Carlton Fisk, who had not driven in a run since June 17, accounted for two RBIs with a double to break a 4-4 tie and sent the Red Sox on their way to an 8-4 victory over the Twins. Carl Yastrzemski knocked in three runs with a single and homer.

Fred Lynn was safe on an error in the fifth inning, Yastrzemski walked and Fisk then sent them home with his two-bagger. The crowd of 25,970 sent the Red Sox home attendance over one million for the 10th straight year. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Thursday, July      8, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  0  1    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  2
Red Sox      2  0  2    0  2  0    1  1  x  -   8 13  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brye cf,rf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .269      Cooper 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .298
Carew 1b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .325      Doyle 2b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .229
Hisle lf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .253        Darwin ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Kusick dh             4   1   2   0     0   1   .307        Griffin 2b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .214
Ford rf               2   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Lynn cf               4   3   2   1     1   0   .317
  Bostock ph,cf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .326      Yastrzemski lf        4   2   2   3     1   0   .262
Wynegar c             2   0   0   1     1   0   .290      Fisk c                5   1   3   2     0   0   .263
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .209      Rice dh               4   0   1   1     0   1   .246
Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Evans rf              2   0   1   1     2   0   .258
Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .255      Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burleson ss           3   0   2   0     1   0   .229
  Hughes p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jones p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Luebber p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   7   4     1   3             Totals               34   8  13   8     5   3

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 25,970
Left on Base: Twins 3, Red Sox 10
DP: Twins 2, Red Sox 1
Errors: Smalley, Randall, Hobson
Doubles: Carew (15), Kusick (10), Fisk (10), Rice (9), Griffin (2), Lynn (14)
Triples: Randall (3), Fisk (2)
Home Runs: Hisle (7), Yastrzemski (15)
Stolen Bases: Lynn (10), Burleson (5)
Caught Stealing: Burleson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cooper (4), Hobson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Brye (4), Wynegar (3)
GIDP: Cubbage (6), Cooper (2)
Hit by Pitch: Rice (3,by Goltz)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(7-8)            4.1   7   6   5   4   1   1  23   3.97
Hughes                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.58
Burgmeier               1     3   1   1   0   1   0   7   1.90
Luebber                 0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.62
Albury                  1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   6   3.25
Totals                  8    13   8   7   5   3   1  42

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(2-0)            5     7   4   4   1   2   1  22   3.23
Cleveland SV(2)         4     0   0   0   0   1   0  12   3.92
Totals                  9     7   4   4   1   3   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Goltz (3)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


TWINS 1ST: Brye flied out to right; Carew doubled to left; Hisle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick singled to shortstop
[Carew out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to left; Doyle singled to left;
Lynn walked [Doyle to second]; Yastrzemski singled to center
[Doyle scored, Lynn to second]; Fisk flied out to center; Rice
was hit by a pitch [Lynn to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Evans
walked [Lynn scored, Yastrzemski to third, Rice to second];
Hobson forced Evans (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 2ND: Ford popped to first; Wynegar walked; Smalley reached
on a fielder's choice [Wynegar to third (error by Hobson)];
Cubbage grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Burleson singled to left; Cooper popped to third in
foul territory; Burleson was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Doyle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 3RD: Randall tripled to right; Brye hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Randall scored]; Carew flied out to right; Hisle lined
to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Lynn singled to left; Yastrzemski homered [Lynn
scored]; Fisk singled to left; Rice lined to center; Evans lined
into a double play (third to first) [Fisk out at first]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 4TH: Kusick doubled to left; Ford singled to third [Kusick
to third]; Wynegar hit a sacrifice fly to right [Kusick scored];
Smalley struck out; Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
walked; Cooper grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Burleson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 5TH: Randall was called out on strikes; Brye grounded out
(third to first); Carew singled to left; Hisle homered [Carew
scored]; Kusick grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
reached on an error by Smalley [Lynn to first]; Lynn stole
second; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk doubled to left [Lynn scored
(unearned), Yastrzemski scored]; HUGHES REPLACED GOLTZ
(PITCHING); Rice struck out; Evans singled to third [Fisk to
third]; Hobson popped to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 4, Red Sox 6.

TWINS 6TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); BOSTOCK BATTED
FOR FORD; Bostock grounded out (second to first); Wynegar flied
out to right; Smalley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: BOSTOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BRYE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BURGMEIER REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING);
Burleson singled to left; Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Burleson to second]; DARWIN BATTED FOR
DOYLE; Darwin struck out; Lynn reached on an error by Randall
[Burleson to third]; Yastrzemski lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 6.

TWINS 7TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED DARWIN (PLAYING 2B); Cubbage flied
out to center; Randall flied out to right; Brye flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk tripled to center; Rice doubled to right [Fisk
scored]; LUEBBER REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Evans walked;
Hobson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rice to
third, Evans to second]; Burleson reached on a fielder's choice
[Rice out at home (third to catcher), Evans to third]; ALBURY
REPLACED LUEBBER (PITCHING); Burleson stole second; Cooper
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 7.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (third to first); Hisle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kusick was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: Griffin doubled to right; Lynn doubled to right
[Griffin scored]; Yastrzemski popped to catcher in foul
territory; Fisk popped to center; Rice popped to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 9TH: Bostock flied out to left; Wynegar popped to second;
Smalley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Red
Sox 8.