The Red Sox leapt to a 4-0 lead, then held on for a 6-5 decision over the Indians. Boston scored three runs in the third inning on a single by Glenn Hoffman, run-scoring double by Rick Miller, triple by Jerry Remy and a wild pitch. Carl Yastrzemski doubled home Dwight Evans in the fifth, Carney Lansford scored on a sacrifice fly by Rich Gedman in the sixth and Lansford belted a home run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Game Played on Thursday, June 4, 1981 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 6 12 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 - 5 9 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Remy 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .342 Dilone lf 4 2 3 0 1 0 .281 Evans rf 4 1 2 0 1 2 .335 Orta rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .252 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .233 Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .298 Rice lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .263 Thornton dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Lansford dh 4 2 2 1 0 2 .354 Diaz c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .353 Stapleton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Gedman c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .292 Manning cf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .220 Hoffman ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .220 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Miller cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Bannister ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Clear p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Rosello ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 12 5 2 8 Totals 34 5 9 4 4 1 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 11,797 Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Indians 6 DP: Red Sox 1, Indians 2 Doubles: Evans (8), Miller (12), Yastrzemski (8) Triples: Remy (1) Home Runs: Lansford (3), Diaz (3), Manning (2) Stolen Bases: Dilone (11) Caught Stealing: Hoffman (1), Diaz (2) Sacrifice Flies: Gedman (2) GIDP: Yastrzemski (4), Hargrove (7) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez W(5-2) 5.2 6 2 2 1 0 1 22 4.08 Clear 2.1 2 3 3 3 1 1 12 3.12 Burgmeier SV(5) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.30 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 1 2 38 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Spillner L(1-2) 5 9 5 5 1 6 0 24 3.82 Monge 3.2 3 1 1 1 1 1 13 2.84 Stanton 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.31 Totals 9 12 6 6 2 8 1 38 Wild Pitches: Spillner (2) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Evans doubled to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Evans to third]; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dilone singled to center; Orta grounded out (first unassisted) [Dilone to second]; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher) [Dilone to third]; Thornton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0. RED SOX 2ND: Lansford struck out; Stapleton struck out; Gedman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Diaz singled to center; Diaz was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Manning lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hoffman singled to left; Miller doubled to right [Hoffman scored]; Remy tripled to right [Miller scored]; Evans struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice struck out but Remy advanced to home and Rice advanced to first on a wild pitch; Lansford struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. RED SOX 4TH: Stapleton flied out to center; Gedman singled to third; Hoffman hit into a double play (right to first) [Gedman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Orta made an out to second; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. RED SOX 5TH: Miller flied out to center; Remy walked; Evans singled to left [Remy out at third (left to third)]; Yastrzemski doubled to right [Evans scored]; Rice grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Diaz homered; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning walked; Kuiper grounded out (second to first) [Manning to second]; Veryzer flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 1. RED SOX 6TH: Lansford singled to pitcher; Stapleton singled to left [Lansford to third]; MONGE REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Gedman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lansford scored]; Hoffman forced Stapleton (third to second); Miller grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Dilone singled to third; Orta singled to right [Dilone to third]; Hargrove grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dilone scored, Orta out at second]; Thornton singled to left; CLEAR REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Diaz struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. RED SOX 7TH: Remy flied out to left; Evans walked; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. INDIANS 7TH: Harrah flied out to left; Manning grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. RED SOX 8TH: Rice struck out; Lansford homered; Stapleton made an out to second; Gedman grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Indians 2. INDIANS 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR VERYZER; Kelly grounded out (second to first); Dilone walked; Dilone stole second; Orta walked; Hargrove singled to right [Dilone scored, Orta to second]; Thornton made an out to shortstop; Diaz lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Indians 3. RED SOX 9TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING SS); Hoffman singled to center; Hoffman was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Miller singled to right; Remy flied to left in foul territory; STANTON REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Evans struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Indians 3. INDIANS 9TH: Harrah walked; Manning homered [Harrah scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED CLEAR (PITCHING); BANNISTER BATTED FOR KUIPER; Bannister flied out to right; ROSELLO BATTED FOR DYBZINSKI; Rosello flied out to center; Dilone singled to second; Orta flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Indians 5.

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