Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
White Sox
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 12, 1981
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 12, 1981 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 12, 1981 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
|
Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 12, 1981 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Britt Burns |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Ojeda |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 20,257 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Vic Voltaggio 1B: John Shulock 2B: Bill Kunkel 3B: Terry Cooney |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Ron LeFlore | Left Fielder |
Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Greg Luzinski | DH |
Wayne Nordhagen | Right Fielder |
Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
Jim Morrison | Third Baseman |
Bill Almon | Shortstop |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Dave Stapleton | Second Baseman |
Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
Jim Rice | Left Fielder |
Tony Perez | First Baseman |
Joe Rudi | DH |
Glenn Hoffman | Shortstop |
Gary Allenson | Catcher |
Reid Nichols | Center Fielder |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 12, 1981
Top 1
-
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Ojeda
LeFlore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ojeda
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ojeda
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Burns
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. Burns
Stapleton hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Burns
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stapleton moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Burns
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Ojeda
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordhagen vs. Ojeda
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Ojeda
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bernazard vs. Ojeda
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out. Luzinski moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Morrison vs. Ojeda
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Burns
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Rudi vs. Burns
Rudi hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hoffman vs. Burns
Hoffman takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allenson vs. Burns
Allenson hits a fly ball into right field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Nichols vs. Burns
Nichols strikes out. View Play
Top 3
-
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Ojeda
Almon hits a line drive towards third. Lansford reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Ojeda
LeFlore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ojeda
There goes LeFlore. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. LeFlore steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Ojeda
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice throws the ball in to Perez who tags Johnson trying to return to first, for the out. LeFlore scores. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ojeda
Fisk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Ojeda
There goes Fisk. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. Fisk steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Luzinski vs. Ojeda
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Burns
Evans hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. Burns
Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burns fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Burns
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lansford for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Burns
Rice hits a line drive into right field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Ojeda
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Ojeda
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Ojeda
Bernazard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morrison vs. Ojeda
Ojeda fires to first and picks off Bernazard. View Play
Bottom 4
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Burns
Perez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Lemon. Perez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rudi vs. Burns
Rudi hits a fly ball towards right. Nordhagen catches it and throws to third to double up . View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Burns
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Ojeda
Morrison hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Ojeda
Almon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Ojeda
LeFlore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ojeda
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allenson vs. Hoyt
LaMarr Hoyt now pitching.
Allenson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Hoyt
Rick Miller pinch hits for Reid Nichols.
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Hoyt
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stapleton vs. Hoyt
Stapleton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Hoyt
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lansford for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ojeda
Rick Miller now playing center field.
Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice throws the ball in to Stapleton who tags Fisk, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Ojeda
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ojeda fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Ojeda
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Ojeda
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hoyt
Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Hoyt
Perez strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Hoyt
Rudi hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Hickey
Kevin Hickey now pitching.
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allenson vs. Hickey
Allenson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Hickey
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allenson moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Hickey
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allenson scores. Miller moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stapleton vs. Hickey
Stapleton takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Lansford vs. Hickey
Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Ojeda
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bernazard for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Ojeda
Morrison hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Ojeda
Almon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hickey
Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Rice reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Hickey
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Rudi vs. Hickey
Rudi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoffman vs. Hickey
Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hickey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allenson vs. Hickey
Allenson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Ojeda
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ojeda
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ojeda
Fisk is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Hickey
Rusty Kuntz now playing left field.
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hickey
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stapleton vs. Hickey
Stapleton hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Hickey
There's a wild pitch. Evans moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lansford vs. Hickey
Lansford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Hickey
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Ojeda
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Ojeda
Nordhagen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Ojeda
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/12/1981 -- Chicago at Boston (N) Chicago AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI LeFlore R, lf 4 1 3 0 Evans D, rf 5 1 3 2 Kuntz R, lf 0 0 0 0 Stapleton D, 2b 4 1 2 1 Johnson L, 1b 4 0 1 1 Lansford C, 3b 4 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 3 0 1 0 Rice J, lf 5 2 2 1 Luzinski G, dh 3 0 0 0 Perez T, 1b 4 0 2 0 Nordhagen W, rf 4 0 2 0 Rudi J, dh 4 2 2 3 Lemon C, cf 4 0 0 0 Hoffman G, ss 3 0 0 0 Bernazard T, 2b 2 0 0 0 Allenson G, c 4 2 2 1 Morrison J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Nichols R, cf 1 0 0 0 Almon B, ss 3 0 0 0 Miller R, ph-cf 2 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 1 7 1 36 8 14 8 Chicago 001 000 000 -- 1 Boston 001 023 20x -- 8 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Burns B 4.0 4 1 1 1 1 Hoyt L (L) 1.1 4 4 4 1 1 Hickey K 2.2 6 3 3 2 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Ojeda B (W) 9.0 7 1 1 3 5 DP -- Chicago 2, Boston 1 LOB -- Chicago 5, Boston 8 2B -- Perez T, Rice J HR -- Evans D, Allenson G, Stapleton D, Rice J, Rudi J 2 SB -- LeFlore R, Fisk C WP -- Hickey K T -- 2:47 A -- 20257
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score