Relieving with two out in the ninth inning, Tom House threw only one pitch and Chris Chambliss hit it for a three-run homer to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox. Elrod Hendricks led off the stanza with a single and stopped at third on a double by Mickey Rivers. Tom Murphy retired the next two batters. The Red Sox then brought in southpaw House to face lefthanded-hitting Chambliss with fatal results. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Sunday, July      25, 1976 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  2  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  3  -   6 13  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Rivers cf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .304
Fisk c                5   1   1   0     0   1   .235      White lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Lynn cf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .312      Munson c              5   0   1   1     0   0   .335
Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .264      Chambliss 1b          5   1   1   3     0   1   .304
Rice lf               3   2   2   2     0   0   .262      C. May dh             3   1   3   0     1   0   .250
  Miller lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Nettles 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .242
Evans rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .248      Gamble rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .258
Darwin dh             3   0   2   2     0   1   .235      Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
  Cooper ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Mason ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .178
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .194        Hendricks ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .168
Heise 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .321      Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  11   5     2   3             Totals               38   6  13   6     2   2

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 49,723
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Yankees 8
DP: Red Sox 2, Yankees 1
Errors: Rice, Randolph
Doubles: Evans (20), Darwin (6), Gamble (10), Rivers (22)
Home Runs: Rice (15), Chambliss (12)
Caught Stealing: Lynn (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Rice (7)
GIDP: Griffin (4), Mason (3)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise                    5     9   3   3   2   1   0  25   4.04
Murphy                  3.2   3   2   2   0   1   0  14   4.30
House L(1-3)            0     1   1   1   0   0   1   1   4.66
Totals                  8.2  13   6   6   2   2   1  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman                4.1   9   5   5   1   0   1  21   3.26
Jackson                 2.2   2   0   0   1   1   0  11   3.98
Tidrow W(4-1)           2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.79
Totals                  9    11   5   5   2   3   1  38

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Fisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn singled; Lynn was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; White flied out to
center; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski reached on an error by Randolph
[Yastrzemski out at second (right to second)]; Rice homered;
Evans doubled; Darwin doubled [Evans scored]; Griffin grounded
out (second to first) [Darwin to third]; Heise grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss popped to catcher in foul territory; C.
May singled; Nettles singled [C. May to second]; Gamble grounded
out (third to first) [C. May to third, Nettles to second];
Randolph flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Yankees 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to right; Fisk grounded out
(second to first); Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason singled; Rivers reached on an error by Rice
[Mason to third, Rivers to second]; White grounded out (first
unassisted); Munson popped to first; Chambliss struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski lined to right; Rice singled; Evans
walked [Rice to second]; Darwin singled [Rice scored, Evans to
second]; Griffin grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Darwin out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: C. May singled; Nettles forced C. May (second to
shortstop); Gamble lined into a double play (first unassisted)
[Nettles out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Yankees 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Heise singled; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Heise to second]; Fisk singled [Heise to
third]; Lynn singled [Heise scored, Fisk to second]; JACKSON
REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked [Fisk to third,
Lynn to second]; Rice hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fisk
scored]; Evans forced Yastrzemski (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph walked; Mason grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Randolph out at second]; Rivers
singled; White singled [Rivers to second]; Munson singled
[Rivers scored, White to third]; Chambliss flied out to left; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Darwin struck out; Griffin grounded out (shortstop
to first); Heise singled; Burleson singled [Heise to second];
Fisk lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: C. May walked; Nettles singled [C. May to second];
Gamble doubled [C. May scored, Nettles to third]; MURPHY
REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Randolph struck out; Mason grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Nettles scored, Gamble to third]; Rivers
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn flied out to center; Yastrzemski flied out to
center; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: White lined to shortstop; Munson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 8TH: TIDROW REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Evans grounded
out (shortstop to first); COOPER BATTED FOR DARWIN; Cooper
popped to second; Griffin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MILLER REPLACED
RICE (PLAYING LF); C. May singled; Nettles popped to shortstop;
Gamble flied out to left; Randolph popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Heise grounded out (third to first); Burleson
grounded out (second to first); Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: HENDRICKS BATTED FOR MASON; Hendricks singled;
Rivers doubled [Hendricks to third]; White flied out to center;
Munson grounded out (third to first); HOUSE REPLACED MURPHY
(PITCHING); Chambliss homered [Hendricks scored, Rivers scored];
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 6.