New York Yankees 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
World Series Game 1 Played on Tuesday, October 20, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 3 5 0 Yankees 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 5 6 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mumphrey cf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .000 Johnstone ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .000 Winfield lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .000 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Piniella rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .000 Baker lf 2 0 1 1 1 0 .000 Watson 1b 3 1 2 3 1 0 .000 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .000 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Cey 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Cerone c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Guerrero cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Milbourne ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Monday rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Guidry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Yeager c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .000 Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Landreaux ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reuss p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sax ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas ph,ss 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Totals 30 3 5 3 4 8 Totals 28 5 6 5 6 2 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 56,470 Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Yankees 6 DP: Dodgers 1, Yankees 0 Doubles: Piniella (1) Home Runs: Yeager (1), Watson (1) Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (1), Piniella (1) Sacrifice Hits: Guidry (1) Sacrifice Flies: Baker (1) GIDP: Milbourne (1) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss L(0-1) 2.2 5 4 4 0 2 1 13 Castillo 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 8 Goltz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Niedenfuer 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Stewart 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Totals 8 6 5 5 6 2 1 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(1-0) 7 4 1 1 2 6 1 26 Davis 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 Gossage SV(1) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 8 1 35 Passed Balls: Cerone (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Doug Harvey, LF - Rich Garcia, RF - Dick Stello DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey singled to right; Winfield struck out; Piniella doubled [Mumphrey to third]; Watson homered [Mumphrey scored, Piniella scored]; Nettles flied to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 3. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey singled; Cey popped to first; Guerrero struck out; Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 2ND: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); Guidry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 3. DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Reuss struck out; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (first unassisted); Mumphrey singled to center; Winfield flied to left; Mumphrey stole second; Piniella singled to left [Mumphrey scored]; CASTILLO REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Piniella stole second; Watson walked; Nettles flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 4. DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Baker singled to left; Garvey flied to center; Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: Cerone walked; Milbourne forced Cerone (pitcher to shortstop); Guidry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Milbourne to second]; Randolph walked; Mumphrey walked [Milbourne to third, Randolph to second]; Winfield walked [Milbourne scored, Randolph to third, Mumphrey to second]; GOLTZ REPLACED CASTILLO (PITCHING); Piniella popped to second; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 0, Yankees 5. DODGERS 5TH: Guerrero flied to center; Monday grounded out (second to first); Yeager homered; SAX BATTED FOR GOLTZ; Sax flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 5TH: NIEDENFUER REPLACED SAX (PITCHING); Watson singled to right; Nettles flied out to right; Cerone popped to shortstop; Milbourne forced Watson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Yankees 5. DODGERS 6TH: Lopes grounded out (second to first); Russell flied out to right; Baker walked; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: Guidry flied out to center; Randolph flied to left; Mumphrey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Yankees 5. DODGERS 7TH: Cey singled to left [Cey out at second (left to second)]; Guerrero walked; Monday struck out; Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory; Piniella flied to center; Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Yankees 5. DODGERS 8TH: DAVIS REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); THOMAS BATTED FOR NIEDENFUER; Thomas walked; Cerone allowed a passed ball [Thomas to second]; Lopes walked; GOSSAGE REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Johnstone singled to right [Thomas scored, Lopes to third]; Baker hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lopes scored]; Garvey lined to third; Cey forced Johnstone (third to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); STEWART REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Nettles walked; Cerone flied out to center; Milbourne grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 5. DODGERS 9TH: Guerrero struck out; Monday was called out on strikes; LANDREAUX BATTED FOR YEAGER; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Yankees 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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