Luis Tiant gave up two homers by George Hendrick but allowed only four other hits while pitching the Red Sox to an 11-3 victory over the Indians. Tiant received major batting support from batterymate Carlton Fisk, who drove in three runs with a homer in the second inning, infield out in the third and triple in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 11, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 12, 1976 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  6  1
Red Sox      0  1  5    4  1  0    0  0  x  -  11 11  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Burleson ss           5   2   2   2     0   0   .281
Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Dillard 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .308
  Pruitt 3b           1   0   0   0     1   0   .280      Lynn cf               4   2   2   2     0   1   .318
Blanks ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Yastrzemski lf        3   0   2   2     0   0   .272
  Griffin ss          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Miller pr,lf        1   1   0   0     0   1   .279
Carty dh              2   1   1   0     0   1   .303      Fisk c                3   2   2   3     0   0   .255
  Lis ph,dh           2   0   0   0     0   1   .258        Whitt ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hendrick cf           4   2   2   2     0   1   .275      Cooper 1b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .296
Smith lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Baker ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Spikes rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Rice dh               4   1   1   1     0   0   .263
Ashby c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Evans rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .235
Gonzalez 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Hobson 3b             3   1   0   0     0   1   .218
Thomas p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Raich p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Parker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   6   3     1   6             Totals               34  11  11  11     1   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 24,819
Left on Base: Indians 4, Red Sox 2
DP: Indians 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Ashby
Doubles: Gonzalez (2), Burleson (21), Lynn (31), Yastrzemski (23)
Triples: Spikes (5), Fisk (5)
Home Runs: Hendrick 2 (25), Fisk (15), Rice (20)
Stolen Bases: Fisk (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Hobson (4), Dillard (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thomas L(3-3)           2.1   4   6   3   1   0   1  13   2.28
Raich                   2.2   7   5   5   0   1   1  15  16.88
Parker                  3     0   0   0   0   2   0   9   0.00
Totals                  8    11  11   8   1   3   2  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(18-11)          9     6   3   3   1   6   2  34   3.10
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   6   2  34

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell struck
out; Blanks grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Dillard
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty singled; Hendrick made an out to second;
Smith popped to third in foul territory; Spikes tripled [Carty
scored]; Ashby flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski flied out to right; Fisk homered;
Cooper grounded out (second to first); Rice made an out to
first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Gonzalez made an out to first; Kuiper flied out to
center; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans walked; Hobson reached on an error by Ashby
on a sacrifice bunt [Evans to second]; Burleson doubled to left
[Evans scored, Hobson scored (unearned)]; Dillard out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Burleson to third]; Lynn
singled to right [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski singled to right
[Lynn to third]; RAICH REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Fisk forced
Yastrzemski (shortstop to second) [Lynn scored (unearned)]; Fisk
stole second; Cooper singled to right [Fisk scored (unearned),
Cooper to second (on throw to home)]; Rice grounded out (third
to first); 5 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Blanks lined to left; Carty struck out; Hendrick
homered; Smith popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans grounded out (third to first); Hobson was
called out on strikes; Burleson singled to left; Dillard singled
to right [Burleson to third]; Lynn doubled [Burleson scored,
Dillard to third]; Yastrzemski doubled to left [Dillard scored,
Lynn scored]; MILLER RAN FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Fisk tripled to center
[Miller scored]; Cooper flied out to left; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 2, Red Sox 10.

INDIANS 5TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Spikes flied
out to center; Ashby singled to right; Gonzalez made an out to
shortstop; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 10.

RED SOX 5TH: PRUITT REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); Rice homered;
Evans made an out to second; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burleson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 11.

INDIANS 6TH: Pruitt grounded out (third to first); Blanks
grounded out (shortstop to first); LIS BATTED FOR CARTY; Lis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Red Sox 11.

RED SOX 6TH: LIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GRIFFIN REPLACED
BLANKS (PLAYING SS); PARKER REPLACED RAICH (PITCHING); Dillard
popped to third in foul territory; Lynn struck out; Miller was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox
11.

INDIANS 7TH: Hendrick homered; Smith flied out to left; Spikes
was called out on strikes; Ashby flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 11.

RED SOX 7TH: WHITT BATTED FOR FISK; Whitt grounded out (second
to first); Debut game for Ernie Whitt; BAKER BATTED FOR
COOPER; Baker popped to first in foul territory; Rice grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox
11.

INDIANS 8TH: WHITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BAKER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Gonzalez doubled; Kuiper grounded out (second
to first) [Gonzalez to third]; Pruitt walked; Griffin struck
out; Lis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox
11.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans made an out to second; Hobson flied out to
center; Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 11.

INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick struck out; Smith made an out to second;
Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Red Sox 11.