Dave Righetti struck out 11 while lowering his ERA to 1.59, and Rich Gossage notched his 20th save as the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 4-1, in the season's first meeting between the East Division rivals. The Yanks scored in the first inning on run-scoring singles by Reggie Jackson and Graig Nettles. Nettles also had a solo homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Friday, September 11, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  2  0
Yankees      2  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   4  7  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .327      Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Evans rf              2   0   0   1     1   2   .296      Mumphrey cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .316
Rice lf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .277      Gamble dh             3   2   1   0     1   1   .274
Yastrzemski dh        4   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Jackson rf            4   0   2   1     0   1   .241
Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .330      Nettles 3b            4   1   3   2     0   0   .239
Stapleton 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Revering 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Allenson c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Cerone c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .233
  Gedman ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Brown lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Hoffman ss            3   0   0   0     0   3   .225      Milbourne ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Miller cf             1   1   0   0     2   0   .302      Righetti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   2   1     5  12             Totals               30   4   7   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 43,018
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Yankees 4
DP: Red Sox 1, Yankees 0
Home Runs: Nettles (14)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (2)
GIDP: Revering (4)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley L(7-6)        6     7   4   4   2   1   1  26   4.33
Campbell                2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.35
Totals                  8     7   4   4   2   3   1  32

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Righetti W(6-2)         7     2   1   1   5  11   0  28   1.59
Gossage SV(20)          2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.63
Totals                  9     2   1   1   5  12   0  34

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jim McKean


RED SOX 1ST: Remy struck out; Evans struck out; Rice struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied to center; Mumphrey singled to
center; Mumphrey stole second; Gamble walked; Jackson singled to
right [Mumphrey scored, Gamble to third]; Nettles singled to
right [Gamble scored, Jackson to second]; Revering grounded out
(first unassisted) [Jackson to third, Nettles to second]; Cerone
walked; Brown flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski flied to center; Lansford flied to
right; Stapleton flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Milbourne flied to center; Randolph flied to
center; Mumphrey flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Yankees 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Allenson grounded out (third to first); Hoffman
struck out; Miller walked; Remy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Gamble singled to center; Jackson singled to right
[Gamble to second]; Nettles singled to right [Gamble to third,
Jackson to second]; Revering grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gamble scored (no RBI), Jackson
to third, Nettles out at second]; Cerone flied to left; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans struck out; Rice walked; Yastrzemski struck
out; Lansford singled to center [Rice to second]; Stapleton
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Brown struck out; Milbourne flied to center;
Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Allenson flied to right; Hoffman struck out; Miller
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Mumphrey grounded out (first to pitcher); Gamble
grounded out (second to first); Jackson popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked;
Rice struck out; Yastrzemski forced Evans (second unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles homered; Revering lined to second; Cerone
flied to center; Brown popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Lansford flied to center; Stapleton struck out;
Allenson walked; Hoffman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Milbourne
flied to left; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Miller walked; Remy singled to right [Miller to
third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED RIGHETTI (PITCHING); Evans hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Miller scored]; Rice flied to left;
Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Gamble struck out; Jackson struck out; Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 9TH: Lansford flied to right; Stapleton flied to left;
GEDMAN BATTED FOR ALLENSON; Gedman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 4.