Four innings of two-hit relief pitching by Tom Murphy enabled the Red Sox to defeat the Yankees, 7-5. The Red Sox, in turning back Ed Figueroa's bid for his 20th victory, picked up two runs on a homer by Butch Hobson in the second inning and then wiped out the Yankees' 4-3 lead with three runs in the fourth. Denny Doyle batted in a pair with a triple and scored on a double by Rick Miller. Jim Rice accounted for the final run with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Tuesday, September 28, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      0  1  3    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 11  0
Red Sox      1  2  0    3  0  0    0  1  x  -   7 15  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .242      Burleson ss           4   1   3   0     1   0   .286
White lf,cf           5   0   2   0     0   0   .287      Doyle 2b              5   1   2   2     0   0   .254
Munson c              3   1   1   1     0   0   .301      Miller cf             3   1   2   1     0   0   .282
  Healy c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .243        Darwin rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Hendricks ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .177      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   1     0   0   .268
Piniella rf,lf        3   1   0   0     1   0   .283      Cooper dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .294      Rice lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .279
Nettles 3b            4   2   2   0     0   0   .247      Evans rf,cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Velez dh              2   0   2   3     0   0   .261      Whitt c               3   2   2   0     1   0   .333
  C. May ph,dh        0   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Hobson 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .233
Maddox cf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .217      Kreuger p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gamble ph,rf        2   0   0   1     0   0   .231        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .240
  Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  11   5     4   4             Totals               35   7  15   7     3   0

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 21,200
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Red Sox 7
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 2
Doubles: Nettles 2 (26), Miller (13), Whitt (2), Cooper (22), Burleson (25), Rice (25)
Triples: Doyle (5)
Home Runs: Munson (17), Hobson (7), Rice (25)
Caught Stealing: Burleson (9), Miller (10)
Sacrifice Hits: C. May (1)
GIDP: Munson (17), White (13), Hobson (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(19-10)       8    15   7   7   3   0   2  38   3.02
Totals                  8    15   7   7   3   0   2  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kreuger W(2-1)          5     9   5   5   3   1   1  24   4.06
Murphy SV(9)            4     2   0   0   1   3   0  15   4.17
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   4   1  39

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


YANKEES 1ST: Alomar singled to center; White singled to first
[Alomar to second]; Munson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Alomar to third, White out at
second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Doyle
grounded out (second to first); Miller doubled to center;
Yastrzemski singled to right [Miller scored]; Cooper flied out
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to right; Nettles grounded out
(third to first) [Chambliss to second]; Velez singled to left
[Chambliss scored, Velez out at second (left to second)]; Maddox
walked; Stanley walked [Maddox to second]; Alomar flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice grounded out (third to first); Evans grounded
out (second to first); Whitt doubled to right; Hobson homered
[Whitt scored]; Burleson singled to right; Burleson was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Munson
homered; Piniella walked; Chambliss struck out; Nettles doubled
to left [Piniella to third]; Velez singled to center [Piniella
scored, Nettles scored]; Maddox flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Doyle singled to left; Miller flied out to left;
Yastrzemski popped to second; Cooper doubled to right [Doyle to
third]; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Stanley singled to left; Alomar flied out to right;
White grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to
first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans flied out to right; Whitt walked; Hobson
flied out to center; Burleson doubled to center [Whitt to
third]; Doyle tripled to right [Whitt scored, Burleson scored];
Miller singled to left [Doyle scored]; Miller was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rick Miller ejected
by 2B umpire Greg Kosc; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 5TH: DARWIN REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING RF); EVANS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Munson grounded out (second to first);
Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: HEALY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Yastrzemski
flied out to right; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); Rice
doubled to left; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles doubled to left; C. MAY BATTED FOR VELEZ;
MURPHY REPLACED KREUGER (PITCHING); C. May out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Nettles to third]; GAMBLE BATTED FOR
MADDOX; Gamble grounded out (second to first) [Nettles scored];
Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: C. MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GAMBLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PINIELLA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Whitt singled to center;
Hobson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Whitt out at second]; Burleson walked; Doyle flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Alomar flied out to left; White singled to left;
Healy struck out; Piniella flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski
grounded out (first unassisted); Cooper flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Nettles flied out to
left; C. May walked; Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice homered; Evans walked; Whitt flied out to
right; Hobson singled to left [Evans out at third (left to
third)]; Burleson singled to left [Hobson to third]; Doyle
popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.

YANKEES 9TH: LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR STANLEY; Locklear struck out;
Alomar singled to center; White flied out to left; HENDRICKS
BATTED FOR HEALY; Hendricks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 5, Red Sox 7.