Collecting 18 hits, including homers by Jim Rice, Dwight Evans and Carl Yastrzemski, the Red Sox overpowered the A's, 8-7. Yaz had a two-run blast in the third inning and singles in the fifth and seventh to raise his average to .343. The Sox took the lead for good with two runs in the fourth on a single by Rich Gedman, triple by Glenn Hoffman and tie-breaking single by Jerry Remy. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 7
Game Played on Friday, May       21, 1982 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          1  3  0    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   7 12  1
Red Sox      1  0  3    2  1  0    1  0  x  -   8 18  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   1   1     1   0   .260      Remy 2b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .271
Meyer rf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Evans rf              4   1   1   1     1   1   .268
Johnson 1b            3   1   2   1     1   0   .240      Rice lf               5   3   4   1     0   0   .299
Gross 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .260      Yastrzemski dh        5   1   3   2     0   1   .340
Goodwin dh            4   1   1   0     0   0   .438      Lansford 3b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .307
Lopes 2b,cf           4   2   3   0     0   0   .286      Stapleton 1b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .257
Heath c               3   1   2   2     0   0   .232      Gedman c              4   1   3   1     0   0   .333
Bosetti cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Hoffman ss            4   1   1   1     0   1   .270
  Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Miller cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .292
  McKay 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Phillips ss           4   1   2   3     0   1   .259        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7  12   7     3   2             Totals               38   8  18   8     1   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 29,671
Left on Base: A's 4, Red Sox 8
DP: A's 3, Red Sox 2
Errors: Johnson, Gedman
Doubles: Henderson (7), Heath 2 (3), Johnson (4), Lopes 2 (4), Stapleton (8)
Triples: Hoffman (2)
Home Runs: Johnson (4), Rice (7), Evans (1), Yastrzemski (7)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (10), Remy (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Heath (3), Lansford (3)
GIDP: Goodwin (1), Rice (7), Lansford (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(3-6)         5.1  14   7   7   0   3   3  28   4.66
Beard                   2.2   4   1   1   1   2   0  12   2.96
Totals                  8    18   8   8   1   5   3  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez                  3.1   8   5   5   2   0   1  18   5.56
Burgmeier W(2-0)        3.1   3   1   1   0   1   0  11   1.42
Clear SV(8)             2.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   9   1.44
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   2   1  38

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Rich Garcia


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Meyer flied out to right; Johnson
homered; Gross flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded
out (third to first); Rice homered; Yastrzemski struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Goodwin singled to right; Lopes singled to center
[Goodwin to second]; Heath grounded out (third to first)
[Goodwin to third, Lopes to second]; Bosetti flied out to right;
Phillips singled to right [Goodwin scored (RBI), Lopes scored
(RBI), Phillips to third (error by Gedman) (on throw to home)];
Henderson doubled to right [Phillips scored]; Meyer made an out
to third; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford singled to left; Stapleton made an out to
second; Gedman singled to right [Lansford to second]; Hoffman
struck out; Miller made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 1.

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

RED SOX 3RD: Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
homered; Rice singled to center; Yastrzemski homered [Rice
scored]; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Stapleton
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Heath
doubled to right; Bosetti singled to third [Heath to third];
Phillips singled to right [Heath scored, Bosetti to second];
BURGMEIER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Phillips was picked off
first (catcher to first); Henderson flied out to center; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Gedman singled to center; Hoffman tripled to right
[Gedman scored]; Miller reached on an error by Johnson (assist
by Lopes) [Hoffman stayed at third, Miller to first]; Remy
singled to left [Hoffman scored, Miller to second]; Evans flied
out to center; Rice grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Remy out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
5, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson
doubled to center; Gross flied into a double play (right to
right to third) [Johnson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski singled to right; Lansford grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Yastrzemski out
at second]; Stapleton doubled to left; Gedman singled to center
[Stapleton scored, Gedman out at second (center to second)]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Goodwin grounded out (first to pitcher); Lopes
doubled to left; Heath doubled to center [Lopes scored]; Bosetti
grounded out (first unassisted); Phillips struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Hoffman flied out to center; Miller singled to
center; Remy singled to center [Miller to third]; BEARD REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); Evans struck out while Remy was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Henderson flied out to right; Meyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); CLEAR REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING);
Johnson made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
6, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Rice singled to pitcher; Jim Rice lined the ball
of Jim Beard into foul territory; Yastrzemski singled to
center [Rice to third]; Lansford hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Rice scored]; Stapleton singled to left [Yastrzemski to
second]; Gedman flied out to center; Hoffman made an out to
first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross walked; Goodwin flied out to left; Lopes
doubled to left [Gross to third]; Heath hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Gross scored, Lopes to third]; BURROUGHS BATTED FOR
BOSETTI; Burroughs struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
7, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: LOPES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MCKAY
REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING 2B); Miller struck out; Remy
grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked; Rice singled to
left [Evans to third]; Athletics coach Charlie Metro ejected
by 3B umpire Richie Garcia; Yastrzemski made an out to
catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Phillips flied out to left; Henderson flied out
to right; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 7, Red Sox 8.