Seattle Mariners vs Boston Red Sox
September 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1981 at Fenway Park. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Seattle Mariners 8, Boston Red Sox 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 8 1 3 0
Bochte 1b 10 2 3 1
Paciorek lf 8 1 3 2
Zisk dh 4 1 3 0
  Allen pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Maler ph,dh 4 0 2 0
Meyer 3b 4 1 1 1
  Randle 3b 5 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 5 0 2 1
  Parsons rf 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,rf 5 1 1 0
Simpson cf 10 0 3 1
Narron c 4 0 0 0
  Walton ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 4 0 1 0
McHenry ss 4 1 2 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
  Firova c 0 0 0 0
  Bulling ph,c 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Galasso p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Beattie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 80 8 24 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 10 2 6 0
Evans rf 6 1 0 0
Rice lf 9 0 2 2
Perez 1b 5 0 2 0
  Nichols pr,3b 4 1 1 0
  Yastrzemski 1b 0 0 0 0
Stapleton 3b,1b,3b 8 2 3 0
Rudi dh 9 0 3 3
Allenson c 4 0 1 0
  Gedman ph,c 5 0 2 1
Hoffman ss 2 1 0 1
  Hancock ph 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdez ss 5 0 0 0
Miller cf 9 0 3 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Aponte p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 77 7 23 7
Seattle 012 030 100 000 000 000 018242
Boston 002 100 013 000 000 000 007231
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   5.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Parrott   2.1 5 1 1 0 1
  Rawley   0.2 1 2 2 1 1
  Drago   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Clark   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Andersen   6.0 3 0 0 0 4
  Galasso  W (1-1) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Gleaton   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Beattie  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
20.0
23
7
7
7
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   4.1 8 5 4 2 1
  Campbell   1.2 5 2 2 0 3
  Burgmeier   6.0 4 0 0 2 5
  Aponte   4.0 4 0 0 0 4
  Rainey   2.1 1 0 0 4 0
  Tudor   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Stanley  L (7-6) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
20.0
24
8
7
8
15

  E–Paciorek (6), McHenry (3), Perez (2).  DP–Seattle 5, Boston 2.  2B–Seattle Bochte 2 (15,off Torrez,off Campbell); Cruz (8,off Torrez); Paciorek (23,off Torrez); Burroughs (9,off Campbell); Maler (1,off Burgmeier); Simpson (10,off Aponte), Boston Perez (6,off Bannister); Stapleton 2 (11,off Bannister,off Parrott).  3B–Seattle Simpson (2,off Stanley).  SH–Cruz (2,off Rainey).  HBP–Anderson (1,by Stanley).  IBB–Randle (4,by Burgmeier); Paciorek (3,by Rainey).  SB–Simpson (9,2nd base off Torrez/Allenson).  WP–Rawley (8), Torrez (1), Rainey (1).  HBP–Stanley (6,Anderson).  IBB–Burgmeier (2,Randle); Rainey (1,Paciorek).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–6:01.  A–13,355.
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