A grand slam by Rick Miller enabled the Red Sox to down the A's, 5-2. Miller's blast came in the fourth inning and wiped out a 1-0 Oakland lead. The A's managed only five hits, including Rickey Henderson's home run in the first and a homer by Tony Armas in the eighth, off the pitching of Bob Ojeda and Bob Stanley. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Monday, May       31, 1982 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  0    4  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  7  0
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  5  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               4   0   2   0     0   1   .284      Henderson lf          4   1   1   1     1   0   .271
Evans rf              4   0   0   1     1   2   .279      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .181
Rice lf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .293      Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     1   0   .217
Yastrzemski dh        5   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Armas rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .236
Lansford 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Rudi 1b               1   0   0   0     2   0   .239
Stapleton 1b          4   1   0   0     0   1   .247        Phillips ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Hoffman ss            2   1   1   0     1   0   .250      Newman c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Allenson c            3   1   1   0     1   0   .230      Lopes 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .247
Miller cf             4   2   1   4     0   0   .279      Sexton 3b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Ojeda p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gross ph,3b         1   0   0   0     1   0   .261
  Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stanley ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .161
                                                            Spencer ph,1b       2   0   1   0     0   0   .206
                                                          McLaughlin p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   7   5     3   6             Totals               31   2   5   2     6   5

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 37,143
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, A's 8
DP: Red Sox 1, A's 0
Errors: Henderson, Lopes
Doubles: Remy (5), Stanley (1), Spencer (3)
Home Runs: Miller (2), Henderson (4), Armas (4)
Stolen Bases: Remy (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy (8)
GIDP: Newman (3)
Hit by Pitch: Hoffman (2,by McLaughlin)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ojeda W(2-4)            5.1   3   1   1   4   4   1  23   5.68
Stanley SV(2)           3.2   2   1   1   2   1   1  14   2.57
Totals                  9     5   2   2   6   5   2  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLaughlin L(0-3)       7.2   7   5   4   2   5   1  35   5.00
Owchinko                1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.02
Totals                  9     7   5   4   3   6   1  40

Hit by Pitch: McLaughlin (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Rocky Roe


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

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson homered; Murphy struck out; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Armas singled to second; Rudi
walked [Armas to second]; Newman forced Rudi (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lansford singled to right; Stapleton grounded out (third to
first) [Lansford to second]; Hoffman walked; Allenson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Lopes made an out to third; Sexton made an out to
shortstop; Stanley doubled to left; Henderson walked; Murphy
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller flied out to center; Remy singled to
pitcher; Remy stole second; Evans struck out; Rice struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Johnson flied out to right; Armas struck out;
Rudi made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Lansford singled to
shortstop; Stapleton reached on an error by Lopes [Lansford out
at third (catcher to third to shortstop), Stapleton to second];
Hoffman was hit by a pitch; Allenson walked [Hoffman to second,
Stapleton to third]; Miller homered [Stapleton scored, Hoffman
scored, Allenson scored]; Remy doubled to center; Evans flied
out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman struck out; Lopes flied out to right;
Sexton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski flied out to
center; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Stanley flied out to right; Henderson flied out
to center; Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Hoffman
flied out to left; Allenson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Johnson walked; Armas forced Johnson (shortstop
to second); Rudi walked [Armas to second]; STANLEY REPLACED
OJEDA (PITCHING); Newman grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Miller reached on an error by Henderson [Miller to
second]; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted)
[Miller to third]; Evans reached on a fielder's choice [Miller
scored (unearned)]; Rice flied out to right; Yastrzemski flied
out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics
1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Lopes struck out; GROSS BATTED FOR SEXTON; Gross
walked; SPENCER BATTED FOR STANLEY; Spencer doubled to right
[Gross to third]; Henderson grounded out (third to first);
Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 8TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GROSS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PHILLIPS REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING SS);
Lansford flied out to right; Stapleton struck out; Hoffman
singled to right; Allenson singled to left [Hoffman to second];
OWCHINKO REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Miller forced Allenson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Johnson flied out to center; Armas homered;
Phillips grounded out (third to first); Newman flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Remy struck out; Evans walked; Rice forced Evans
(shortstop to second); Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Lopes walked; Gross forced Lopes (pitcher to
shortstop); Spencer flied out to left; Henderson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics
2.