After rallying for five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game at 6-6, the Red Sox pushed across a run in the 10th frame to shade the Brewers, 7-6. Jim Rice led off the Sox 10th with a single, reached second when losing pitcher Rollie Fingers bobbled Joe Rudi's sacrifice bunt for an error, went to third when Carney Lansford flied out to right and scored on a single by Dave Stapleton.

A three-run homer by Dwight Evans was the big blow in the Sox ninth. After two runs were in on a run-scoring single by Lansford and RBI infield out by Jerry Remy, Fingers came in with two on and two out to face Evans and served up a gopher ball. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, Milwaukee Brewers 6
Game Played on Saturday, May       30, 1981 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Brewers      0  0  0    0  3  1    1  0  1    0  -   6 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  5    1  -   7 11  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
C. Moore lf,c         5   0   2   0     0   0   .367      Remy 2b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .368
Yount ss              5   0   0   0     0   2   .244      Evans rf              5   1   1   3     0   1   .335
Bando 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .250      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   0   0     1   0   .225
  Cooper ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Rice lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Simmons dh            5   0   1   0     0   1   .196      Rudi dh               3   2   1   0     0   0   .179
Oglivie cf,lf         5   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Lansford 3b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .341
Money 3b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .232      Stapleton ss          5   0   1   2     0   1   .233
Brouhard rf           4   2   3   0     0   1   .291      Gedman c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Romero 2b             4   1   1   3     0   2   .169        Schmidt ph,c        1   1   1   0     0   0   .237
Yost c                3   1   1   1     0   1   .182      Miller cf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .287
  Edwards ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .175        Perez ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .234
Haas p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nichols pr,cf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .227
  Easterly p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rainey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   6  10   5     1  10             Totals               38   7  11   7     3   3

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 23,718
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Red Sox 8
DP: Brewers 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Fingers, Stapleton
Doubles: Money (4), Lansford (12), Rudi (3)
Triples: Brouhard (1)
Home Runs: Romero (1), Bando (2), Yost (2), Evans (12)
Caught Stealing: C. Moore (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (1)
GIDP: Yount (3), Remy (4)
Hit by Pitch: Money (1,by Tanana), Rudi (2,by Haas)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Haas                    6.2   5   1   1   1   2   0  26   4.42
Easterly                2     3   4   4   2   1   0  11   3.38
Fingers L(1-2)          0.2   3   2   2   0   0   1   6   1.57
Totals                  9.1  11   7   7   3   3   1  43

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana                  5.2   7   4   4   1   3   2  24   4.97
Rainey                  3.1   2   2   1   0   5   1  13   3.25
Clear W(7-0)            1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.61
Totals                 10    10   6   5   1  10   3  41

Hit by Pitch: Haas (1), Tanana (3)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Lou DiMuro


BREWERS 1ST: C. Moore popped to shortstop; Yount grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bando popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to center; Evans forced Remy
(shortstop to second); Yastrzemski walked [Evans to second];
Rice popped to first; Rudi forced Yastrzemski (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Oglivie grounded out
(first to pitcher); Money walked; Brouhard singled to third
[Money to second]; Romero struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford flied to right; Stapleton struck out;
Gedman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Yost grounded out (second to first); C. Moore
singled to left; Yount struck out while C. Moore was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller singled to first; Remy grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Miller out at second];
Evans flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando flied to right; Simmons lined to left;
Oglivie popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to pitcher); Rice
singled to center; Rudi forced Rice (shortstop to second);
Lansford forced Rudi (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Money doubled to center; Brouhard singled to left
[Money to third]; Romero homered [Money scored, Brouhard
scored]; Yost struck out; C. Moore singled to center; Yount
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [C. Moore
out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Stapleton flied to left; Gedman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Bando homered; Simmons flied to center; Oglivie
flied to left; Money was hit by a pitch; RAINEY REPLACED TANANA
(PITCHING); Brouhard struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: On a bunt Remy singled to pitcher; Evans lined to
right; Yastrzemski lined to shortstop; Rice popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Romero struck out; Yost homered; C. Moore grounded
out (third to first); Yount flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Rudi was hit by a pitch; Lansford doubled [Rudi to
third]; Stapleton grounded out (second to first) [Rudi scored];
Gedman popped to first in foul territory; EASTERLY REPLACED HAAS
(PITCHING); PEREZ BATTED FOR MILLER; Perez walked; NICHOLS RAN
FOR PEREZ; Remy grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 8TH: NICHOLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Bando struck
out; Simmons struck out; Oglivie grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans struck out; Yastrzemski popped to third in
foul territory; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Brouhard
tripled to right; Romero reached on an error by Stapleton
[Brouhard scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; EDWARDS BATTED FOR YOST;
Edwards struck out; C. Moore grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); C. MOORE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); OGLIVIE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Rudi doubled to left; Lansford singled to right
[Rudi scored]; Stapleton flied to left; SCHMIDT BATTED FOR
GEDMAN; Schmidt singled to center [Lansford to second]; Nichols
walked [Lansford to third, Schmidt to second]; Remy forced
Nichols (shortstop to second) [Lansford scored, Schmidt to
third]; FINGERS REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); Evans homered
[Schmidt scored, Remy scored]; Yastrzemski flied to right; 5 R,
4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red Sox 6.

BREWERS 10TH: SCHMIDT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CLEAR
REPLACED RAINEY (PITCHING); Yount struck out; COOPER BATTED FOR
BANDO; Cooper flied to left; Simmons singled to center; Oglivie
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red
Sox 6.

RED SOX 10TH: COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rice singled
to right; Rudi reached on an error by Fingers on a sacrifice
bunt [Rice to second]; Brewers manager Buck Rodgers ejected
by 1B umpire Nick Bremigan; Lansford flied out to right
[Rice to third]; Stapleton singled to right [Rice scored, Rudi
to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red Sox 7.