Ben Oglivie smashed a homer in the first inning and that was all the Tigers needed to defeat the Red Sox, 1-0, in a game stopped by rain after five innings. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 1, Boston Red Sox 0
Game Played on Friday, September 10, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  -   1  3  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  -   0  5  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .312      Burleson ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Oglivie 1b            2   1   1   1     0   0   .287      Dillard 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Staub rf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Lynn cf               2   0   1   0     0   0   .315
Horton dh             2   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Yastrzemski lf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Johnson lf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Fisk c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Stanley 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Cooper 1b             2   0   2   0     0   0   .293
Freehan c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Rice dh               2   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Garcia 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Evans rf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Wagner ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Hobson 3b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .216
Bare p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               19   1   3   1     0   0             Totals               19   0   5   0     1   1

Time of Game: 0:57   Attendance: 19,192
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Red Sox 5
DP: Tigers 2, Red Sox 1
Errors: Garcia, Burleson, Hobson
Doubles: Horton (12), LeFlore (23)
Home Runs: Oglivie (11)
Stolen Bases: Cooper (6)
GIDP: LeFlore (12), Rice (16), Fisk (9)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bare W(7-7)             5     5   0   0   1   1   0  20   4.91
Totals                  5     5   0   0   1   1   0  20

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(7-9)        5     3   1   1   0   0   1  19   3.49
Totals                  5     3   1   1   0   0   1  19

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore popped to first in foul territory; Oglivie
homered; Staub flied out to left; Horton doubled to center;
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

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

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley popped to left; Freehan flied out to center;
Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cooper singled; Rice grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Cooper out at second]; Evans
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Wagner grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
doubled to center; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted)
[LeFlore to third]; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson singled to right; Burleson popped to second;
Dillard grounded out (catcher to first) [Hobson to second]; Lynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton popped to first in foul territory; Johnson
flied out to right; Stanley lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski reached on an error by Garcia; Fisk
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; Cooper singled to left; Cooper
stole second; Rice was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to center; Garcia reached on an
error by Hobson [Garcia to first]; Wagner reached on a fielder's
choice [Garcia to second (error by Burleson)]; LeFlore grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Wagner out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Hobson flied
out to right; Burleson singled to left; Dillard flied out to
right; Game called due to rain at 10:01pm; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.