| 1981 Pawtucket defeat Cal Ripken led Rochester Redwings |
| Cal Ripken hit 2 homeruns but it wasn't nearly enough to win as Bruce Hurst & the Pawtucket Redsox beat the Redwings 9-4.Luis Aponte picked up the save for the PawSox. |
| Outs: | 3 | Inning: | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E | |
| Away | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981 Pawtucket Red Sox | |||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | |
| Wade Boggs | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Barrett | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chico Walker | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Bowen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lee Graham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Koza | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Ongarato | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Roger LaFrancois | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Julio Valdez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | ||
| Bruce Hurst | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Aponte | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 Rochester Red Wings | |||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | |
| Dallas Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Bonner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Ripken | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dan Logan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Hart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Chism | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Floyd Rayford | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Shelby | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Valle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | ||
| Mike Boddicker | 0.6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nate Snell | 4.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Luebber | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Allan Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||