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August 20, 1981

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 6 12 2
Athletics 4 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 6 12 2
Athletics 4 8 1

Dwayne Murphy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .270
OBP .500 .382
At Bats 3 248
Hits 1 67
• Singles 1 48
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 1 44
RBI’s 0 39

Mark Clear Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 1 3
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - August 20, 1981
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Strikeout
Mark Clear
Rich Gedman
Carl Yastrzemski
Jerry Remy
Carney Lansford
Glenn Hoffman
Jim Rice
Garry Hancock
Dwight Evans
Dwayne Murphy

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 6 12 2 13
Oakland Athletics 4 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Steve McCatty
Save Mark Clear
Game Winning RBI Dwight Evans
Attendance 17,503
Time of Game 2 hours 58 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Murphy strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mike Heath pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Remy strikes out.
Top 9 Hoffman takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hancock strikes out.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Gedman moves to third. Stapleton moves to second.
Top 9 Stapleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gedman moves to second.
Top 9 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Underwood fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Drumright hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Glenn Hoffman now playing shortstop. Mark Clear now pitching. Johnson hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Underwood now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Top 8 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Remy scores. Evans moves to third.
Top 8 Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stapleton scores. Nichols scores. Remy moves to third.
Top 8 Reid Nichols pinch runs for Joe Rudi. Bob Owchinko now pitching. Remy takes first base on ball four. Stapleton moves to third. Nichols moves to second.
Top 8 Joe Rudi pinch hits for Julio Valdez. Rudi takes first base on ball four. Stapleton moves to second.
Top 8 Hancock hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stapleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gedman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out.
Top 7 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Top 7 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Evans strikes out.
Top 7 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Valdez hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hancock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stapleton moves to second.
Top 6 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 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.
Bottom 5 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson scores. Murphy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gross hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a popup towards short. Valdez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Newman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Drumright hits a popup towards short. Valdez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez misplays the ball. That's an error on Valdez.
Top 4 Remy hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Valdez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hancock hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stapleton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Drumright settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gedman hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lansford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Lansford reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright fields it and throws to second for the out. Remy scores.
Top 3 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Remy moves to third.
Top 3 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Remy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spencer scores. Drumright moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Newman hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Drumright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy misplays the ball. That's an error on Remy. Armas scores. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Armas moves to third.
Bottom 2 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 There goes Valdez. The throw from Newman and he is out, Drumright applying the tag.
Top 2 Valdez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross.
Top 2 Hancock strikes out.
Top 2 Stapleton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Gedman hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Top 1 Rice strikes out.
Top 1 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Remy hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.