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.

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