The Red Sox came from behind to edge the A's, 6-5, on a two-run homer by Dwight Evans with two out in the eighth inning. Evans' 15th homer, following a walk to Jerry Remy, made a winner of Bob Stanley, who pitched six scoreless innings in relief. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Thursday, August    27, 1981 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          3  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  2
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  0    3  2  x  -   6 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   1   0     0   2   .324      Remy 2b               4   2   1   0     1   0   .310
Murphy cf             2   0   2   0     2   0   .262      Evans rf              2   2   2   2     3   0   .319
Johnson dh            4   1   1   1     0   2   .247      Rice lf               4   0   0   1     0   1   .282
Armas rf              3   1   0   0     0   0   .277      Perez dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .239
Newman 1b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .247      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   1     0   0   .235
  Spencer ph,1b       1   0   1   0     0   0   .179      Lansford 3b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .317
Heath c               3   1   1   2     1   0   .245      Gedman c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .291
Babitt 2b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .259        Rudi ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .178
McKay 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .212        Allenson c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .198
  Gross ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .202      Hoffman ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Stanley ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Miller cf             3   1   3   0     0   0   .297
  Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stapleton ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nichols cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tudor p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5  10   5     4   7             Totals               33   6  11   5     5   5

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 23,432
Left on Base: A's 5, Red Sox 9
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Armas, Heath
Doubles: Newman (10), Spencer (5), Gedman (10)
Triples: Perez (2)
Home Runs: Heath (6), Evans (15)
Caught Stealing: Babitt (4), Evans (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Rice (7)
GIDP: Armas (6), Davis (1)
Hit by Pitch: Armas (1,by Stanley)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford                6.1   8   3   3   2   3   0  28   2.87
Jones                   0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   2.74
Underwood L(2-5)        1.1   2   2   2   2   2   1   8   4.09
Totals                  8    11   6   6   5   5   1  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tudor                   3     6   5   5   2   3   1  15   4.68
Stanley W(7-4)          6     4   0   0   2   4   0  22   3.50
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4   7   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Stanley (5)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Derryl Cousins


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to shortstop; Murphy walked
[Henderson to second]; Johnson singled to center [Henderson
scored, Murphy to third]; Armas reached on a fielder's choice
[Murphy out at home (third to catcher), Johnson to second];
Newman struck out; Heath walked [Johnson to third, Armas to
second]; Babitt singled to center [Johnson scored, Armas scored,
Heath out at third (center to first to third to second to
shortstop)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (third to first); Evans walked;
Evans was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Rice
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: McKay struck out; Stanley grounded out (pitcher
to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Perez tripled to center; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted) [Perez scored]; Lansford flied to right;
Gedman doubled to left; Hoffman grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy singled to center; Johnson flied to
center; Armas grounded into a double play (shortstop to
shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller singled to left; Remy flied to center; Evans
singled to left [Miller to third]; Rice reached on a fielder's
choice [Miller out at home (third to catcher), Evans to second];
Perez flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red
Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman doubled to left; Heath homered [Newman
scored]; STANLEY REPLACED TUDOR (PITCHING); Babitt grounded out
(third to first); McKay grounded out (second to first); Stanley
singled to pitcher; Henderson flied to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski flied to center; Lansford struck out;
Gedman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murphy singled to right; Murphy was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Johnson struck out; Armas was hit by a
pitch; Newman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Red Sox 1.

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

ATHLETICS 6TH: Heath grounded out (third to first); Babitt
singled to right; Babitt was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); McKay struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Lansford singled to
third; Gedman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Henderson
flied to left; Murphy walked; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Hoffman flied to left; Miller singled to left; Remy
singled to center [Miller to third]; JONES REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Evans walked [Remy to second]; Rice hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Miller scored, Remy scored (error by Heath) (no
RBI), Evans to second (error by Armas)]; Perez singled to left
[Evans scored]; UNDERWOOD REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
singled to second [Perez to second]; Lansford walked [Perez to
third, Yastrzemski to second]; RUDI BATTED FOR GEDMAN; Rudi
struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ALLENSON REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING C ); Armas
grounded out (shortstop to first); SPENCER BATTED FOR NEWMAN;
Spencer doubled to right; Heath made an out to third; Babitt
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Hoffman struck
out; STAPLETON BATTED FOR MILLER; Stapleton grounded out (third
to first); Remy walked; Evans homered [Remy scored]; Rice flied
to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: NICHOLS REPLACED STAPLETON (PLAYING CF); GROSS
BATTED FOR MCKAY; Gross walked; DAVIS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Davis
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Gross out at second]; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 6.