Dave Stapleton drove in three runs and Jerry Remy extended his hitting streak to 16 games as the Red Sox raced to their sixth straight victory, 8-1 over the Brewers. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       23, 1981 (Day game) at County Stadium
Red Sox      1  2  1    2  0  0    0  2  0  -   8 15  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Evans rf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .362      Gantner 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .315
Stapleton ss          4   0   1   3     0   0   .252      Yount ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Lansford 3b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .346        Romero pr,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Rice lf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .269      Cooper 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .254
Perez 1b              5   1   2   2     0   1   .245      Thomas cf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .267
Rudi dh               5   0   1   0     0   1   .184      Oglivie lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Schmidt c             3   1   2   1     2   0   .258      Hisle dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Nichols cf            4   2   2   0     0   0   .263      Howell 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .265
Remy 2b               5   1   2   0     0   1   .377      C. Moore c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .340
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brouhard rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .316
  Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lerch p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Keeton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Easterly p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   8  15   6     3   3             Totals               34   1   8   1     0   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 35,254
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Brewers 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Yount, Cooper
Doubles: Rice (5), Remy (3)
Home Runs: Schmidt (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Nichols (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Stapleton (2)
GIDP: Lansford (2), Schmidt (1), Gantner (4)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(4-2)           5.1   6   1   1   0   1   0  21   4.58
Clear SV(3)             3.2   2   0   0   0   3   0  13   2.67
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   4   0  34

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch L(2-4)            3.2   8   6   4   2   1   1  22   5.34
Keeton                  3.1   5   2   2   0   1   0  14   3.86
Cleveland               1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.38
Easterly                1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   1.40
Totals                  9    15   8   6   3   3   1  45

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Jim McKean


RED SOX 1ST: Evans singled to center; Stapleton flied out to
center; Lansford singled to right [Evans to third]; Rice popped
to shortstop in foul territory; Perez reached on an error by
Cooper [Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lansford to third];
Rudi struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Gantner grounded out (second to first); Yount flied
out to left; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Schmidt homered; Nichols singled to left; On a bunt
Remy singled [Nichols to second]; Evans walked [Nichols to
third, Remy to second]; Stapleton hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Nichols scored, Remy to third]; Lansford grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Thomas flied out to right; Oglivie grounded out
(second to first); Hisle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez singled
to right; Rudi flied to right in foul territory; Schmidt walked
[Perez to second]; Nichols reached on an error by Yount [Perez
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Schmidt to second]; Remy lined to
second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Howell singled; C. Moore grounded out (third to
first) [Howell to second]; Brouhard singled [Howell to third];
Gantner grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Brouhard out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans singled to center; Stapleton flied out to
center; Lansford forced Evans (shortstop to second); Rice
doubled to left [Lansford to third]; KEETON REPLACED LERCH
(PITCHING); Perez singled to center [Lansford scored, Rice
scored]; 56 minute rain delay (2:54-3:50) somewhere in this
inning; Rudi flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Yount made an out to second; Cooper singled to
right; Thomas flied out to left; Oglivie flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Schmidt singled to center; Nichols out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Schmidt to second]; Remy
grounded out (second to first) [Schmidt to third]; Evans
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Hisle flied out to center; Howell flied out to
left; C. Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Stapleton grounded out (second to first); Lansford
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Brouhard grounded out (third to first); Gantner
singled to right; Yount singled [Gantner to second]; ROMERO RAN
FOR YOUNT; Cooper singled to left [Gantner to third, Romero to
second]; CLEAR REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Thomas forced Cooper
(first to shortstop) [Gantner scored, Romero to third]; Oglivie
popped to pitcher; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Brewers 1.

RED SOX 7TH: ROMERO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Perez struck
out; Rudi singled to center; Schmidt grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Hisle struck out; Howell singled to center; C.
Moore was called out on strikes; Brouhard was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Brewers 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Nichols singled to left; Remy doubled to left
[Nichols to third]; CLEVELAND REPLACED KEETON (PITCHING); Evans
popped to second in foul territory; Stapleton singled to right
[Nichols scored, Remy scored]; Lansford singled to left
[Stapleton to second]; Rice flied out to center; Perez forced
Stapleton (third unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 8,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Gantner grounded out (shortstop to first); Romero
flied out to left; Cooper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 8, Brewers 1.

RED SOX 9TH: EASTERLY REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Rudi flied
out to left; Schmidt walked; Nichols grounded out (third to
first) [Schmidt to second]; Remy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 8, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Thomas lined to second; Oglivie singled to left;
Hisle made an out to shortstop; Howell flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Brewers 1.