Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)
Game Played on Saturday, July      31, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      2  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Red Sox      1  0  2    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   6 12  3


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   3   0     0   0   .307      Burleson ss           4   2   2   0     1   1   .269
White lf              3   1   0   0     2   1   .272      Doyle 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .238
Munson c              4   1   0   0     1   0   .325      Cooper dh             4   2   2   2     0   0   .281
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .300      Yastrzemski 1b        3   1   1   1     1   1   .264
C. May dh             4   0   2   1     1   1   .251      Rice lf               3   0   3   3     1   0   .270
Nettles 3b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Miller cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .295
Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .252      Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .252
Alomar 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .243      Hobson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .212
Mason ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .177      Montgomery c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
  Hendricks ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .171      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   2     6   4             Totals               35   6  12   6     3   8

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 26,637
Left on Base: Yankees 11, Red Sox 8
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Burleson, Rice, Montgomery
Doubles: Burleson (12), Cooper (12), Yastrzemski (15), Rice (13)
Home Runs: Cooper (8)
Stolen Bases: Rivers 3 (34), Munson (11), Burleson (8)
Caught Stealing: Alomar (7)
GIDP: Montgomery (1)
Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (3,by Cleveland)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(12-10)         6.2  12   6   6   2   5   1  33   3.39
Tidrow                  1.1   0   0   0   1   3   0   5   2.70
Totals                  8    12   6   6   3   8   1  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(5-5)        7.1   8   4   2   6   4   0  36   4.10
Murphy SV(3)            1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.97
Totals                  9     9   4   2   6   4   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (2)
Wild Pitches: Hunter (3), Cleveland (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second
[Rivers to third (error by Montgomery)]; White struck out;
Munson walked; Munson stole second; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first) [Rivers scored, Munson to third]; C. May
walked while Munson advanced to home on a wild pitch; Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson doubled to left; Doyle popped to third;
Cooper popped to catcher in foul territory; Yastrzemski walked;
Rice singled to center [Burleson scored, Yastrzemski to second];
Miller lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox
1.

YANKEES 2ND: Gamble popped to third; Alomar grounded out (second
to first); Mason singled to left; Rivers singled to right [Mason
to third]; Rivers stole second; White walked; Munson grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox
1.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans struck out; Hobson singled to center;
Montgomery grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Hobson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss grounded out (third to first); C. May
struck out; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson struck out [Burleson out at first (catcher
to first)]; Doyle lined to first; Cooper doubled to left; Hunter
threw a wild pitch [Cooper to third]; Yastrzemski doubled to
left [Cooper scored]; Rice doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored];
Miller flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red
Sox 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Gamble popped to third; Alomar walked; Alomar was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mason struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans struck out; Hobson was called out on strikes;
Montgomery lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red
Sox 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers singled to center; Rivers stole second;
White walked; Munson flied out to center; Chambliss singled to
center [Rivers to third, White to second]; C. May singled to
left [Rivers scored, White scored (error by Rice) (unearned) (no
RBI), Chambliss to second]; Nettles lined into a double play
(second to first) [C. May out at first]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson singled to left; Doyle singled to left
[Burleson to third]; Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Burleson scored, Doyle to second]; Yastrzemski struck out; Rice
singled to right [Doyle scored]; Miller singled to left [Rice to
second]; Evans forced Miller (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 5.

YANKEES 6TH: Gamble walked; Alomar forced Gamble (second to
shortstop); Mason flied out to center; Rivers popped to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Hobson popped to third; Montgomery flied out to
right; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 5.

YANKEES 7TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss was hit by a pitch;
C. May reached on an error by Burleson [Chambliss to third];
Nettles popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Doyle flied out to right; Cooper homered;
Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Rice walked; Miller
singled to second [Rice to second]; TIDROW REPLACED HUNTER
(PITCHING); Evans struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Gamble flied out to right; Alomar singled to right;
HENDRICKS BATTED FOR MASON; Hendricks singled to center [Alomar
to second]; MURPHY REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Rivers flied
out to center; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED HENDRICKS (PLAYING SS); Hobson
struck out; Montgomery struck out; Burleson walked; Burleson
stole second; Doyle popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson flied out to center; Chambliss flied out to
center; C. May singled to center; Nettles flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.