The Boston Red Sox managed to stay ahead of the Oakland Athletics, 7 to 6, on August 29, 1981.

1981 Boston Red Sox

Final

OAK

Athletics

45-32

6

BOS

Red Sox

40-34

7

OAK

BOS

1

1

2

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

1

0

6

0

1

7

0

4

8

3

0

9

0

R

6

7

H

6

13

E

0

1

Top 1st

OAK

BOS

Athletics

Wayne Gross grounded out; Rickey Henderson scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

BOS

Red Sox

Home run by Jim Rice; Dwight Evans scored.

1

2

Top 4th

OAK

BOS

Athletics

Home run by Tony Armas.

2

2

Top 5th

OAK

BOS

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Mike Heath scored.

3

2

Bottom 6th

OAK

BOS

Red Sox

Single by Carney Lansford; Carl Yastrzemski scored.

3

3

Bottom 7th

OAK

BOS

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski; Jerry Remy scored.

3

4

Red Sox

Home run by Carney Lansford; Dwight Evans and Jim Rice scored.

3

7

Top 8th

OAK

BOS

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Mark Clear); Wayne Gross scored.

4

7

Athletics

Home run by Mike Heath; Jim Spencer scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
Dwayne Murphy CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 3B 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
Jim Spencer 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Davis DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Heath C 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Dave McKay 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanley SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 6 5 2 7 8 2 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Keough (L) 6.1 11 5 5 1 0 1
Jeff Jones 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Bob Owchinko 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 13 7 7 2 0 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Remy 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dwight Evans RF 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jim Rice LF 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Carl Yastrzemski 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Carney Lansford DH 4 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 6
Dave Stapleton 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Gedman C 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Glenn Hoffman SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Hancock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Valdez SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Miller CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Joe Rudi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reid Nichols CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 13 7 2 2 0 0 0 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Torrez (W) 7.0 4 4 3 5 6 1
Mark Clear 2.0 2 2 2 2 2 1
Totals 9.0 6 6 5 7 8 2

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HR

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI

11

Wong

Connor Wong

AVG

.370

Wong

Connor Wong

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bello

Brayan Bello

K

32

Houck

Tanner Houck

ERA

0.63

Slaten

Justin Slaten

Team Rankings

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HR

33

2nd

R

112

13th

SO

227

7th

ERA

2.49

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
17 8 .680
Orioles Orioles
16 8 .667 0.5
Red Sox Red Sox
14 11 .560 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 12 .520 4.0
Rays Rays
13 13 .500 4.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM
Sun
4/28
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
SFG SFG
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM

Last Game

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CLE Guardians

17-7

0

Final

8

BOS Red Sox

14-11

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM