Rico Petrocelli and Carlton Fisk smashed homers in support of Luis Tiant, who outdueled Jim Palmer and pitched the Red Sox to a 2-0 victory, boosting their lead to 5½ games over the Orioles in the East Division race. Petrocelli rapped his round-tripper in the third inning and Fisk followed with an insurance drive in the fourth. Tiant gave up only five hits and did not allow any Oriole runner to advance past second base. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Tuesday, September 16, 1975 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Red Sox      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  9  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Cooper dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Stillman ss           1   0   1   0     0   0   .375      Doyle 2b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .290
  Belanger pr,ss      3   0   2   0     0   0   .230      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .333
May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   3   .262      Rice lf               4   0   1   0     0   3   .309
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .304      Fisk c                4   1   1   1     0   0   .322
Baylor lf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .281      Evans rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .281
Blair cf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   1   1     0   1   .243
  Northrup ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Burleson ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .257
Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Duncan c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .148
  Hutto c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     1   8             Totals               33   2   9   2     1   8

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 34,724
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Red Sox 9
DP: Orioles 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Grich
Doubles: Evans (24)
Triples: Doyle (2)
Home Runs: Petrocelli (7), Fisk (10)
Stolen Bases: Baylor (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Cooper (3)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(21-11)         8     9   2   2   1   8   2  35   2.18
Totals                  8     9   2   2   1   8   2  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(17-13)          9     5   0   0   1   8   0  32   4.08
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   8   0  32

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry McCoy


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Stillman
singled to first; BELANGER RAN FOR STILLMAN; Grich struck out;
May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: BELANGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Cooper
grounded out (pitcher to first); Doyle tripled to center;
Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Lynn struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton was called out on strikes; Baylor singled
to left; Baylor was picked off first (pitcher to first); Blair
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice struck out; Fisk grounded out (second to
first); Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red
Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Robinson flied out to center; Duncan grounded out
(third to first); Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Petrocelli homered; Burleson walked; Cooper out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Burleson to second]; Doyle
made an out to shortstop; Yastrzemski lined to right; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Belanger singled to second; Grich walked [Belanger
to second]; May struck out; Singleton grounded out (first
unassisted) [Belanger to third, Grich to second]; Baylor
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn struck out; Rice was called out on strikes;
Fisk homered; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Blair struck out; Robinson struck out; Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli made an out to shortstop; Burleson
singled to center; Cooper struck out; Doyle singled to catcher
[Burleson to second]; Yastrzemski reached on an error by Grich
[Burleson to third, Doyle to second]; Lynn popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Belanger
singled to right; Grich forced Belanger (shortstop to third);
May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice struck out; Fisk grounded out (third to
first); Evans doubled; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Baylor
singled to left; NORTHRUP BATTED FOR BLAIR; Northrup popped to
center; Baylor stole second; Robinson popped to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Burleson made
an out to second; On a bunt Cooper grounded out (pitcher to
first); Doyle singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: SHOPAY BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Shopay struck out; Bumbry
grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: HUTTO REPLACED SHOPAY (PLAYING C ); Lynn flied out
to right; Rice singled to center; Fisk forced Rice (third to
second); Evans singled to left [Fisk to second]; Petrocelli
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Grich flied out to left; May flied out to right;
Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Red Sox 2.