Although giving up 10 hits, Luis Tiant was able to gain his 17th victory when the Red Sox defeated the Yankees, 7-3, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was rained out. Bernie Carbo and Rico Petrocelli each drove in two runs in support of Tiant and Rick Miller hit a homer. After the Red Sox scored an unearned run off Doc Medich in the first, Petrocelli singled and Carbo doubled for another marker in the fourth. Petrocelli accounted for his two RBIs with a triple in the sixth and scored himself on a squeeze bunt by Carbo. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    4, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  2  -   7  9  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3 10  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .227      White lf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .264
Cooper dh             1   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Maddox cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .305
  McAuliffe ph,dh     1   0   1   0     0   0   .213      Murcer rf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .284
  Beniquez pr,dh      2   1   1   0     1   0   .272      Sudakis dh            3   0   0   0     2   1   .235
Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   1     0   0   .329      Nettles 3b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .237
Petrocelli 3b         4   2   2   2     0   1   .300      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Carbo rf              3   0   1   2     0   2   .263      Mason ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .253
Miller cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .250      Dempsey c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .229
Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .325        Piniella ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .300
Griffin 2b            2   1   0   0     2   1   .294      Alomar 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Blackwell c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .246        Blomberg ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .296
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stottlemyre p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   9   7     3   6             Totals               36   3  10   2     5   3

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 21,147
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Yankees 11
DP: Red Sox 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Dempsey, Medich
Doubles: Carbo (14), Murcer (17)
Triples: Petrocelli (1), Maddox (1)
Home Runs: Miller (5)
Stolen Bases: Harper (24)
Sacrifice Hits: Carbo (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Harper (2)
GIDP: Yastrzemski (8), Maddox (8)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(17-7)           9    10   3   3   5   3   0  41   2.85
Totals                  9    10   3   3   5   3   0  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(13-9)          7     7   5   4   1   4   0  28   3.33
Stottlemyre             2     2   2   2   2   2   1  10   3.58
Totals                  9     9   7   6   3   6   1  38

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to first; Harper stole second
[Harper to third (error by Dempsey)]; Cooper was called out on
strikes; Cecil Cooper ejected by HP umpire Marty
Springstead; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first)
[Harper scored (unearned)]; Petrocelli flied out to left; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: White flied out to left; Maddox grounded out (third
to first); Murcer singled to second; Sudakis grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Carbo struck out; Miller flied out to right;
Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles struck out; Chambliss singled to left;
Mason popped to first; Dempsey singled to shortstop [Chambliss
to second]; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Yankees 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin walked; Blackwell lined into a double play
(first to second) [Griffin out at second]; Harper struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (first unassisted); Maddox flied
out to left; Murcer doubled to right; Sudakis flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 4TH: MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR COOPER; McAuliffe singled to
right; BENIQUEZ RAN FOR MCAULIFFE; Yastrzemski grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Beniquez out at
second]; Petrocelli singled to left; Carbo doubled to center
[Petrocelli scored]; Miller flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles singled to second; Chambliss popped to
shortstop; Mason singled to right [Nettles to second]; Dempsey
walked [Nettles to third, Mason to second]; Alomar popped to
pitcher in foul territory; White popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Griffin
struck out; Blackwell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Maddox tripled to left; Murcer popped to first in
foul territory; Sudakis struck out; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees
0.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper lined to center; Beniquez singled to center;
Yastrzemski singled to right [Beniquez to third]; Petrocelli
tripled to center [Beniquez scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Carbo
reached on an error by Medich on a sacrifice bunt [Petrocelli
scored]; Miller lined to center; Burleson flied out to right; 3
R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Mason
popped to center; Dempsey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin flied out to right; Blackwell flied out to
center; Harper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Alomar popped to shortstop; White popped to
shortstop; Maddox popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 8TH: STOTTLEMYRE REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Beniquez
walked; Yastrzemski popped to catcher in foul territory;
Petrocelli struck out; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); Sudakis
walked; Nettles popped to first; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 9TH: Miller homered; Burleson grounded out (third to
first); Griffin walked; Blackwell singled to right [Griffin to
third]; Harper hit a sacrifice fly to right [Griffin scored];
Beniquez flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Mason walked; PINIELLA BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Piniella
singled to left [Mason to second]; BLOMBERG BATTED FOR ALOMAR;
Blomberg walked [Mason to third, Piniella to second]; White
singled to first [Blomberg to second, Piniella to third, Mason
scored]; Maddox grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Piniella scored (no RBI), Blomberg to third, White
out at second]; Murcer singled to left [Blomberg scored];
Sudakis walked [Murcer to second]; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Yankees
3.