A six-run explosion in the sixth inning carried the Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Mariners. A two-run single by Carl Yastrzemski and Rick Miller's two-run triple highlighted the outburst. Bruce Hurst was the winning pitcher and Mark Clear notched his seventh save. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Sunday, September 6, 1981 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 x - 6 9 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Evans rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304 Serna 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .308 Stapleton 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .270 Paciorek lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .321 Rice lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .284 Zisk dh 2 1 1 0 1 0 .351 Yastrzemski dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .249 Bochte ph,dh 1 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Nichols pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Burroughs rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Rudi 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .181 Gray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Gedman c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .287 Bulling c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .229 Miller cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .297 Narron ph,c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .216 Walker 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .400 Henderson cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .161 Hoffman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Parsons ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Hurst p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .197 Clear p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Meyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 McHenry ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Black p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 6 1 7 6 Totals 31 6 9 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 17,913 Left on Base: Mariners 13, Red Sox 6 DP: Mariners 0, Red Sox 0 Doubles: Zisk (11), Serna (1), Paciorek (24), Hoffman (6) Triples: Miller (2) Stolen Bases: Henderson (2) Caught Stealing: Walker (1) Sacrifice Hits: Hoffman (5) Hit by Pitch: Paciorek (4,by Hurst) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott L(2-6) 5.1 5 5 5 1 1 0 22 3.97 Parrott 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 4.89 Black 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 0.00 Rawley 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.07 Drago 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.60 Totals 8 9 6 6 4 3 0 36 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hurst W(1-0) 6 5 1 1 5 3 0 29 1.50 Clear SV(7) 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 12 3.11 Totals 9 6 1 1 7 6 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Hurst (1) Wild Pitches: Hurst (1) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Rich Garcia MARINERS 1ST: Randle flied out to left; Serna struck out; Paciorek walked; Zisk doubled to right [Paciorek to third]; Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Evans grounded out (third to first); Stapleton flied out to center; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. MARINERS 2ND: Gray flied out to center; Bulling walked; Henderson flied out to center; Anderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Gedman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. MARINERS 3RD: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Serna flied out to center; Paciorek was hit by a pitch; Zisk forced Paciorek (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Miller grounded out (first to second to pitcher); Walker flied out to center; Hoffman lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. MARINERS 4TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Gray grounded out (shortstop to first); Bulling grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Evans popped to first in foul territory; Stapleton singled to left; Rice flied out to left; Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. MARINERS 5TH: Henderson singled to left; Henderson stole second; Anderson struck out; Hurst threw a wild pitch [Henderson to third]; Randle walked; Serna struck out; Paciorek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Rudi flied out to left; Gedman grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Red Sox 0. MARINERS 6TH: Zisk walked; Burroughs singled to center [Zisk to second]; Gray flied out to right; Bulling grounded out (second to first) [Zisk to third, Burroughs to second]; Henderson was walked intentionally; Anderson singled to left [Zisk scored, Burroughs to third, Henderson to second]; Randle forced Anderson (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Walker singled to center; Hoffman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Walker to second]; Evans singled to left [Walker to third]; Stapleton singled to right [Walker scored, Evans to second]; Rice walked [Evans to third, Stapleton to second]; Yastrzemski singled to center [Evans scored, Stapleton scored, Rice to third]; PARROTT REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Rudi struck out; Gedman singled to center [Rice scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Miller tripled to right [Yastrzemski scored, Gedman scored]; BLACK REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); Walker walked; Walker was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 6. MARINERS 7TH: Serna doubled to left; CLEAR REPLACED HURST (PITCHING); Paciorek flied out to center; BOCHTE BATTED FOR ZISK; Bochte struck out; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 7TH: BOCHTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hoffman doubled to left; Evans made an out to third; Stapleton grounded out (third to first) [Hoffman to third]; Rice was walked intentionally; Yastrzemski walked [Rice to second]; NICHOLS RAN FOR YASTRZEMSKI; RAWLEY REPLACED BLACK (PITCHING); Rudi made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 6. MARINERS 8TH: NICHOLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Gray grounded out (shortstop to first); NARRON BATTED FOR BULLING; Narron walked; PARSONS BATTED FOR HENDERSON; Parsons struck out; MEYER BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 8TH: NARRON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PARSONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MCHENRY REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING SS); DRAGO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Gedman flied out to left; Miller singled to third; Walker struck out; Hoffman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 6. MARINERS 9TH: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Serna flied out to right; Paciorek doubled to left; Bochte walked; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Red Sox 6.

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