Seattle Mariners vs Boston Red Sox
September 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Seattle Mariners 5, Boston Red Sox 2

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 5 1 3 3
Randle 3b 4 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 5 0 1 0
Zisk dh 4 1 2 1
Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0
Gray 1b 3 1 0 0
Simpson cf 3 0 0 0
Bulling c 3 1 1 0
Serna ss 4 1 1 1
Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 0 2 0
Evans rf 3 1 2 0
Rice lf 3 0 2 1
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Stapleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Rudi dh 4 1 1 1
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Hancock cf 4 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 1 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Seattle 040 010 0005101
Boston 000 100 100280
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Stoddard  W (1-0) 6.2 8 2 2 1 4
  Parrott  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (3-8) 6.1 10 5 5 2 3
  Crawford   2.2 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
7

  E–Serna (1).  2B–Seattle Burroughs (10,off Tanana), Boston Evans (11,off Stoddard).  HR–Seattle Cruz (2,2nd inning off Tanana 2 on, 1 out); Zisk (14,5th inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rudi (6,4th inning off Stoddard 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Randle (5,off Tanana); Simpson (4,off Tanana).  HBP–Rice (2,by Stoddard).  SB–Cruz 2 (39,3rd base off Tanana/Gedman,2nd base off Tanana/Gedman).  WP–Tanana (1).  HBP–Stoddard (1,Rice).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:45.  A–20,949.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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