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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 20, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 20, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Eckersley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve McCatty |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 17,503 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Reilly 1B: Nick Bremigan 2B: (none) 3B: Al Clark |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Remy | Second Baseman |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Jim Rice | Left Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
| Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
| Rich Gedman | Catcher |
| Dave Stapleton | DH |
| Garry Hancock | Center Fielder |
| Julio Valdez | Shortstop |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
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 |
| Cliff Johnson | DH |
| Keith Drumright | Second Baseman |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 20, 1981
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. McCatty
Remy hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. McCatty
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. McCatty
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. McCatty
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lansford vs. McCatty
Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Eckersley
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Eckersley
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Eckersley
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. McCatty
Gedman hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. McCatty
Stapleton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hancock vs. McCatty
Hancock strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdez vs. McCatty
Valdez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. McCatty
There goes Valdez. The throw from Newman and he is out, Drumright applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Eckersley
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Eckersley
Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Armas moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Eckersley
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Drumright vs. Eckersley
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newman vs. Eckersley
Newman hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Eckersley
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Eckersley
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. McCatty
Remy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. McCatty
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. McCatty
Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Remy moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. McCatty
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. McCatty
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gedman vs. McCatty
Gedman hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Eckersley
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Eckersley
Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Eckersley
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Eckersley
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. McCatty
Stapleton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Drumright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hancock vs. McCatty
Hancock hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdez vs. McCatty
Valdez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. McCatty
Remy hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Eckersley
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdez misplays the ball. That's an error on Valdez. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drumright vs. Eckersley
Drumright hits a popup towards short. Valdez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Eckersley
Newman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Eckersley
Stanley hits a popup towards short. Valdez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. McCatty
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. McCatty
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. McCatty
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. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Eckersley
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Eckersley
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gross vs. Eckersley
Gross hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Armas vs. Eckersley
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Eckersley
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. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. McCatty
Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gedman vs. McCatty
Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stapleton vs. McCatty
Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hancock vs. McCatty
Hancock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stapleton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Valdez vs. McCatty
Valdez hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Eckersley
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drumright vs. Eckersley
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Eckersley
Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Eckersley
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Eckersley
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. McCatty
Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. McCatty
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. McCatty
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. McCatty
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lansford vs. McCatty
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. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Eckersley
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Eckersley
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Eckersley
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Eckersley
Spencer hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gedman vs. McCatty
Gedman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. McCatty
Stapleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hancock vs. McCatty
Hancock hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. McCatty
Joe Rudi pinch hits for Julio Valdez.
Rudi takes first base on ball four. Stapleton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Remy vs. Owchinko
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Heaverlo
Dave Heaverlo now pitching.
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stapleton scores. Nichols scores. Remy moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Heaverlo
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Remy scores. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. Underwood
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. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Clear
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drumright vs. Clear
Drumright hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Clear
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Underwood
Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gedman vs. Underwood
Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Underwood fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stapleton vs. Underwood
Stapleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gedman moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hancock vs. Underwood
There's a wild pitch. Gedman moves to third. Stapleton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hancock vs. Underwood
Hancock strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hoffman vs. Underwood
Hoffman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Remy vs. Underwood
Remy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Clear
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. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Clear
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Clear
Murphy strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/20/1981 -- Boston at Oakland (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
Remy J, 2b 5 2 1 0 Henderson R, lf 5 1 1 0
Evans D, rf 4 0 1 2 Murphy D, cf 4 0 1 0
Rice J, lf 4 0 2 1 Gross W, 3b 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski C, 1b 3 1 0 1 Armas T, rf 4 1 1 1
Lansford C, 3b 5 0 3 1 Spencer J, 1b 4 1 1 0
Gedman R, c 5 0 0 0 Johnson C, dh 4 1 1 1
Stapleton D, dh 5 2 3 1 Drumright K, 2b 4 0 0 1
Hancock G, cf 5 0 1 0 Newman J, c 4 0 1 0
Valdez J, ss 3 0 1 0 Stanley F, ss 3 0 1 1
Rudi J, ph 0 0 0 0 Heath M, ph 1 0 0 0
Nichols R, pr 0 1 0 0
Hoffman G, ss 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 6 12 6 37 4 8 4
Boston 012 000 030 -- 6
Oakland 020 011 000 -- 4
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley D (W) 7.0 8 4 3 1 2
Clear M (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty S (L) 7.2 8 5 5 5 5
Owchinko B* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
Heaverlo D+ 0.0 2 0 0 0 0
Underwood T 1.1 2 0 0 1 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Gross W, Remy J, Valdez J
LOB -- Boston 13, Oakland 7
2B -- Lansford C
HR -- Stapleton D, Johnson C
CS -- Valdez J
WP -- Underwood T
T -- 2:58
A -- 17503
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