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.

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