A two-run single by Tony Perez in the eighth inning was the key hit as the Red Sox rallied to down the Mariners, 7-5. The Sox were behind, 5-4, when Carney Lansford walked and Dave Stapleton doubled. After an intentional pass to pinch-hitter Joe Rudi, Perez singled to right. Jerry Remy's sacrifice fly produced the third run of the inning. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Sunday, August    23, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  2  0    1  3  0  -   7 11  0
Mariners     0  1  0    0  3  1    0  0  0  -   5  9  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               3   1   1   1     0   0   .314      Cruz 2b               4   0   2   1     1   0   .242
Evans rf              4   0   1   1     1   2   .321      Bochte 1b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .277
Rice lf               5   0   3   2     0   0   .281        Gray ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Yastrzemski dh        4   0   0   0     1   0   .233      Paciorek lf           5   1   1   1     0   0   .333
Lansford 3b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .320      Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     0   0   .330
Stapleton 1b          4   2   3   0     0   0   .271      Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Gedman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .289        Parsons rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Rudi ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .179      Meyer 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Nichols pr,cf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .182      Simpson cf            4   2   2   0     0   1   .229
Hoffman ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .222      Narron c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Hancock ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .176        Bulling ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
  Allenson c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Anderson ss           2   1   1   1     1   0   .206
Miller cf             3   1   0   0     0   0   .280        Randle ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .226
  Perez ph            1   0   1   2     0   0   .230      Clay p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Valdez pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .385        Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clark p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7  11   6     4   2             Totals               34   5   9   5     4   2

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  8,294
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Mariners 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Mariners 3
Errors: Cruz, Anderson
Doubles: Stapleton 2 (8), Rice (13), Simpson (9), Cruz (7)
Home Runs: Bochte (3), Paciorek (8)
Stolen Bases: Anderson (2)
Caught Stealing: Cruz (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy (6), Narron (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Remy (2)
GIDP: Yastrzemski 2 (9), Hoffman (6)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  4.2   7   4   4   3   0   2  23   3.82
Burgmeier W(3-4)        3.2   2   1   1   1   2   0  14   3.35
Campbell SV(5)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.41
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   2   2  39

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clay                    6.1   8   4   1   2   1   0  29   4.97
Drago                   0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.65
Clark L(2-4)            0.2   1   3   3   2   0   0   4   3.61
Andersen                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.13
Rawley                  1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.95
Totals                  9    11   7   4   4   2   0  41

Wild Pitches: Campbell (2)

Umpires: HP - Rocky Roe, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jim Evans


RED SOX 1ST: Remy flied out to center; Evans walked; Rice
singled to left [Evans to second]; Yastrzemski grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Rice out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to center; Cruz was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Bochte walked; Paciorek made an
out to shortstop; Zisk singled to center [Bochte to second];
Burroughs lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Mariners 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford lined to third; Stapleton doubled to
center; Gedman reached on an error by Anderson [Stapleton scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Hoffman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gedman out at second]; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Simpson
doubled to left; Narron flied out to center [Simpson to third];
Anderson singled to center [Simpson scored]; Anderson stole
second; Cruz walked; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller grounded out (second to first); Remy flied
out to center; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Paciorek grounded out (second to first); Zisk
flied out to center; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted); Lansford singled to left; Stapleton singled
to left [Lansford to second]; Gedman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Simpson
flied out to center; Narron flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Hoffman singled to left; Miller reached on an error
by Cruz [Hoffman to second]; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Hoffman to third, Miller to second]; Evans grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Hoffman scored (unearned), Miller to
third]; Rice doubled to right [Miller scored (unearned)];
Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Lansford flied out to
right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Anderson walked; Cruz flied out to left; Bochte
homered [Anderson scored]; Paciorek homered; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Burroughs singled to left; BURGMEIER
REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Meyer made an out to second; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Stapleton grounded out (shortstop to first); Gedman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hoffman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners
4.

MARINERS 6TH: Simpson singled to right; Narron out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Simpson to second]; Anderson
flied out to center; Cruz doubled to left [Simpson scored];
Bochte grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Mariners 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Miller grounded out (second to first); Remy singled
to left; Evans singled to left [Remy to second]; DRAGO REPLACED
CLAY (PITCHING); Rice singled to left [Remy scored, Evans to
second]; CLARK REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Yastrzemski grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rice out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 7TH: Paciorek popped to first in foul territory; Zisk
flied out to right; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Mariners 5.

RED SOX 8TH: PARSONS REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING RF); Lansford
walked; Stapleton doubled to left [Lansford to third]; RUDI
BATTED FOR GEDMAN; Rudi was walked intentionally; NICHOLS RAN
FOR RUDI; ANDERSEN REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); HANCOCK BATTED FOR
HOFFMAN; Hancock flied to left in foul territory; RAWLEY
REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); PEREZ BATTED FOR MILLER; Perez
singled to right [Lansford scored, Stapleton scored, Nichols to
third]; VALDEZ RAN FOR PEREZ; Remy hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Nichols scored, Valdez to second]; Evans struck out; 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: NICHOLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ALLENSON
REPLACED HANCOCK (PLAYING C ); VALDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
SS); Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); Simpson struck out;
BULLING BATTED FOR NARRON; Bulling struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 7, Mariners 5.

RED SOX 9TH: BULLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Rice flied out
to right; Yastrzemski flied out to left; Lansford grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 9TH: RANDLE BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Randle walked; Cruz
made an out to shortstop; GRAY BATTED FOR BOCHTE; CAMPBELL
REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Gray flied out to right; Campbell
threw a wild pitch [Randle to second]; Paciorek grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Mariners 5.