Luis Tiant pitched a five-hitter and struck out seven in pitching Boston to a 7-0 triumph over Detroit for his fifth victory against two defeats. Carlton Fisk belted his sixth home run in the fifth. Ron LeFlore singled to extend his hitting streak to 20 games. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Monday, May       17, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  3    2  1  0    0  1  0  -   7 12  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Miller cf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .371      LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .375
Cooper 1b             2   1   2   1     0   0   .273      Johnson lf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .247
  Johnson 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .161      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .330
Yastrzemski dh        5   0   1   2     0   0   .204      Staub rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .330
Fisk c                4   1   1   1     1   2   .264      Thompson 1b           2   0   0   0     2   1   .290
Carbo lf              1   0   0   0     1   1   .255      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
  Rice ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Evans rf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .265      Manuel 2b             1   0   0   0     1   1   .143
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   0     1   0   .266        Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
  Heise pr,3b         1   1   0   0     0   0   .167        Sutherland 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Doyle 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .230      Kimm c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Burleson ss           3   2   1   0     0   0   .235      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  12   7     3   6             Totals               30   0   5   0     4   7

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 11,757
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Tigers 7
DP: Red Sox 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Fisk, LeFlore, Staub
Doubles: Cooper (3), Burleson (4)
Triples: Miller (2)
Home Runs: Fisk (6)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Miller (1)
GIDP: Rodriguez (5), Veryzer (3)
Hit by Pitch: Burleson (1,by Laxton), Rice (1,by Laxton)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(5-2)            9     5   0   0   4   7   0  34   2.57
Totals                  9     5   0   0   4   7   0  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(2-3)          2.2   6   3   3   1   2   0  15   4.47
Laxton                  6.1   6   4   4   2   4   1  28   2.66
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   6   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Laxton 2 (3)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Miller popped to third in foul territory; Cooper
doubled to left; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted)
[Cooper to third]; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Johnson singled to center;
Johnson stole second; Horton popped to first in foul territory;
Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Carbo struck out; Evans grounded out (shortstop to
first); Petrocelli singled to right; Doyle grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Rodriguez struck out; Veryzer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson doubled to left; Miller tripled [Burleson
scored]; Cooper singled to right [Miller scored, Cooper to
second (error by Staub)]; Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to
first); Fisk was called out on strikes; Carbo walked; Evans
singled to center [Cooper scored, Carbo to third (error by
LeFlore), Evans to second]; LAXTON REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING);
Petrocelli flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: JOHNSON REPLACED COOPER (PLAYING 1B); Manuel walked;
Kimm was called out on strikes; LeFlore flied out to center;
Johnson singled to right [Manuel to third]; Horton struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Doyle singled to center; Burleson was hit by a
pitch [Doyle to second]; Miller out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Doyle to third, Burleson to second]; Johnson was
called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled to second [Doyle
scored, Burleson scored, Yastrzemski out at second (second to
shortstop to first)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub walked; Thompson walked [Staub to second];
Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Staub to third, Thompson out at second]; Veryzer flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk homered; RICE BATTED FOR CARBO; Rice struck
out; Evans singled to left; Petrocelli flied out to center;
Doyle made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: RICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Manuel struck out;
Kimm lined to center; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
flied out to center; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Johnson struck out; Horton singled to left; Staub
flied out to center; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Fisk
struck out; Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez singled to catcher [Rodriguez to second
(error by Fisk)]; Veryzer made an out to shortstop; MEYER BATTED
FOR MANUEL; Meyer flied out to center; Kimm flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 8TH: SUTHERLAND REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 2B); Evans flied
out to center; Petrocelli walked; HEISE RAN FOR PETROCELLI;
Doyle singled to right [Heise to third]; Burleson flied out to
right; Miller singled to left [Heise scored, Doyle to second];
Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LeFlore singled
to left; Johnson forced LeFlore (shortstop to second); Horton
flied out to center; Staub popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Fisk
walked; Rice was hit by a pitch [Fisk to second]; Evans struck
out; Heise forced Rice (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 7, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson walked; Rodriguez flied out to center;
Veryzer grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Tigers 0.