Breaking a 4-4 tie, the Red Sox scored on a double by Denny Doyle and single by Fred Lynn in the fifth inning to lead the way to a 7-4 victory over the Indians before a home opening crowd of 32,127 at Fenway Park. Carlton Fisk helped the Red Sox pull away with a round-tripper in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Tuesday, April     13, 1976 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  1  1    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  5
Red Sox      0  2  0    2  1  1    0  1  x  -   7 10  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .375      Carbo dh              4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Kuiper 2b             3   1   0   0     2   0   .000        Johnson ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Bell 3b               4   2   3   1     1   0   .714      Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     2   1   .167      Lynn cf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .412
Hendrick rf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .111      Rice lf               4   2   2   0     0   0   .333
Carty dh              4   1   1   1     1   1   .250      Yastrzemski 1b        3   1   0   0     1   0   .133
Spikes lf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fisk c                4   1   1   1     0   1   .286
Fosse c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Evans rf              4   2   2   1     0   1   .143
  Pruitt c            1   0   0   0     2   0   .000      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   3   1     0   0   .308
Duffy ss              4   0   2   0     0   2   .429      Burleson ss           3   0   0   1     1   1   .200
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     8   5             Totals               35   7  10   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 32,127
Left on Base: Indians 12, Red Sox 6
DP: Indians 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: Manning, Bell, Fosse, Duffy 2
Doubles: Hendrick (1), Evans 2 (2), Doyle (2), Petrocelli (1)
Triples: Rice (1)
Home Runs: Carty (1), Bell (1), Fisk (1)
Stolen Bases: Bell (1), Burleson (1)
Caught Stealing: Pruitt (1)
GIDP: Fisk (1), Rice (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(0-1)           4     7   5   3   1   1   0  21   6.75
Brown                   3.2   3   2   1   1   4   1  15   2.45
LaRoche                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8    10   7   4   2   6   1  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee                     3.2   7   4   4   5   3   2  23   9.82
Cleveland W(1-0)        5.1   2   0   0   3   2   0  20   0.00
Totals                  9     9   4   4   8   5   2  43

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Nestor Chylak


INDIANS 1ST: Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper walked;
Bell singled to left [Kuiper to second]; Powell lined to center;
Hendrick forced Bell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Doyle flied
out to center; Lynn grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty homered; Spikes popped to left; Fosse
grounded out (second to first); Duffy singled to left; Manning
singled to center [Duffy to third]; Kuiper forced Manning
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice tripled to left; Yastrzemski reached on a
fielder's choice [Rice scored (error by Fosse; assist by Duffy)
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Ray Fosse injured on Jim Rice's
slide; PRUITT REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); Fisk grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski
out at second]; Evans doubled to left; Petrocelli singled to
left [Evans scored (unearned), Petrocelli to second (on throw)];
Burleson lined to third; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
1, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell homered; Powell walked; Hendrick forced Powell
(third to second); Carty walked [Hendrick to second]; Spikes
forced Hendrick (right to shortstop to third) [Carty to second];
Pruitt walked [Carty to third, Spikes to second]; Duffy struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Carbo was called out on strikes; Doyle reached on
an error by Duffy; Lynn popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Rice lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Manning popped to catcher in foul territory; Kuiper
walked; Bell singled to left [Kuiper to second]; Powell struck
out; Hendrick doubled to right [Kuiper scored, Bell scored];
CLEVELAND REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Carty grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski walked; Fisk flied out to right; Evans
doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored]; Petrocelli singled to left
[Evans to third]; Burleson forced Petrocelli (shortstop to
second) [Evans scored]; Burleson stole second; Carbo grounded
out (catcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red
Sox 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes popped to catcher in foul territory; Pruitt
walked; Pruitt was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Duffy singled to center; Manning grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Doyle doubled to right; Lynn singled to left [Doyle
scored]; BROWN REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Rice grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lynn out at second];
Yastrzemski popped to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Red Sox 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Bell walked;
Bell stole second; Powell walked; Hendrick forced Bell (pitcher
to third) [Powell to second]; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk homered; Evans struck out; Petrocelli popped
to second; Burleson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
4, Red Sox 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Spikes flied out to center; Pruitt flied to right
in foul territory; Duffy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Carbo struck out; Doyle flied out to center; Lynn
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning singled to left; Kuiper forced Manning
(pitcher to shortstop); Bell flied out to center; Powell lined
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice singled [Rice to second (error by Duffy)];
Yastrzemski flied out to center [Rice to third (error by
Manning)]; Fisk struck out; Evans reached on an error by Bell
[Rice scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Petrocelli doubled to right
[Evans to third]; Burleson walked; LAROCHE REPLACED BROWN
(PITCHING); JOHNSON BATTED FOR CARBO; Johnson struck out; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 3 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 9TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hendrick flied
out to center; Carty flied out to center; Spikes popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Red
Sox 7.