Ending a 10-game losing streak, the Red Sox gained their first victory since April 23 by defeating the Indians, 6-4, in 12 innings. Opening the decisive frame, Doug Griffin singled and moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Rick Burleson. After stopping at third on a single by Cecil Cooper, Griffin scored the tie-breaker when Carl Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to center field. Rick Miller singled Cooper to third and the runner then scored on a balk by Tom Buskey. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, May       12, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   6 10  1
Indians      0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 13  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cooper 1b             6   2   2   0     0   0   .167      Manning cf            5   1   1   0     1   2   .260
Yastrzemski lf        5   0   0   1     0   1   .219      Kuiper 2b             6   1   1   1     0   0   .213
Lynn cf               5   0   1   0     0   3   .403      Bell 3b               6   1   1   1     0   0   .308
  Miller cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Carty dh              4   1   3   1     0   0   .371
Fisk c                5   2   1   1     0   1   .267        Crosby pr,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Carbo dh              3   0   1   1     0   1   .194        Pruitt ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rice ph,dh          2   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Lowenstein 1b,rf      5   0   1   0     0   0   .184
Evans rf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .253      Hendrick lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Dillard 3b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .478      Spikes rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .232
  Heise 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Howard 1b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Griffin 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .261      Ashby c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .310
Burleson ss           3   0   1   1     1   1   .217      Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .233
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Blanks ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   6  10   4     2   8             Totals               45   4  13   3     2   4

Time of Game: 3:24   Attendance:  4,923
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Indians 9
DP: Red Sox 0, Indians 1
Errors: Fisk, Lowenstein 3
Doubles: Dillard (4), Carbo (2), Evans (8), Manning (4), Carty (9), Spikes 2 (3)
Triples: Fisk (1)
Stolen Bases: Kuiper (6)
Caught Stealing: Spikes (3), Ashby (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (3), Ashby (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (1)
GIDP: Cooper (1)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (2,by Brown), Duffy (1,by Cleveland)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise                    2.1   7   4   4   0   1   0  13   6.28
Cleveland               8.1   6   0   0   2   2   0  32   1.75
House W(1-1)            1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.82
Totals                 12    13   4   4   2   4   0  49

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown                   6.2   6   4   2   1   2   0  28   3.77
Hood                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.29
LaRoche L(0-1)          4.2   4   2   2   1   5   0  19   1.37
Buskey                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.00
Totals                 12    10   6   4   2   8   0  49

Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (1), Brown (2)
Wild Pitches: Cleveland (2)
Balks: Buskey (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


RED SOX 1ST: Cooper reached on an error by Lowenstein;
Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop; Lynn singled to right
[Cooper to third]; Fisk forced Lynn (third to second) [Cooper
scored (unearned)]; Carbo flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded
out (second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans grounded out (third to first); Dillard flied
out to center; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty singled to center; Lowenstein made an out to
second; Hendrick singled to left [Carty to second]; Spikes flied
out to right; Ashby singled to right [Carty out at home (right
to catcher), Hendrick to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Indians 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Cooper made
an out to first; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy flied out to right; Manning doubled to left;
Kuiper singled to right [Manning scored]; Kuiper stole second
[Kuiper to third (error by Fisk)]; Bell singled to center
[Kuiper scored]; Carty doubled to right [Bell scored]; CLEVELAND
REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Lowenstein grounded out (second to
first) [Carty to third]; Cleveland threw a wild pitch [Carty
scored]; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn struck out; Fisk tripled to left [Fisk scored
(error by Lowenstein) (unearned)]; Carbo struck out; Evans lined
to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes doubled to left; Ashby grounded out (third
to first); Duffy was hit by a pitch; Spikes was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Duffy to second]; Manning walked;
Kuiper forced Manning (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Dillard doubled to left; Griffin grounded out
(second to first) [Dillard to third]; Burleson singled to left
[Dillard scored]; Cooper grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Burleson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty flied
out to center; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Lynn grounded out (second to first); Fisk was hit by a
pitch; Carbo doubled to right [Fisk scored, Carbo to third
(error by Lowenstein)]; John Lowenstein called for
obstruction; Evans made an out to third; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick flied out to left; Spikes doubled to
center; Ashby flied out to left; Duffy walked; Manning grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians
4.

RED SOX 7TH: Dillard popped to first in foul territory; Griffin
made an out to third; Burleson walked; Cooper singled to center
[Burleson to third]; HOOD REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
popped to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
popped to first in foul territory; Carty singled to center;
CROSBY RAN FOR CARTY; Lowenstein singled to center [Crosby to
second]; Hendrick forced Crosby (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 8TH: CROSBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LAROCHE
REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Lynn struck out; Fisk grounded out
(third to first); RICE BATTED FOR CARBO; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: RICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Spikes struck
out; Ashby singled to center; Ashby was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 9TH: HOWARD REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING 1B); LOWENSTEIN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Evans walked; On a bunt Dillard
forced Evans (first to shortstop); Griffin grounded out (second
to first) [Dillard to second]; Burleson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Manning flied out to center; Kuiper grounded out
(second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 10TH: Cooper lined to center; Yastrzemski struck out;
Lynn was called out on strikes; Fred Lynn ejected by HP
umpire Ron Luciano; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 10TH: MILLER REPLACED LYNN (PLAYING CF); Crosby made an
out to third; Lowenstein flied out to left; Hendrick flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 11TH: Fisk flied out to left; Rice grounded out
(shortstop to first); Evans doubled to right; Dillard made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 11TH: Howard singled to center; Ashby out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Howard to second]; ROBINSON BATTED FOR
DUFFY; Robinson struck out; HOUSE REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING);
Manning was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Indians 4.

RED SOX 12TH: BLANKS REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING SS); Griffin
singled to right; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Griffin to second]; Cooper singled to left [Griffin
to third]; Yastrzemski lined out on a sacrifice fly to center
[Griffin scored]; Miller singled to left [Cooper to third];
BUSKEY REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Buskey balked [Cooper
scored, Miller to second]; Fisk struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 12TH: HEISE REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING 3B); Kuiper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell made an out to
shortstop; PRUITT BATTED FOR CROSBY; Pruitt grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Indians 4.