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.

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