Four hits by Rickey Henderson paced the A's to a 6-2 victory over the Red Sox. The A's tallied three times in the second inning on a double by Jim Spencer, single by Mike Heath, run-scoring single by Keith Drumright, squeeze bunt by Rob Picciolo and RBI single by Henderson. They notched another three-run cluster in the fifth frame on a sacrifice fly by Wayne Gross, RBI single by Tony Armas and RBI double by Heath. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      6, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
A's          0  3  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   6 14  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               4   0   2   0     1   0   .342      Henderson lf          5   1   4   1     0   1   .332
Evans rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .337      Murphy cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .255
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     1   1   .234      Gross 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .208
Rice lf               3   0   1   0     2   1   .270      Armas rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .296
Lansford dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .340      Spencer 1b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .139
Stapleton 3b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .252      Heath c               4   1   2   1     0   0   .235
Gedman c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .304      Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   2   .151
Hoffman ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .224      Drumright 2b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .280
Miller cf             2   1   0   1     1   1   .281      Picciolo ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .235
Crawford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rainey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   8   1     6   5             Totals               34   6  14   6     1   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 40,122
Left on Base: Red Sox 11, A's 7
DP: Red Sox 0, A's 2
Doubles: Henderson (11), Gross (4), Spencer (3), Murphy (7), Heath (6)
Stolen Bases: Remy (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Miller (1), Gross (3)
GIDP: Hoffman (3), Lansford (4)
Hit by Pitch: Stapleton (1,by Norris)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crawford L(0-5)         2     6   3   3   0   0   0  11   4.96
Stanley                 3     7   3   3   0   1   0  15   4.56
Rainey                  3     1   0   0   1   4   0  11   2.93
Totals                  8    14   6   6   1   5   0  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(8-3)           7     7   2   2   5   3   0  32   3.25
Jones                   2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.51
Totals                  9     8   2   2   6   5   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Norris (7)
Wild Pitches: Norris (8)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Russ Goetz


RED SOX 1ST: Remy walked; Remy stole second; Evans made an out
to third; Yastrzemski struck out; Rice flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to right; Henderson was picked
off second (pitcher to shortstop); Murphy grounded out (pitcher
to first); Gross doubled to right; Armas grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stapleton was hit by a pitch; Gedman singled to right [Stapleton
to third]; Hoffman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Gedman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Spencer doubled to left; Heath singled to right
[Spencer to third]; Page made an out to catcher; Drumright
singled to center [Spencer scored, Heath to third]; Picciolo out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Heath scored,
Drumright to second]; Henderson singled to right [Drumright
scored]; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller walked; Remy singled to center [Miller to
second]; Evans struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Miller to third, Remy to second]; Rice walked; Norris
threw a wild pitch [Miller scored, Remy to third]; Lansford
forced Rice (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: STANLEY REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Gross flied
out to center; Armas flied out to left; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Stapleton flied out to left; Gedman struck out;
Hoffman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Heath grounded out (third to first); Page
grounded out (shortstop to first); Drumright singled to left;
Picciolo singled to left [Drumright out at third (left to
third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Miller made an out to second; Remy singled to
right; Evans singled to left [Remy to second]; Yastrzemski flied
out to right [Remy to third]; Rice walked [Evans to second];
Lansford flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson singled to center; Murphy doubled to
left [Henderson to third]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Henderson scored, Murphy to third]; Armas singled to left
[Murphy scored]; Spencer singled to right [Armas to third];
Heath doubled to left [Armas scored, Spencer to third]; Page
struck out; Drumright grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 6.

RED SOX 6TH: Stapleton singled to center; Gedman singled to left
[Stapleton to second]; Hoffman forced Gedman (shortstop to
second) [Stapleton to third]; Miller hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Stapleton scored]; Remy flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: RAINEY REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Picciolo
grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson singled to center;
Murphy walked [Henderson to second]; Gross flied out to right
[Henderson to third, Murphy to second]; Armas made an out to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski walked; Rice singled to right [Yastrzemski to
second]; Lansford grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rice out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Spencer struck out; Heath grounded out (pitcher
to first); Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Athletics 6.

RED SOX 8TH: JONES REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Stapleton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gedman grounded out (second
to first); Hoffman walked; Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Drumright struck out; Picciolo grounded out
(pitcher to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Athletics 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans
grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski singled to right;
Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 6.