Luis Tiant's parents from Cuba were in the stands to watch their son pitch for the first time in the major leagues, but the Angels ruined the occasion by knocking out the veteran righthander and defeating the Red Sox, 8-2. With the score tied, 2-2, the Angels loaded the bases in the seventh inning on two walks around a single by Dave Chalk. Andy Etchebarren, who had hit a homer in the fifth, singled to drive in two runs and Mike Miley followed with a single for a third run that drove Tiant from the box. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 8, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Tuesday, August    26, 1975 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Angels       0  0  1    0  1  0    3  3  0  -   8 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  4


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               5   0   2   1     0   1   .258      Cooper dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .336
Rivers cf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .289      Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .289
Bochte 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Yastrzemski 1b        2   1   0   0     2   0   .277
Garrett dh            2   0   0   0     1   0   .229      Lynn cf               3   0   1   1     1   1   .326
  Valentine ph,dh     2   0   0   0     0   1   .325      Rice lf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .303
Stanton rf            4   2   0   0     1   2   .263      Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Chalk 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .275      Burleson ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Balaz lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Blackwell c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Collins ph,lf       0   2   0   0     3   0   .278        Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Etchebarren c         5   2   3   3     0   0   .224      Heise 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Miley ss              3   1   2   2     0   0   .190        Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McAuliffe 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  10   7     5   5             Totals               31   2   5   2     4   2

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 32,086
Left on Base: Angels 9, Red Sox 6
DP: Angels 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: Miley, Burleson, Heise 2, Tiant
Doubles: Doyle (12), Rice (26)
Triples: Miley (1)
Home Runs: Etchebarren (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Chalk (9), Miley (6)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa W(12-10)       9     5   2   2   4   2   0  35   2.72
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   2   0  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(15-13)          6     7   5   5   3   3   1  27   4.17
Burton                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.07
Willoughby              2.1   3   3   1   2   2   0  14   2.95
Totals                  9    10   8   6   5   5   1  44

Passed Balls: Etchebarren (1)
Balks: Figueroa (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ANGELS 1ST: Remy singled to center; Remy was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Tiant [Remy to second]; Rivers
popped to left; Bochte grounded out (second to first) [Remy to
third]; Garrett walked; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Cooper singled to left; Doyle flied out to center;
Yastrzemski flied out to right; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Chalk flied out to left; Balaz struck out;
Etchebarren flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice reached on an error by Miley; Figueroa balked
[Rice to second]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burleson reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double
play [Rice out at third (pitcher to third), Burleson out at
second (third to second)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Red
Sox 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Miley tripled to center [Miley scored (error by
Burleson) (no RBI)]; Remy was called out on strikes; Rivers
singled to left; Rivers was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Bochte grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (shortstop to first); Heise
made an out to second; Cooper popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Garrett flied out to center; Stanton grounded out
(third to first); Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Doyle doubled to right; Etchebarren allowed a
passed ball [Doyle to third]; Yastrzemski walked; Lynn singled
to pitcher [Doyle scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Angels
Manager Dick Williams ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel; Rice
doubled to right [Yastrzemski scored, Lynn to third]; Evans
grounded out (third to first); Burleson lined into a double play
(first to third) [Lynn out at third]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 1, Red Sox 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Balaz popped to center; Etchebarren homered; Miley
flied out to center; Remy popped to third in foul territory; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Blackwell grounded out (third to first); Heise
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers flied out to right; Bochte popped to left;
Garrett popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Angels 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); Yastrzemski
grounded out (first unassisted); Lynn walked; Rice struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Stanton walked; Chalk singled to right [Stanton to
third]; COLLINS BATTED FOR BALAZ; Collins walked [Chalk to
second]; Etchebarren singled to center [Stanton scored, Chalk
scored, Collins to third]; Miley singled to shortstop [Collins
scored, Etchebarren to second]; BURTON REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); On a bunt Remy forced Etchebarren (pitcher to third)
[Miley to second]; Rivers flied out to center; Bochte reached on
an error by Heise [Miley to third, Remy to second]; VALENTINE
BATTED FOR GARRETT; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED BURTON (PITCHING);
Valentine made an out to second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Angels
5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); COLLINS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Evans grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burleson grounded out (second to first); Blackwell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5,
Red Sox 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Stanton reached on an error by Heise; Chalk out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Stanton to second]; Collins
was walked intentionally; Etchebarren singled to pitcher
[Stanton to third, Collins to second]; Miley reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Stanton scored (unearned),
Collins to third, Etchebarren to second]; On a bunt Remy singled
to pitcher [Collins scored, Etchebarren to third, Miley to
second]; Rivers grounded out (second to first) [Etchebarren
scored (unearned), Miley to third, Remy to second]; Bochte lined
to pitcher; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 8, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: CARBO BATTED FOR HEISE; Carbo grounded out (third
to first); Cooper popped to third in foul territory; Doyle flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 8, Red Sox 2.

ANGELS 9TH: MCAULIFFE REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING 3B); Valentine
struck out; Stanton was called out on strikes; Chalk singled to
left; Collins walked [Chalk to second]; Etchebarren forced
Collins (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 8,
Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski walked; Lynn struck out; Rice singled
to right [Yastrzemski to second]; Evans grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Yastrzemski to third, Rice to second]; Burleson walked;
MILLER BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Miller grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 8, Red Sox 2.