| A two-run double by Carlton Fisk in the third inning provided the Red Sox' winning margin and enabled Luis Tiant to defeat the Indians, 5-3, for his seventh straight victory. The Red Sox scored three times in the first inning, with sacrifice flies by Fred Lynn and Carl Yastrzemski and a double by Cecil Cooper accounting for the RBIs. Then in the third, after Lynn walked and Yastrzemski singled, Fisk batted them home with his double. John Lowenstein homered for the Indians. [The Sporting News] |
Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Friday, September 3, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Red Sox 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 Indians 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 11 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .213 Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .275 Doyle 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .254 Smith rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Lynn cf 2 1 0 1 1 1 .311 Lowenstein cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .201 Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .268 Carty dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .306 Fisk c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .253 Powell 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .291 Ashby ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Rice dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .267 Hendrick lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .273 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Bell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Heise ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Fosse c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duffy ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Lis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 7 5 1 8 Totals 36 3 11 3 1 2 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 7,280 Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Indians 8 DP: Red Sox 1, Indians 0 Doubles: Doyle (13), Cooper (18), Fisk (14), Kuiper (13) Home Runs: Lowenstein (2) Stolen Bases: Lowenstein 2 (10) Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (11) Sacrifice Flies: Lynn (8), Yastrzemski (7) GIDP: Powell (9) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant W(17-10) 9 11 3 3 1 2 1 38 3.05 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 2 1 38 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brown L(8-10) 3 6 5 5 1 3 0 16 4.18 Thomas 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.03 LaRoche 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 2.08 Totals 9 7 5 5 1 8 0 35 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Nestor Chylak RED SOX 1ST: Hobson singled to center; Doyle doubled to right [Hobson to third]; Lynn hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hobson scored, Doyle to third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to left [Doyle scored]; Fisk singled to center; Cooper doubled to center [Fisk scored]; Rice struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. RED SOX 2ND: Evans grounded out (third to first); Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell grounded out (third to first); Hendrick made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 0. RED SOX 3RD: Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); Lynn walked; Yastrzemski singled to right [Lynn to second]; Fisk doubled to left [Lynn scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Cooper grounded out (second to first) [Fisk to third]; Rice was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Bell singled; Fosse flied out to right; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Bell to second]; Kuiper doubled to left [Bell scored]; Smith flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 1. RED SOX 4TH: THOMAS REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Evans popped to third in foul territory; Heise singled to right; Hobson flied out to right; Doyle lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Lowenstein singled to right; Lowenstein stole second; Lowenstein stole third; Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Powell struck out; Hendrick singled to left [Lowenstein scored]; Bell flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. RED SOX 5TH: Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski flied out to left; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. INDIANS 5TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Duffy flied out to left; Kuiper walked; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. RED SOX 6TH: Cooper made an out to shortstop; Rice flied to right in foul territory; Evans grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. INDIANS 6TH: Lowenstein struck out; Carty singled to center; Powell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to pitcher) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. RED SOX 7TH: Heise grounded out (second to first); Hobson flied out to center; Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. INDIANS 7TH: Hendrick singled to left; Bell flied out to right; Fosse forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); Duffy made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. RED SOX 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Lynn struck out; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 2. INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper popped to third in foul territory; Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); Lowenstein homered; Carty singled to center; ASHBY BATTED FOR POWELL; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 3. RED SOX 9TH: ASHBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cooper struck out; Rice struck out; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 3. INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to left; Fosse singled to left [Bell to second]; LIS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Lis made an out to first; Kuiper singled to right [Bell to third, Fosse to second]; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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