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May 21, 1981

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 0 2 0
Red Sox 0 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 0 2 0
Red Sox 3 8 0

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .262
OBP .000 .294
At Bats 3 149
Hits 0 39
• Singles 0 30
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 16

Brian Kingman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Fenway Park - May 21, 1981
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Home Run
Brian Kingman
Jeff Newman
Cliff Johnson
Brian Doyle
Wayne Gross
Fred Stanley
Rickey Henderson
Dwayne Murphy
Tony Armas
Jim Rice
Carl Yastrzemski
Dwight Evans

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 0 2 0 7
Boston Red Sox 3 8 0 4
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Brian Kingman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Rice
Attendance 23,145
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 9 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Newman strikes out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 8 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Miller. The throw from Newman to Doyle and they have Miller trapped. The throw over to Johnson, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Page hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Henderson. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Henderson steals third.
Top 8 There goes Henderson. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Henderson steals second.
Top 8 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Stanley hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Eckersley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stanley for the out.
Top 8 Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Newman strikes out.
Top 7 Johnson strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Gross. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Gross steals second.
Top 7 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Page strikes out.
Top 6 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Remy hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Kingman covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Stapleton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stanley strikes out.
Top 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out.
Top 5 Newman 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 4 Lansford strikes out.
Bottom 4 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a popup in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gross strikes out. There goes Armas. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 4 Armas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Armas reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Remy moves to third.
Bottom 3 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kingman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gedman strikes out.
Top 3 Murphy strikes out.
Top 3 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Doyle. The throw from Gedman and he is out, Stapleton applying the tag.
Top 3 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lansford hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Newman strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gross is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 1 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Page hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murphy strikes out.
Top 1 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.