby rf             3   1   1   1     0   1   .231
Yastrzemski dh        4   0   1   0     1   0   .187      Woods lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .224
Rice lf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .242      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .213      Upshaw dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Lansford 3b           5   3   3   0     0   0   .330      Bosetti cf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .364
Schmidt c             4   1   2   1     1   2   .375      Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Hoffman ss            3   1   2   1     1   1   .205      Ainge 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .191
Miller cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .269        Iorg 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Whitt c               4   1   1   0     0   1   .198
  Nichols cf          2   1   1   1     0   0   .429      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Crawford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Leal p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37  10  13   9     7   5             Totals               32   3   6   3     2   2

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 16,040
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Stapleton, Griffin
Doubles: Lansford (8), Schmidt (1)
Triples: Griffin (2)
Home Runs: Rice (4), Evans (6)
Caught Stealing: Lansford (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Nichols (1), Moseby (2)
GIDP: Rice (2), Miller (4), Garcia (4)
Hit by Pitch: Hoffman (1,by Barlow), Mayberry (3,by Crawford)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crawford                3     3   2   2   0   1   0  14   3.96
Stanley W(3-1)          6     3   1   1   2   1   0  22   3.99
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   2   0  36

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(1-2)           3.1   3   3   3   4   1   0  15   3.63
Leal                    0     0   1   1   2   0   0   2   4.50
Willis                  4     7   5   5   1   3   2  20   6.50
Barlow                  1.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   9   4.05
Totals                  9    13  10  10   7   5   2  46

Hit by Pitch: Crawford (3), Barlow (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Ted Hendry


RED SOX 1ST: Evans walked; Stapleton walked [Evans to second];
Yastrzemski walked [Evans to third, Stapleton to second]; Rice
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Evans
scored (no RBI), Stapleton to third, Yastrzemski out at second];
Perez popped to second; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied to left; Moseby struck out; Woods
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Blue Jays 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford singled to left; Schmidt singled to right
[Lansford to second]; Hoffman was called out on strikes; Miller
grounded into a double play (third to third to first) [Lansford
out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (third to first); Upshaw
grounded out (first to pitcher); Bosetti singled to third;
Garcia grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans grounded out (third to first); Stapleton
flied to center; Yastrzemski flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge lined to third; Whitt singled to center;
Griffin tripled to right [Whitt scored]; Moseby hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Griffin scored]; Woods reached on an error by
Stapleton; Mayberry was hit by a pitch [Woods to second]; Upshaw
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 4TH: IORG REPLACED AINGE (PLAYING 3B); Rice grounded out
(third to first); Perez walked; Lansford singled to shortstop
[Perez to second]; LEAL REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Schmidt
walked [Perez to third, Lansford to second]; Hoffman walked
[Perez scored, Lansford to third, Schmidt to second]; WILLIS
REPLACED LEAL (PITCHING); RUDI BATTED FOR MILLER; Rudi popped to
catcher in foul territory; Evans singled to center [Lansford
scored, Schmidt scored, Hoffman to third]; Stapleton grounded
out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: NICHOLS REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING CF); STANLEY
REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Bosetti walked; Garcia grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosetti out
at second]; Iorg singled to shortstop; Whitt flied to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; Rice grounded out
(third to first); Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Griffin grounded out (catcher unassisted); Moseby
grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods flied to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Lansford doubled to left; Schmidt struck out;
Hoffman singled to left [Lansford to third]; Nichols hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Lansford scored]; Evans walked [Hoffman
to second]; Stapleton grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry flied to right; Upshaw flied to center;
Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice
homered; Perez reached on an error by Griffin; Lansford forced
Perez (shortstop to second); Lansford was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Blue Jays
2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Schmidt struck out; Hoffman singled to left;
Nichols singled to left [Hoffman to second]; Evans homered
[Hoffman scored, Nichols scored]; BARLOW REPLACED WILLIS
(PITCHING); Stapleton struck out; Yastrzemski singled to right;
Rice flied to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin flied to right; Moseby singled to right;
Woods walked [Moseby to second]; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Moseby to third, Woods to second]; Upshaw singled to
right [Moseby scored, Woods to third]; Bosetti grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Blue Jays
3.

RED SOX 9TH: Perez singled to left; Lansford forced Perez (third
to second); Schmidt doubled to left [Lansford scored]; Hoffman
was hit by a pitch; Nichols forced Schmidt (third unassisted)
[Hoffman to second]; Evans forced Nichols (shortstop to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Iorg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitt grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 3.