Homers by Rico Petrocelli and Jim Rice accounted for five runs in the eighth inning as Luis Tiant pitched the Red Sox to a 7-1 victory over the White Sox. The Red Sox were clinging to a lead of only 2-1 when Carlton Fisk singled and Jim Rice homered. Then, after Carl Yastrzemski singled and Dwight Evans walked, Petrocelli hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     17, 1976 (Day game) at Fenway Park
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  5  x  -   7 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .273      Burleson ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .304
Orta 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .167      Griffin 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Bradford rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .500        Doyle ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Fisk c                4   1   2   0     0   0   .385
May dh                2   0   1   0     2   0   .143      Rice lf               4   1   1   3     0   1   .333
Downing c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .231
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Yastrzemski 1b        3   2   1   0     1   1   .174
Dent ss               4   1   1   0     0   1   .333      Evans rf              2   1   1   0     2   0   .167
Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .364      Petrocelli 3b         3   1   1   3     1   0   .261
Forster p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Miller cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     3   4             Totals               32   7  10   6     4   5

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 24,328
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Red Sox 5
DP: White Sox 1, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Evans (3)
Triples: Johnson (1)
Home Runs: Rice (1), Petrocelli (1)
Stolen Bases: May 2 (2), Yastrzemski (1)
Caught Stealing: Petrocelli (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forster                 5.1   5   1   1   1   3   0  21   1.69
Gossage L(1-1)          2.1   4   4   4   2   1   1  12   3.97
Vuckovich               0.1   1   2   2   1   1   1   3  54.00
Totals                  8    10   7   7   4   5   2  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(2-0)            9     5   1   1   3   4   0  35   1.69
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   4   0  35

Wild Pitches: Gossage (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon singled to left; Orta popped to third in
foul territory; Bradford forced Lemon (shortstop to second);
Jones flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin
singled to center; Fisk lined into a double play (second to
first) [Griffin out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to center; Downing flied to center;
May stole second; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted) [May
to third]; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson
tripled to center; Yastrzemski struck out; Evans flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Lemon
grounded out (third to first); Orta grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Petrocelli popped to shortstop; Miller grounded out
(pitcher to first); Burleson singled to right; Griffin grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bradford struck out; Jones struck out; May
walked; May stole second; Downing was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Rice struck
out; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Spencer flied to right; Dent singled to left;
Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dent to second];
Lemon walked; Orta singled to center [Dent scored, Lemon to
second]; Bradford flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski flied to center; Evans walked;
Petrocelli flied to right; Miller was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); May
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Downing lined to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson singled to left; Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Burleson to second]; Fisk singled to left
[Burleson to third]; GOSSAGE REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Rice
forced Fisk (shortstop to second) [Burleson scored]; Johnson was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spencer popped to first in foul territory; Dent
struck out; Brohamer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski walked; Evans doubled to left
[Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli walked; Gossage threw a wild
pitch [Yastrzemski scored, Evans to third, Petrocelli to
second]; Miller reached on a fielder's choice [Evans out at home
(first to catcher to third), Petrocelli to third]; Petrocelli
was caught stealing home (catcher to third to first) [Miller to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Burleson popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Orta flied
to center; Bradford singled to center; Jones grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Red Sox
2.

RED SOX 8TH: DOYLE BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Doyle popped to center;
Fisk singled to center; Rice homered [Fisk scored]; Johnson
popped to first in foul territory; Yastrzemski singled to first;
VUCKOVICH REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Yastrzemski stole second;
Evans walked; Petrocelli homered [Evans scored, Yastrzemski
scored]; Miller struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Red Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: DOYLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); May walked;
Downing lined to left; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted)
[May to second]; Dent flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Red Sox 7.