Rick Burleson, Butch Hobson and Dwight Evans batted in three runs apiece, while Carlton Fisk scored four times, as the Red Sox routed the Royals, 15-6. Fisk banged out three singles and a triple. Burleson collected his RBIs with a bases-loaded double to cap a seven-run outburst by the Red Sox in the first inning. Hobson homered with two men on base in the second and Evans drove in his runs with a grounder, sacrifice fly and homer. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 15, Kansas City Royals 6
Game Played on Sunday, August    29, 1976 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Royals       0  0  1    2  2  1    0  0  0  -   6 14  2
Red Sox      7  5  0    2  0  1    0  0  x  -  15 18  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford lf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Burleson ss           4   1   3   3     0   0   .282
Cowens rf             5   2   2   1     0   0   .264        Heise pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Otis cf               2   0   2   1     0   0   .294      Doyle 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .255
  Jones pr,cf         3   1   1   1     0   1   .220      Lynn cf               5   2   3   1     0   1   .309
McRae dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .355      Yastrzemski lf        1   0   0   1     0   0   .267
Mayberry 1b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Darwin ph,lf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  D. Nelson 2b        1   0   1   0     1   0   .233      Fisk c                5   4   4   1     0   1   .249
Rojas 3b,2b,3b        4   1   2   0     0   0   .230      Cooper 1b             3   2   2   2     1   1   .281
Stinson c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .272      Rice dh               5   2   2   0     0   0   .263
Patek ss              1   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Evans rf              3   2   1   3     0   0   .244
  Quirk 3b,1b         3   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Hobson 3b             4   1   2   3     0   1   .216
White 2b,ss           4   1   3   3     0   0   .227      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kreuger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   6  14   6     1   4             Totals               39  15  18  14     1   5

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 26,747
Left on Base: Royals 7, Red Sox 4
DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Mayberry, Rojas, Darwin, Evans
Doubles: Otis (37), Cowens (18), Stinson (6), White (14), Burleson (19), Lynn (28)
Triples: Fisk (3)
Home Runs: Cowens (3), Jones (1), White (2), Hobson (4), Evans (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (6), Evans (4), Cooper (5)
GIDP: Stinson (5), Rojas (4), Rice (15)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(15-7)         1.1   9   9   6   0   1   0  14   3.51
Gura                    3.2   5   5   5   1   1   2  17   3.57
Bruno                   2     4   1   1   0   1   0   9   1.98
Hall                    1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4.64
Totals                  8    18  15  12   1   5   2  43

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(10-10)           5    10   5   5   1   1   2  24   3.99
House                   2     3   1   1   0   3   1   9   4.65
Kreuger                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.50
Totals                  9    14   6   6   1   4   3  40

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford popped to first in foul territory; Cowens
popped to first; Otis doubled to right; McRae grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to left; Burleson was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Mayberry; assist by Leonard
[Burleson to second]; On a bunt Doyle singled to first [Burleson
to third]; Lynn singled to right [Burleson scored, Doyle to
third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to center [Doyle
scored]; Fisk singled to right [Lynn to third]; Cooper singled
to right [Lynn scored, Fisk to second]; Rice singled to center
[Fisk to third, Cooper to second]; Evans reached on an error by
Rojas [Fisk scored, Cooper to third, Rice to second]; 51
minute rain delay; temperature dropped 19 degrees; Hobson
struck out; Burleson doubled to left [Cooper scored (unearned),
Rice scored (unearned), Evans scored (unearned)]; Doyle grounded
out (pitcher to first); 7 R (4 ER), 7 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 7.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Rojas singled to left
[Mayberry to second]; Stinson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Mayberry to third, Rojas out at second];
Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red
Sox 7.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn doubled to left; Yastrzemski grounded out
(second to first) [Lynn to third]; Fisk singled to right [Lynn
scored]; GURA REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Cooper walked [Fisk
to second]; Rice singled to left [Fisk to third, Cooper to
second]; Evans lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Fisk
scored]; Hobson homered [Cooper scored, Rice scored]; Burleson
flied out to left; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 12.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Wohlford
grounded out (second to first); Cowens doubled to left; Otis
singled to right [Cowens scored, Otis to second (error by
Evans)]; JONES RAN FOR OTIS; McRae grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 12.

RED SOX 3RD: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ROJAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); QUIRK REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING 3B); WHITE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Doyle grounded out (first to
pitcher); Lynn struck out; DARWIN BATTED FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Darwin
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 12.

ROYALS 4TH: DARWIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Mayberry lined
to center; Rojas singled to right; Stinson doubled to right
[Rojas to third]; Quirk popped to third in foul territory; White
doubled to left [Rojas scored, Stinson scored]; Wohlford was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Red Sox
12.

RED SOX 4TH: D. NELSON REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 2B); QUIRK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ROJAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); Fisk tripled to center; Cooper hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Fisk scored]; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
homered; Hobson lined to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Red Sox 14.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens homered; Jones homered; McRae grounded out
(second to first); D. Nelson walked; Rojas grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [D. Nelson out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 14.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson singled to center; HEISE RAN FOR BURLESON;
Doyle forced Heise (second to shortstop); Lynn flied out to
center; Darwin popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
5, Red Sox 14.

ROYALS 6TH: HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HOUSE REPLACED
WISE (PITCHING); Stinson struck out; Quirk struck out; White
homered; Wohlford flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Red Sox 14.

RED SOX 6TH: BRUNO REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Fisk singled to
left; Cooper singled to center [Fisk to third]; Rice grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Fisk scored,
Cooper out at second]; Evans popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Red Sox 15.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Jones struck
out; McRae singled to left; D. Nelson singled to left [McRae to
second]; Rojas forced D. Nelson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Red Sox 15.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson singled to center; Heise popped to catcher
in foul territory; Doyle was called out on strikes; Lynn singled
to center [Hobson to third]; Darwin grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Red Sox 15.

ROYALS 8TH: KREUGER REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Stinson popped to
second; Quirk lined to center; White singled to left [White to
second (error by Darwin)]; Wohlford lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Red Sox 15.

RED SOX 8TH: HALL REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); Fisk struck out;
Cooper struck out; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 6, Red Sox 15.

ROYALS 9TH: Cowens grounded out (second to first); Jones flied
out to left; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Red Sox 15.