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.