Steve Dillard hit his first major league homer, connecting with two men on base in the third inning, to start the Red Sox off to a 6-1 victory over the Tigers, extending their winning streak to five games. Dwight Evans contributed a triple and two doubles to the attack. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 19, 1976 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  3    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   6 12  0
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Heise ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .283      Mankowski 3b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .316
Dillard 2b            5   1   2   3     0   0   .283      Oglivie cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .283
Lynn cf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .314      Staub rf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .299
Fisk c                3   0   1   0     2   0   .247      Horton dh             3   0   0   0     1   2   .258
Rice lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .264      Johnson lf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Evans rf              4   1   3   1     1   1   .240      Meyer 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .238
Baker 1b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Darwin dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .206      Scrivener 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Yastrzemski ph,dh   0   0   0   0     1   0   .271        Stanley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
  Lee pr,dh           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wagner ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Hobson 3b             3   2   2   0     1   1   .223      Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  12   5     5   7             Totals               32   1   6   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  8,949
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Tigers 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Johnson 2
Doubles: Evans 2 (31), Hobson (5), Lynn (32)
Triples: Evans (5), Mankowski (1)
Home Runs: Dillard (1)
Caught Stealing: Fisk (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Heise (3), Johnson (1)
GIDP: Dillard (6), Baker (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(13-10)           9     6   1   1   2   6   0  35   3.50
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   6   0  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(14-16)        7.1  11   6   4   3   5   1  35   4.07
Grilli                  1.2   1   0   0   2   2   0   8   4.98
Totals                  9    12   6   4   5   7   1  43

Wild Pitches: Roberts (3)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


RED SOX 1ST: Heise singled to left; Dillard grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Heise out at second]; Lynn
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Mankowski singled to shortstop; Oglivie singled to
right [Mankowski to second]; Staub singled to left [Mankowski
scored, Oglivie to second]; Horton struck out; Johnson was
called out on strikes; Meyer was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk singled to center; Rice struck out; Fisk was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Evans tripled to
center; Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan struck out; Scrivener flied out to left;
Wagner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Hobson
walked; Heise reached on an error by Johnson [Hobson to second];
Dillard homered [Hobson scored, Heise scored (unearned)]; Lynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk grounded out (second to
first); 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski lined to second; Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice popped to second; Evans doubled to left; Baker
struck out; Darwin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton flied out to right; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Meyer grounded out (pitcher to shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Hobson singled to left; Heise out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Hobson to second]; Dillard lined to
left; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to center; Scrivener popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Wagner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk walked; Rice singled to left [Fisk to second];
Evans struck out; Baker grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Rice out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Mankowski tripled to right; Oglivie popped to
catcher in foul territory; Staub walked; Horton struck out;
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Darwin grounded out (second to first); Hobson
doubled to center; Heise singled to left [Hobson scored];
Dillard singled to center [Heise to second]; Lynn flied out to
center; Fisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Meyer flied out to center; Freehan flied out to
right; Scrivener flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice reached on an error by Johnson [Rice to
second]; Evans doubled to center [Rice scored (unearned)]; Baker
flied out to center [Evans to third]; YASTRZEMSKI BATTED FOR
DARWIN; Roberts threw a wild pitch [Evans scored]; Yastrzemski
walked; LEE RAN FOR YASTRZEMSKI; GRILLI REPLACED ROBERTS
(PITCHING); Hobson was called out on strikes; Heise forced Lee
(third to second); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: LEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wagner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mankowski popped to third in foul
territory; Oglivie singled to shortstop; Staub grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Dillard popped to catcher in foul territory; Lynn
doubled to center; Fisk walked; Rice grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Lynn to third, Fisk to second]; Evans walked; Baker
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Horton walked; Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Horton to second]; Meyer singled to center
[Horton to third]; Freehan lined to third; STANLEY BATTED FOR
SCRIVENER; Stanley forced Meyer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 1.