Two-run homers by Joe Rudi and Jim Rice in the ninth inning powered the Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Mariners. The Sox were behind, 4-3, going into the ninth when Garry Hancock began the winning rally with a one-out single. Rudi then followed with a round-tripper. Later in the inning, Rice blasted his circuit clout with Dwight Evans aboard via a forceout. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 7, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Friday, August 21, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Red Sox 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 7 11 1 Mariners 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Remy 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .315 Cruz 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .237 Evans rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .319 Randle 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .231 Rice lf 5 1 1 2 0 3 .266 Paciorek lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .340 Yastrzemski 1b 2 0 0 0 3 0 .239 Zisk dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .332 Lansford 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .322 Burroughs rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .265 Gedman c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .298 Parsons pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Stapleton dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Gray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Hancock cf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .207 Bulling c 2 1 1 0 1 0 .244 Valdez ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .385 Narron ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Rudi ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .181 Simpson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .222 Hoffman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Tudor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bochte ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stein p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Galasso p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 7 11 7 4 8 Totals 32 4 7 2 4 4 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 10,999 Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Mariners 7 DP: Red Sox 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Valdez Doubles: Hancock 2 (2) Home Runs: Rudi (5), Rice (11) Stolen Bases: Lansford (14), Cruz (34), Randle (8) Caught Stealing: Lansford (7) Sacrifice Hits: Randle (3) Sacrifice Flies: Paciorek (6) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tudor 2.1 3 4 2 2 1 0 13 4.20 Stanley W(6-4) 6.2 4 0 0 2 3 0 25 3.61 Totals 9 7 4 2 4 4 0 38 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parrott 6 7 3 3 1 5 0 26 4.43 Stein L(0-1) 2.1 2 2 2 2 3 1 10 7.36 Andersen 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 3.16 Galasso 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5.03 Totals 9 11 7 7 4 8 2 41 Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Larry McCoy RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans popped to first in foul territory; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; Randle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cruz to third]; Paciorek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cruz scored]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Mariners 1. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Lansford forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); Lansford stole second; Gedman struck out; Stapleton singled to left [Lansford scored]; Hancock doubled to left [Stapleton scored]; Valdez singled to shortstop [Hancock to third]; Remy singled to center [Hancock scored, Valdez to second]; Evans struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 1. MARINERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Gray popped to first in foul territory; Bulling walked; Simpson singled to right [Bulling to second]; Anderson reached on an error by Valdez [Bulling scored (unearned) (no RBI), Simpson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Cruz struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 3. RED SOX 3RD: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Lansford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 3. MARINERS 3RD: Randle singled to second; Paciorek flied out to right; Randle stole second; Zisk singled to center [Randle scored]; STANLEY REPLACED TUDOR (PITCHING); Burroughs walked [Zisk to second]; Gray forced Burroughs (shortstop to second) [Zisk to third]; Bulling grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. RED SOX 4TH: Gedman grounded out (second to first); Stapleton made an out to second; Hancock doubled to right; Valdez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. MARINERS 4TH: Simpson grounded out (second to first); Anderson struck out; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. RED SOX 5TH: Remy flied out to center; Evans grounded out (third to first); Rice grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. MARINERS 5TH: Randle flied out to left; Paciorek flied out to right; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Lansford singled to shortstop; Gedman singled to left [Lansford to second]; Stapleton forced Gedman (pitcher to second) [Lansford to third]; Hancock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. MARINERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Gray grounded out (shortstop to first); Bulling singled to right; Simpson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. RED SOX 7TH: STEIN REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Valdez was called out on strikes; Remy flied out to center; Evans walked; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. MARINERS 7TH: Anderson flied out to left; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski walked; Lansford forced Yastrzemski (third to second); Gedman struck out while Lansford was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek flied out to center; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs walked; PARSONS RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Gray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Mariners 4. RED SOX 9TH: PARSONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Stapleton flied out to right; Hancock singled to third; RUDI BATTED FOR VALDEZ; Rudi homered [Hancock scored]; ANDERSEN REPLACED STEIN (PITCHING); Remy singled to first; Evans forced Remy (right to second to shortstop); Rice homered [Evans scored]; GALASSO REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked; Lansford forced Yastrzemski (third to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: HOFFMAN REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING SS); NARRON BATTED FOR BULLING; Narron singled to right; Simpson was called out on strikes; BOCHTE BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Bochte singled to center [Narron to second]; Cruz singled to center [Narron out at home (center to catcher), Bochte to second]; Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Mariners 4.

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