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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 29, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 29, 1981 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Matt Keough |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Torrez |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 26,318 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: Derryl Cousins 2B: Marty Springstead 3B: Joe Brinkman |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Mike Davis | DH |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Dave McKay | Second Baseman |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Remy | Second Baseman |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Jim Rice | Left Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
| Carney Lansford | DH |
| Dave Stapleton | Third Baseman |
| Rich Gedman | Catcher |
| Glenn Hoffman | Shortstop |
| Rick Miller | Center Fielder |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 29, 1981
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Torrez
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Torrez
That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Torrez
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gross vs. Torrez
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Torrez
Armas hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Torrez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Armas for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Keough
Remy hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Keough
Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson who is chasing the ball. Evans reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Keough
Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Keough
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Keough
Lansford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stapleton vs. Keough
Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Torrez
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Torrez
Heath strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Keough
Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Keough
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Keough
Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas. Miller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Remy vs. Keough
Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Torrez
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Torrez
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Torrez
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Keough
Evans hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Keough
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Keough
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Torrez
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Torrez
Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Torrez
Armas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Torrez
Spencer hits a popup towards third. Stapleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Keough
Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. Keough
Stapleton hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Keough
Gedman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoffman vs. Keough
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Torrez
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stapleton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Torrez
McKay hits a popup towards third. Stapleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Torrez
Stanley takes first base on ball four. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Torrez
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heath scores. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murphy vs. Torrez
There goes Henderson. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Henderson steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murphy vs. Torrez
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gross vs. Torrez
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Keough
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Keough
Remy bunts towards the mound. Keough fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Keough
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Keough
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Torrez
Armas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Torrez
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Torrez
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to second for the out. Armas moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McKay vs. Torrez
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Hoffman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Keough
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas who is chasing the ball. Yastrzemski reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lansford vs. Keough
Lansford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stapleton vs. Keough
Stapleton bunts towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with McKay covering, for the out. Lansford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gedman vs. Keough
Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lansford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hancock vs. Keough
Garry Hancock pinch hits for Glenn Hoffman.
Hancock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Torrez
Julio Valdez now playing shortstop.
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Torrez
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Torrez
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Keough
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Keough
Remy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Keough
Evans takes first base on ball four. Remy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Jones
Jeff Jones now pitching.
Rice takes first base on ball four. Remy moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Yastrzemski vs. Owchinko
Bob Owchinko now pitching.
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Remy tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lansford vs. Owchinko
Lansford hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. Owchinko
Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Torrez
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Clear
Mark Clear now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Clear
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Clear
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski fields the ball and throws to Clear covering. Safe. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Clear
There's a wild pitch. Gross scores. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Clear
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Clear
Heath hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Clear
McKay takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Clear
Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Fred Stanley.
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. Owchinko
Rob Picciolo now playing shortstop.
Gedman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valdez vs. Owchinko
Valdez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Owchinko
Joe Rudi pinch hits for Rick Miller.
Rudi hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Owchinko
Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Clear
Reid Nichols now playing center field.
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Clear
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Clear covering, for the out. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Clear
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Armas vs. Clear
Armas strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/1981 -- Oakland at Boston (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 3 1 1 1 Remy J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Murphy D, cf 4 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 3 2 1 0
Gross W, 3b 4 1 0 1 Rice J, lf 3 2 1 2
Armas T, rf 5 1 2 1 Yastrzemski C, 1b 3 1 2 1
Spencer J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Lansford C, dh 4 1 3 4
Davis M, dh 3 0 0 0 Stapleton D, 3b 3 0 0 0
Heath M, c 4 2 2 2 Gedman R, c 4 0 3 0
McKay D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Hoffman G, ss 2 0 0 0
Stanley F, ss 2 0 0 0 Hancock G, ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson C, ph 1 0 0 0 Valdez J, ss 1 0 0 0
Picciolo R, ss 0 0 0 0 Miller R, cf 3 0 2 0
Rudi J, ph 1 0 0 0
Nichols R, cf 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 6 6 5 32 7 13 7
Oakland 100 110 030 -- 6
Boston 200 001 40x -- 7
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Keough M (L) 6.1 11 5 5 1 0
Jones J* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
Owchinko B 1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez M (W)+ 7.0 4 4 3 5 6
Clear M 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Torrez M
DP -- Oakland 2
LOB -- Oakland 7, Boston 6
2B -- Miller R
3B -- Evans D, Yastrzemski C
HR -- Rice J, Armas T, Lansford C, Heath M
SB -- Henderson R 2
SH -- Remy J, Stapleton D
SF -- Yastrzemski C
WP -- Clear M 2
T -- 2:55
A -- 26318
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