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.

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