Four homers, including a game-deciding two-run shot by Cecil Cooper in the seventh inning, powered the Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Athletics. Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk and Jim Rice also homered for the Red Sox, while the A's had circuit clouts by Sal Bando and Don Baylor. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      9, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    1  0  2    0  1  0  -   4  9  1
Red Sox      0  2  0    1  0  0    2  1  x  -   6 11  3


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .278      Cooper dh             4   1   2   2     0   0   .316
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     1   1   .214      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .212
Baylor lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .225      Lynn cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .347
Rudi dh               3   0   0   0     0   1   .282      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   1     0   0   .262
  Alexander pr,dh     0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Rice lf               4   2   3   1     0   0   .269
  McMullen ph,dh      1   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Fisk c                2   1   2   1     2   0   .289
Bando 3b              4   1   3   3     0   0   .239      Evans rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Tenace 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Dillard 3b            2   0   0   1     1   0   .325
Washington rf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Burleson ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .245
Garner 2b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .261      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Haney c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .209        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hosley c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bosman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     2   6             Totals               31   6  11   6     4   0

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 24,191
Left on Base: A's 7, Red Sox 6
DP: A's 2, Red Sox 1
Errors: Tenace, Fisk, Burleson 2
Doubles: Garner (12), Rice (5), Lynn (8), Fisk (6)
Triples: McMullen (1)
Home Runs: Bando (10), Baylor (7), Yastrzemski (9), Fisk (7), Cooper (4), Rice (7)
Stolen Bases: Garner (6), Alexander (8), North (28)
Caught Stealing: Evans (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Garner (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Dillard (1)
GIDP: Tenace (2), Lynn (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(6-6)           6.2   9   5   5   4   0   3  30   3.33
Lindblad                0.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   3   3.13
Bosman                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.91
Totals                  8    11   6   6   4   0   4  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(4-3)             7     6   3   2   2   5   2  29   4.28
Willoughby              0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   2.60
House SV(3)             1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.77
Totals                  9     9   4   3   2   6   2  38

Wild Pitches: Wise (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: North lined to right; Campaneris walked; Baylor
singled to right [Campaneris to second]; Rudi flied out to
right; Campaneris was picked off second (pitcher to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to center; Doyle walked; Lynn
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Doyle out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando reached on an error by Burleson [Bando to
first]; Wise threw a wild pitch [Bando to second]; Tenace struck
out; Washington flied out to left; Garner flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski homered; Rice doubled to center [Rice
out at third (center to second to third)]; Fisk homered; Evans
singled to third; Evans was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Dillard walked; Burleson flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney lined to center; North grounded out
(shortstop to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Cooper singled to right; Doyle lined into a double
play (pitcher to first) [Cooper out at first]; Lynn reached on
an error by Tenace (assist by Garner) [Lynn to first];
Yastrzemski lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor flied out to center; Rudi struck out;
Bando homered; Tenace popped to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice singled to center; Fisk walked [Rice to
second]; Evans forced Fisk (shortstop to second) [Rice to
third]; Dillard hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rice scored];
Burleson popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Washington lined to center; Garner singled to
center; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HANEY; Williams struck out; Garner
stole second [Garner to third (error by Fisk)]; North struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: HOSLEY REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Cooper lined
to center; Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Lynn lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris struck out; Baylor homered; Rudi
reached on an error by Burleson [Rudi to first]; ALEXANDER RAN
FOR RUDI; Alexander stole second; Bando singled to center
[Alexander scored (unearned)]; Tenace grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Bando out at second]; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Yastrzemski
flied out to center; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fisk walked; Evans forced Fisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Washington singled to right; Garner out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Washington to second]; Hosley
flied out to center [Washington to third]; North walked; North
stole second; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Dillard grounded out (second to first); Burleson
singled to left; Cooper homered [Burleson scored]; Doyle
grounded out (first unassisted); Lynn doubled to center;
LINDBLAD REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Yastrzemski popped to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Baylor
grounded out (third to first); MCMULLEN BATTED FOR ALEXANDER;
McMullen tripled to center; Bando singled to center [McMullen
scored]; Tenace grounded out (third to first) [Bando to second];
HOUSE REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Washington struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: MCMULLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Rice homered;
Fisk doubled to center; BOSMAN REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Dillard flied out to
center; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Garner doubled to left; Hosley lined to left;
North grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red
Sox 6.