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.