Four homers among their 11 hits were the biggest blows for the Red Sox in a 12-3 trouncing of the Twins. The Red Sox erupted for seven runs in the third inning, including a circuit clout by Jim Rice with a man on base and a round-tripper by Dwight Evans with two aboard. Carl Yastrzemski added a homer in the fifth and Carlton Fisk joined in with a blow in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 12, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Tuesday, April 20, 1976 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Twins 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 1 Red Sox 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 2 x - 12 11 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Oliva 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Carbo dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .222 Terrell pr,2b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Dillard ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Doyle 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .206 Randall 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lynn cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .400 Carew 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .316 Rice lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .286 Braun dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 .179 Yastrzemski 1b 3 2 1 1 1 0 .242 Hisle lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .184 Fisk c 4 3 3 1 0 0 .371 Bostock cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Evans rf 3 3 2 4 1 0 .294 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 McKay 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Burleson ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .281 Ford rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .154 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .219 Goltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Albury p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 8 2 2 4 Totals 32 12 11 11 4 3 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 22,147 Left on Base: Twins 6, Red Sox 2 DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Wynegar, Fisk Doubles: Braun (1), Carew (7), Evans (5) Triples: Ford (1), Lynn (1) Home Runs: Rice (2), Evans (2), Yastrzemski (1), Fisk (2) Stolen Bases: Carew (6) Sacrifice Flies: Doyle (1), Burleson (2) GIDP: Kusick (1), Rice (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Goltz L(0-1) 2.1 7 8 7 1 1 1 15 8.53 Luebber 4.2 4 4 4 3 2 3 20 9.00 Albury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.25 Totals 8 11 12 11 4 3 4 38 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(1-1) 9 8 3 2 2 4 0 36 2.84 Totals 9 8 3 2 2 4 0 36 Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman TWINS 1ST: Oliva walked; TERRELL RAN FOR OLIVA; Carew struck out; Braun doubled [Terrell scored]; Hisle grounded out (first to pitcher) [Braun to third]; Bostock flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Carbo grounded out (second to first); Doyle flied to center; Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Red Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar was called out on strikes; McKay singled; Ford forced McKay (shortstop to second); Thompson singled [Ford to second]; Terrell flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Fisk singled; Evans doubled [Fisk scored, Evans scored (error by Wynegar) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Petrocelli flied to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Red Sox 2. TWINS 3RD: Carew doubled; Braun popped to catcher in foul territory; Carew stole third [Carew scored (error by Fisk) (unearned)]; Hisle struck out; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson singled; Carbo singled [Burleson to third]; Doyle hit a sacrifice fly to left [Burleson scored, Carbo to second]; Lynn tripled [Carbo scored]; Rice homered [Lynn scored]; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk singled [Yastrzemski to second]; LUEBBER REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Evans homered [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk scored]; just to left of CF flagpole, almost at top of wall; Petrocelli flied to right; Burleson popped to right; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 9. TWINS 4TH: Wynegar flied to left; McKay was called out on strikes; Ford flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 4TH: Carbo struck out; Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); Lynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 9. TWINS 5TH: Thompson flied to center; Terrell popped to third; Carew popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 5TH: Rice grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski homered; Fisk popped to second; Evans popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 10. TWINS 6TH: Braun walked; Hisle flied to center; Bostock flied to center; Wynegar popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 10. RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli flied to right; Burleson flied to left; Carbo walked; Doyle popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 10. TWINS 7TH: McKay flied to left; Ford tripled; Thompson singled [Ford scored]; KUSICK BATTED FOR TERRELL; Kusick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 10. RED SOX 7TH: RANDALL REPLACED KUSICK (PLAYING 2B); Lynn walked; Rice grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lynn out at second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 10. TWINS 8TH: Carew singled; Braun flied to center; Hisle flied to right; Bostock flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 10. RED SOX 8TH: Fisk homered; Evans walked; Petrocelli singled [Evans to third]; ALBURY REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Burleson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Evans scored]; DILLARD BATTED FOR CARBO; Dillard popped to second; Doyle flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 12. TWINS 9TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wynegar lined to second; McKay popped to third; Ford singled; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 12.

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