Back-to-back homers by Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Rice in the eighth inning powered the Red Sox to a 4-1 triumph over the A's. The game was deadlocked, 1-1, in the top of the eighth when Dwight Evans drew a walk and Yaz followed with a round-tripper. Rice then belted his ninth circuit clout of the season. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Friday, June 5, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 10 0 A's 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Remy 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .338 Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .320 Evans rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .340 Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .234 Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Rice lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .269 Armas rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .297 Lansford dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .347 Heath c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .229 Stapleton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Newman 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Gedman c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .288 McKay 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Hoffman ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .230 Babitt 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Miller cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285 Stanley ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .105 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 10 4 1 4 Totals 30 1 5 1 1 4 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 30,251 Left on Base: Red Sox 6, A's 3 DP: Red Sox 2, A's 1 Errors: McKay Doubles: Evans (9) Home Runs: Yastrzemski (3), Rice (9), Armas (12) Sacrifice Flies: Rice (6) GIDP: Lansford (3), Newman (2), Babitt (5) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana W(2-4) 8.1 5 1 1 1 2 1 29 4.48 Campbell SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.84 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 4 1 31 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(6-3) 9 10 4 4 1 4 2 37 2.98 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 4 2 37 Wild Pitches: Keough (4) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to first; Evans doubled to left [Remy to third]; Yastrzemski struck out; Rice hit a sacrifice fly to right [Remy scored, Evans to third]; Lansford flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy made an out to second; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. RED SOX 2ND: Stapleton flied out to left; Gedman struck out; Hoffman singled to right; Miller flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas flied out to right; Heath singled to right; Newman grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Heath out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to center; Evans flied out to left; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay flied out to center; Babitt flied out to right; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. RED SOX 4TH: Rice flied out to center; Lansford grounded out (second to first); Stapleton reached on an error by McKay; Keough threw a wild pitch [Stapleton to second]; Gedman singled to first [Stapleton to third]; Hoffman made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson flied out to right; Murphy made an out to third; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. RED SOX 5TH: Miller flied out to center; Remy flied out to left; Evans singled to pitcher; Yastrzemski flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas homered; Heath walked; Newman flied out to center; McKay made an out to first; Babitt forced Heath (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 1. RED SOX 6TH: Rice singled to left; Lansford grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rice out at second]; Stapleton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Stanley made an out to third; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 1. RED SOX 7TH: Gedman grounded out (second to first); Hoffman grounded out (second to first); Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Heath flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 1. RED SOX 8TH: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked; Yastrzemski homered [Evans scored]; Rice homered; Lansford struck out; Stapleton made an out to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman singled to left; McKay made an out to second; Babitt grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Newman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 1. RED SOX 9TH: Gedman grounded out (second to first); Hoffman singled to shortstop; Miller singled to right [Hoffman to third, Miller out at second (right to shortstop to first)]; Remy made an out to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: HOSLEY BATTED FOR STANLEY; Hosley struck out; Henderson singled to center; Murphy singled to left [Henderson to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Johnson struck out; Armas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

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