While Dick Pole pitched his first complete game of the season in eight starts, Dwight Evans, Jim Rice and Carlton Fisk smashed homers to help the Red Sox defeat the Athletics, 8-3. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      3  1  2    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   8 13  0
A's          1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cooper dh,1b          5   1   3   0     0   1   .284      Alexander rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .050
Evans rf              5   1   2   3     0   0   .270        Mangual ph,rf       2   0   1   1     0   0   .111
Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .324      Campaneris ss         3   1   1   0     0   0   .220
Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   1   0     1   1   .249        McMullen 3b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Pole p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Baylor lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Rice lf               4   3   2   1     1   0   .267      Williams dh           4   1   3   1     0   0   .212
Fisk c                4   1   2   2     1   1   .282      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .223
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   2   0     0   1   .272        Sandt ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Heise 3b            2   0   0   1     0   0   .389      Tenace 1b             2   1   1   0     2   1   .256
Burleson ss           4   2   1   0     0   1   .240      Washington cf         3   0   0   0     1   1   .220
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .252
                                                          Hosley c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .170
                                                          Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  13   7     4   7             Totals               34   3   8   2     3   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  8,163
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, A's 8
DP: Red Sox 0, A's 0
Errors: Washington
Doubles: Evans (15), Williams (6)
Home Runs: Evans (8), Rice (9), Fisk (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (3)
Hit by Pitch: Garner (1,by Pole)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole W(3-4)             9     8   3   3   3   5   0  38   4.78
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   5   0  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(6-8)           1.2   6   4   4   0   1   2  11   3.93
Bahnsen                 7.1   7   4   4   4   6   1  32   3.61
Totals                  9    13   8   8   4   7   3  43

Passed Balls: Fisk (3), Hosley (2)
Hit by Pitch: Pole (2)
Wild Pitches: Pole (4)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan


RED SOX 1ST: Cooper singled to center; Evans homered [Cooper
scored]; Lynn struck out; Yastrzemski popped to left; Rice
homered; Fisk flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander struck out; Campaneris singled to
right; Baylor singled to center [Campaneris to second]; Williams
doubled to center [Campaneris scored, Baylor out at home (center
to shortstop to catcher)]; Bando grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli singled to left; On a bunt Burleson
forced Petrocelli (catcher to shortstop); Griffin lined to left;
Cooper singled to second [Burleson to second]; Evans doubled to
left [Burleson scored, Cooper to third]; BAHNSEN REPLACED TORREZ
(PITCHING); Lynn flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace was called out on strikes; Washington
walked; Garner grounded out (third to first) [Washington to
second]; Hosley popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski struck out; Rice singled to right; Fisk
homered [Rice scored]; On a bunt Petrocelli singled to pitcher;
Hosley allowed a passed ball [Petrocelli to second]; Burleson
grounded out (third to first); Griffin flied out to right; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alexander popped to center; Campaneris grounded
out (first unassisted); Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Evans flied
to left in foul territory; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams singled to left; Bando struck out;
Tenace walked [Williams to second]; Washington forced Tenace
(third to second) [Williams to third]; Pole threw a wild pitch
[Williams scored, Washington to second]; Garner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Athletics 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski singled to right; Rice flied out to
center; Fisk struck out; Petrocelli was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: HEISE REPLACED PETROCELLI (PLAYING 3B); Hosley
flied out to right; Alexander popped to third in foul territory;
Campaneris popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Athletics 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson singled to left; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Burleson to second]; Cooper
singled to center [Burleson scored (error by Washington) (no
RBI), Cooper to second (on throw to home)]; Evans popped to
first in foul territory; Lynn walked; Yastrzemski walked [Cooper
to third, Lynn to second]; Cooper was out trying to advance to
home (pitcher to catcher); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Baylor lined to right; Williams flied out to
center; Bando was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 7, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 7TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING 3B); SANDT
REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING SS); Rice walked; Fisk singled to center
[Rice to third]; Heise grounded out (third to first) [Rice
scored, Fisk to second]; Burleson was called out on strikes;
Griffin struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Athletics
2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace walked; Washington flied out to center;
Garner was hit by a pitch [Tenace to second]; Hosley forced
Garner (pitcher to second) [Tenace to third]; MANGUAL BATTED FOR
ALEXANDER; Mangual popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 8, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 8TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cooper struck
out; Evans grounded out (third to first); Lynn grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: COOPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); POLE
REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PITCHING); McMullen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baylor flied out to center; Williams
singled to right; Sandt popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 8, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Pole grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice flied
out to center; Fisk walked; Heise forced Fisk (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace singled to left; Fisk allowed a passed
ball [Tenace to second]; Washington was called out on strikes;
Garner popped to first; Hosley singled to third [Tenace to
third]; Mangual singled to right [Tenace scored, Hosley to
second]; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Athletics 3.