Mark Fidrych, Tigers' prize rookie righthander, survived one shaky inning and beat the Red Sox, 6-3, for his seventh victory in eight decisions. The Red Sox had their only shot at Fidrych in the fourth when they scored three runs, two on homers by Fred Lynn and Carl Yastrzemski, to take a 3-1 lead.

The Tigers, however, came back with three in the sixth on a single by Ben Oglivie, a scoring double by Rusty Staub and homer by Jason Thompson. A triple by Aurelio Rodriguez helped the Tigers add their final pair in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Thursday, June      24, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  3    0  2  0  -   6 12  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   0   2   0     0   2   .347      Cooper dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .268
Veryzer ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Griffin 2b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .222
Oglivie rf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .247        Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Staub dh              4   2   3   1     0   0   .320        Doyle 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Thompson 1b           3   2   2   2     1   0   .247      Lynn cf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .311
Johnson lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .281      Yastrzemski 1b        3   1   2   1     1   0   .243
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   1     0   0   .264      Rice lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .263
Garcia 2b             3   0   0   1     0   2   .196      Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   2   .275
Kimm c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .258      Evans rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Fidrych p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
                                                          Burleson ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .232
                                                          Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  12   6     2   5             Totals               33   3   7   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 26,293
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Red Sox 5
DP: Tigers 2, Red Sox 2
Errors: Rodriguez, Cleveland
Doubles: Thompson (7), Staub (15)
Triples: Rodriguez (1), Cooper (3)
Home Runs: Thompson (9), Lynn (5), Yastrzemski (13)
Caught Stealing: Yastrzemski (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Garcia (2)
GIDP: Rodriguez (10), Veryzer (7), Petrocelli (5)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fidrych W(7-1)          9     7   3   3   2   4   2  35   2.18
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   4   2  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(5-5)             5     9   4   4   1   2   1  23   4.23
Cleveland               4     3   2   2   1   3   0  16   3.36
Totals                  9    12   6   6   2   5   1  39

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Don Denkinger


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to third; Veryzer forced LeFlore
(shortstop to second); Oglivie flied out to right; Staub singled
to center [Veryzer to third]; Thompson popped to second; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to center; Griffin grounded out
(third to first); Lynn popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Johnson singled to right; Rodriguez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at
second]; Garcia was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to center; Rice struck out;
Fisk struck out while Yastrzemski was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox
0.

TIGERS 3RD: Kimm grounded out (second to first); LeFlore singled
to center; Veryzer flied out to center [LeFlore to second];
Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans grounded out (third to first); Petrocelli
flied out to right; Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub singled to left; Thompson doubled to right
[Staub to third]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Staub scored, Thompson to third]; Rodriguez reached on a
fielder's choice [Thompson out at third (shortstop to third),
Rodriguez to second]; Garcia flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Cooper tripled to center; Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cooper scored]; Lynn homered; Yastrzemski
homered; Rice flied out to right; Fisk singled to left; Evans
popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Kimm walked; LeFlore struck out; Veryzer grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Kimm out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Burleson
grounded out (second to first); Cooper grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie singled to right; Staub doubled to left
[Oglivie scored]; Thompson homered [Staub scored]; CLEVELAND
REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to right; Rodriguez
singled to right; Garcia struck out; Kimm reached on an error by
Cleveland [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore was called out on
strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Red Sox
Manager Darrell Johnson and Red Sox Coach Don Zimmer ejected by
HP umpire Larry Barnett; Lynn popped to left; Yastrzemski
walked; Rice forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Veryzer flied out to center; Oglivie struck out;
Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk lined to right; Evans singled to left;
Petrocelli grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Thompson walked; Johnson flied out to center;
Rodriguez tripled to center [Thompson scored]; Garcia hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Rodriguez scored]; Kimm singled to
center [Kimm out at second (center to second)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 6, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson singled to shortstop; Cooper lined to
right; MILLER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Miller flied out to center;
Lynn lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 9TH: DOYLE REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING 2B); LeFlore grounded
out (shortstop to first); Veryzer flied out to right; Oglivie
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; Rice walked; Fisk
struck out; Evans reached on an error by Rodriguez [Rice to
second]; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Red Sox 3.