The Red Sox dealt the A's their eighth straight defeat, 3-0, as Jim Rice belted a home run with none out in the ninth inning. Singles by Dwight Evans and Carl Yastrzemski set the stage for Rice's blow. Dennis Eckersley gave the A's just two hits and struck out 12. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Thursday, May       21, 1981 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .292      Remy 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .365
Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .253      Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .351
Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .148      Yastrzemski dh        4   1   1   0     0   1   .204
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   3   .299      Rice lf               4   1   1   3     0   1   .267
Gross 3b              1   0   0   0     2   1   .195      Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Lansford 3b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .350
Newman c              4   0   0   0     0   3   .190      Stapleton ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Doyle 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .152      Gedman c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .077
Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Miller cf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .272
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   2   0     5  12             Totals               30   3   8   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 23,145
Left on Base: A's 7, Red Sox 4
DP: A's 1, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Armas (13)
Home Runs: Rice (5)
Stolen Bases: Armas (3), Gross (1), Henderson 2 (26)
Caught Stealing: Doyle (1), Miller (3)
GIDP: Stapleton (5)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (1,by Eckersley)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman L(2-3)          8     8   3   3   1   6   1  31   2.25
Totals                  8     8   3   3   1   6   1  31

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(4-3)        9     2   0   0   5  12   0  34   5.37
Totals                  9     2   0   0   5  12   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Eckersley (2)

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


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

RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (second to first); Evans struck
out; Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Gross was hit by a pitch;
Johnson popped to first; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice grounded out (third to first); Perez singled
to center; Lansford popped to first; Stapleton grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Doyle singled to second; Doyle was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson walked; Murphy struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Gedman struck out; Miller flied out to center; Remy
singled to pitcher; Evans singled to center [Remy to third];
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red
Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (first to pitcher); Armas
doubled to left; Gross struck out while Armas stole third;
Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice made an out to catcher; Perez struck out;
Lansford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (second to first); Doyle
grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Stapleton made an out to second; Gedman grounded
out (first to pitcher); Miller singled to center; Remy flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson flied out to left; Murphy grounded out
(first to pitcher); Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

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

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas struck out; Gross walked; Gross stole
second; Johnson struck out; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Perez made an out to shortstop; Lansford singled to
right; Stapleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Lansford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Doyle flied out to left; Stanley grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); Henderson walked; Henderson stole second;
Henderson stole third; Murphy walked; Page flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Gedman grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
walked; Miller was caught stealing second (catcher to second to
first); Remy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas struck out; Gross walked; Johnson flied out
to left; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 9TH: Evans singled to center; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Evans to second]; Rice homered [Evans scored, Yastrzemski
scored]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 3.