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.

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