After 6 1/3 innings of perfection, Rick Wise settled for a two-hitter while pitching the Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the Tigers. Wise breezed through the first 19 batters before Phil Mankowski and Ben Oglivie singled in succession. Jim Rice gave Wise the only run he needed by crashing a homer in the second inning. Carlton Fisk singled in the fourth to extend his batting streak to 18 games. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 9, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0
Red Sox      0  1  1    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   5 11  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Mankowski 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Dillard 2b            3   2   3   0     1   0   .290
Oglivie rf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .285      Lynn cf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .314
Staub dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   2   1     0   1   .270
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .254
  Stanley 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Cooper 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .289
Meyer lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Rice dh               3   1   1   1     1   1   .267
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .240
Scrivener 2b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Hobson 3b             3   0   1   2     0   0   .213
Wagner ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   2   0     0   3             Totals               33   5  11   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 13,643
Left on Base: Tigers 2, Red Sox 6
DP: Tigers 0, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Dillard (9)
Home Runs: Rice (19)
Caught Stealing: Lynn (9)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle L(9-11)           3.2   8   4   4   1   1   1  18   3.65
Crawford                3.1   3   1   1   1   4   0  14   4.45
Grilli                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.12
Totals                  8    11   5   5   2   6   1  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(12-10)           9     2   0   0   0   3   0  29   3.67
Totals                  9     2   0   0   0   3   0  29

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Marty Springstead


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Mankowski
flied out to center; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Dillard
singled to center; Lynn lined to center; Yastrzemski flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub flied out to left; Thompson flied out to left;
Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk flied out to right; Cooper popped to catcher
in foul territory; Rice homered; Evans popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Scrivener
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wagner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
flied out to center; Dillard doubled to left; Lynn singled to
right [Dillard scored]; Lynn was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 2.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore popped to first in foul territory; Mankowski
grounded out (second to first); Oglivie flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski singled to left; Fisk singled to center
[Yastrzemski to second]; Cooper singled to center [Yastrzemski
to third, Fisk out at third (center to first to second to
third), Cooper to second]; Rice was walked intentionally; Evans
struck out; Hobson singled to center [Yastrzemski scored, Cooper
scored, Rice to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING);
Burleson struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Staub flied out to left; Thompson lined to
shortstop; Meyer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Dillard singled to right; Lynn struck out;
Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan grounded out (second to first); Scrivener
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wagner was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Rice struck
out; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Mankowski
singled to center; Oglivie singled to center [Mankowski to
second]; Staub lined to third; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dillard walked; Lynn singled
to second [Dillard to third]; Yastrzemski singled to center
[Dillard scored, Lynn to second]; Fisk forced Yastrzemski
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox
5.

TIGERS 8TH: Meyer grounded out (second to first); Freehan struck
out; Scrivener was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: GRILLI REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); STANLEY
REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING 1B); Cooper popped to second; Rice
flied out to left; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 9TH: JOHNSON BATTED FOR WAGNER; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); LeFlore grounded out (second to first);
Mankowski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.