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.

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