Although having a big advantage in hits, 13-7, the Tigers were the victims of three double plays while losing to the Red Sox, 5-4. Each club hit two homers. Aurelio Rodriguez connected with a man on base for the Tigers in the second inning, but the Red Sox picked up the tying tallies and then went ahead when Rick Miller walked and Butch Hobson hit for the circuit in the sixth. Jim Rice added a homer in the eighth for what proved to be the winning run, offsetting a round-tripper by Bill Freehan for the Tigers in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Thursday, August    5, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  1  2    0  1  0  -   5  7  1
Tigers       0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   4 13  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   1   1   0     0   1   .261      LeFlore cf            3   0   2   0     1   1   .327
Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .253      Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     1   2   .311      Staub rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .307
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   1     0   1   .257      Horton dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Rice lf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .279        Stanley pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Cooper dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Thompson 1b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .235
Miller rf             2   1   0   0     2   1   .272      Rodriguez 3b          4   2   2   2     0   0   .252
Hobson 3b             4   1   2   2     0   1   .229      Freehan c             4   1   2   2     0   0   .301
Montgomery c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Veryzer ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .233
Jones p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .198
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Wockenfuss ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
                                                          Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   7   5     5   7             Totals               35   4  13   4     1   2

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 14,419
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Tigers 5
DP: Red Sox 3, Tigers 1
Errors: Lynn, Veryzer
Doubles: Hobson (3), Veryzer (6), Staub (19)
Home Runs: Hobson (2), Rice (16), Rodriguez (8), Freehan (4)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (40)
Caught Stealing: Garcia (5)
GIDP: Yastrzemski (8), Johnson (12), Veryzer (10), Horton (7)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   2.1   5   2   2   1   0   1  10   2.84
Cleveland W(6-5)        5.1   7   1   0   0   2   0  21   3.88
Lee SV(2)               1.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   5   6.52
Totals                  9    13   4   3   1   2   2  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(3-3)        6     5   4   3   5   4   1  28   4.36
Laxton                  3     2   1   1   0   3   1  11   4.50
Totals                  9     7   5   4   5   7   2  39

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle
walked; Lynn lined to center; Yastrzemski forced Doyle
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Johnson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [LeFlore out at
second]; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice flied out to center; Cooper flied out to left;
Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton singled to center; Thompson forced Horton
(first to shortstop); Rodriguez homered [Thompson scored];
Freehan singled to center; Veryzer grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson popped to shortstop; Montgomery struck out;
Burleson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Garcia singled to left; Garcia was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); LeFlore walked; CLEVELAND
REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Johnson struck out; LeFlore stole
second; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Doyle reached on an error by Veryzer [Doyle to
first]; Lynn walked [Doyle to second]; Yastrzemski grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Doyle to third, Lynn out at
second]; Rice walked; Cooper singled to right [Doyle scored
(unearned), Rice to third]; Miller walked [Cooper to second];
Hobson was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton flied out to right; Thompson grounded out
(first unassisted); Rodriguez popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Montgomery grounded out (second to first); Burleson
singled to left; Doyle singled to center [Burleson to third];
Lynn struck out; Yastrzemski singled to right [Burleson scored,
Doyle to third]; Rice lined to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to left; Veryzer doubled to left
[Veryzer out at third (left to shortstop to third)]; Garcia
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Cooper flied out to right; Miller walked; Hobson
homered [Miller scored]; Montgomery grounded out (third to
first); Burleson flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore singled to left; Johnson forced LeFlore
(shortstop to second); Staub singled to right [Johnson to
second]; Horton grounded into a double play (pitcher to second
to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: LAXTON REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Doyle
grounded out (second to first); Lynn popped to second;
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson flied out to left; Rodriguez singled to
center [Rodriguez to third (error by Lynn)]; Freehan grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Rodriguez scored (unearned)]; Veryzer
singled to center; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR GARCIA; Oglivie grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Tigers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: MANUEL REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING 2B); Rice homered;
Cooper grounded out (first to pitcher); Miller grounded out
(second to first); Hobson doubled to right; Montgomery flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore struck out; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); Staub doubled to right; Horton singled to center [Staub
to third]; STANLEY RAN FOR HORTON; LEE REPLACED CLEVELAND
(PITCHING); Thompson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Burleson was
called out on strikes; Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Freehan homered;
Veryzer grounded out (third to first); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR
MANUEL; Wockenfuss flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.