A two-run single by Rick Miller in the seventh inning was the big blow as the Red Sox sent the A's to their seventh straight loss, 5-3. The score was 3-3 when Tony Perez began the bottom of the seventh with a single. One out later, Dave Stapleton received a base on balls. Both runners advanced as Rich Gedman bounced out to the pitcher, and Miller followed with a ground single to right. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Wednesday, May       20, 1981 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Red Sox      2  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   5  7  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .296      Remy 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .370
Murphy cf             4   1   1   2     0   2   .259      Evans rf              3   1   1   2     1   1   .346
Page dh               3   1   1   1     0   1   .158      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   0     0   0   .202
  Hosley ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Rice lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Perez dh              3   1   1   0     1   0   .244
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .198        Nichols pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Newman ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Lansford 3b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .350
Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Stapleton ss          3   1   0   0     1   0   .261
Heath c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Gedman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Doyle 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .133      Miller cf             3   0   1   2     0   0   .267
Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Crawford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   5   3     1   6             Totals               31   5   7   5     3   2

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 23,007
Left on Base: A's 4, Red Sox 5
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Stapleton
Doubles: Armas (12), Yastrzemski (4)
Home Runs: Murphy (8), Page (3), Evans (9)
Stolen Bases: Lansford (9)
GIDP: Heath (3)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (1,by Stanley)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty L(4-4)          6.2   7   5   5   2   2   1  29   2.42
Owchinko                1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   1.32
Totals                  8     7   5   5   3   2   1  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crawford                6     3   3   3   1   6   2  23   4.21
Stanley W(4-1)          1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.03
Burgmeier SV(4)         2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.74
Totals                  9     5   3   3   1   6   2  34

Hit by Pitch: Stanley (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
struck out; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Evans homered [Remy scored];
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Rice struck out;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas doubled to center; Gross made an out to
first; Johnson flied out to left; Heath grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford flied out to right; Stapleton grounded out
(third to first); Gedman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Doyle grounded out (third to first); Picciolo
grounded out (third to first); Henderson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); Remy flied
out to center; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy struck out; Page struck out; Armas struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski doubled to left; Rice singled to left
[Yastrzemski to third]; Perez made an out to second; Lansford
forced Rice (second to shortstop) [Yastrzemski scored]; Lansford
stole second; Stapleton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Johnson
reached on an error by Stapleton; Heath struck out; Doyle
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Gedman flied out to center; Miller flied out to
left; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo struck out; Henderson walked; Murphy
homered [Henderson scored]; Page homered; Armas flied out to
right; Gross made an out to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans struck out; Yastrzemski made an out to first;
Rice made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Johnson was
hit by a pitch; Heath grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second]; Doyle singled to
right; Picciolo singled to right [Doyle to third]; Henderson
made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Perez singled to left; Lansford flied out to right;
Stapleton walked [Perez to second]; Gedman grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Perez to third, Stapleton to second]; Miller singled
to right [Perez scored, Stapleton scored]; Remy singled to left
[Miller to second]; Evans walked [Miller to third, Remy to
second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Yastrzemski made
an out to catcher; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Murphy
grounded out (pitcher to first); HOSLEY BATTED FOR PAGE; Hosley
flied out to left; Armas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Rice grounded
out (shortstop to first); Perez walked; NICHOLS RAN FOR PEREZ;
Lansford forced Nichols (shortstop to second); Stapleton forced
Lansford (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: NICHOLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NEWMAN
BATTED FOR GROSS; Newman made an out to shortstop; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Heath made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 5.