Graig Nettles smashed two homers, one of them with the bases loaded, and also rapped a pair of doubles in a slugging show during the Yankees' 9-6 victory over the Red Sox. Nettles homered with one aboard in the first inning and then connected for his grand slam in the second to finish off loser Luis Tiant. The Yankee third baseman also scored two other times after reaching base with his doubles. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 9, Boston Red Sox 6
Game Played on Wednesday, September 29, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      2  5  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   9  9  3
Red Sox      0  0  2    0  2  0    1  1  0  -   6  9  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Locklear dh           3   1   1   1     0   0   .239      Burleson ss           4   1   1   0     1   1   .286
  Tovar ph,dh         2   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Doyle 2b              4   2   1   0     0   1   .254
White cf              2   2   1   0     1   0   .288        Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .059
  Murray cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heise 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Nettles 3b            5   4   4   6     0   0   .252      Miller cf             5   1   3   2     0   0   .288
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   0   0     1   2   .266
  Velez 1b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Cooper dh             5   0   1   1     0   0   .287
C. May lf             2   0   0   2     0   0   .254      Rice lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .279
Gamble rf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Evans rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Piniella ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Darwin rf           3   0   0   0     0   3   .207
Hendricks c           4   1   1   0     0   0   .180      Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Healy c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Fisk ph,c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Alomar 2b             3   1   0   0     1   2   .237      Hobson 3b             4   2   2   1     0   0   .237
Mason ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .178      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   9   9   9     2   3             Totals               39   6   9   5     2   7

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 23,980
Left on Base: Yankees 3, Red Sox 8
DP: Yankees 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Alomar 2, Mason, Burleson
Doubles: White (29), Nettles 2 (28), Miller (14)
Triples: Hobson (5)
Home Runs: Nettles 2 (32), Hobson (8)
Sacrifice Flies: C. May 2 (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(17-15)         7     8   5   2   1   5   0  33   3.53
Lyle                    2     1   1   1   1   2   1   8   2.29
Totals                  9     9   6   3   2   7   1  41

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(21-12)          1.2   5   7   7   2   0   2  12   3.13
Jones                   6.1   4   2   2   0   3   0  24   3.36
Willoughby              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.96
Totals                  9     9   9   9   2   3   2  39

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


YANKEES 1ST: Locklear flied out to center; White doubled to
right; Nettles homered [White scored]; Chambliss flied out to
center; C. May grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Doyle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Hendricks
singled to left; Alomar walked [Hendricks to second]; Mason
flied out to center [Hendricks to third]; Locklear singled to
center [Hendricks scored, Alomar to second]; White walked
[Alomar to third, Locklear to second]; Nettles homered [Alomar
scored, Locklear scored, White scored]; JONES REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); Chambliss reached on an error by Burleson; C. May
grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
7, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Cooper reached on an error by
Alomar [Yastrzemski to second]; Rice flied out to left; Evans
forced Cooper (pitcher to shortstop) [Yastrzemski to third];
Whitt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 7, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Hendricks
flied out to center; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 7, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson tripled to right; Burleson singled to third
[Hobson stayed at third]; Doyle struck out; Miller singled to
center [Hobson scored, Burleson scored (error by Mason)
(unearned), Miller to third]; Yastrzemski reached on a fielder's
choice; Cooper popped to shortstop; Rice popped to third; 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 4TH: DARWIN REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING RF); Mason struck
out; Locklear grounded out (pitcher to first); White flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Darwin struck out; Whitt grounded out (second to
first); Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles doubled to right; Chambliss singled to left
[Nettles to third]; C. May hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Nettles scored, Chambliss to second]; PINIELLA BATTED FOR
GAMBLE; Piniella flied out to left; Hendricks grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 8, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); VELEZ
REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); Burleson struck out; Doyle
reached on an error by Alomar; Miller singled to left [Doyle to
second]; Yastrzemski struck out; Cooper singled to right [Doyle
scored (unearned), Miller to third]; Rice singled to right
[Miller scored (unearned), Cooper to second]; Darwin struck out;
2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 8, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Alomar struck out; Mason grounded out (shortstop to
first); TOVAR BATTED FOR LOCKLEAR; Tovar popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 8, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: TOVAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MURRAY REPLACED
WHITE (PLAYING CF); Whitt grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hobson flied out to left; Burleson flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 8, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
doubled to center; Velez singled to center [Nettles to third];
C. May hit a sacrifice fly to left [Nettles scored]; Piniella
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
9, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Doyle singled to center; Miller doubled to center
[Doyle scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to left; Cooper flied out
to right [Miller to third]; Rice flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Red Sox 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Hendricks grounded out (second to first); Alomar
flied out to left; Mason grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: HEALY REPLACED HENDRICKS (PLAYING C ); LYLE
REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Darwin struck out; FISK BATTED FOR
WHITT; Fisk grounded out (third to first); Hobson homered;
Burleson walked; BAKER BATTED FOR DOYLE; Baker popped to second;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 9TH: FISK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HEISE REPLACED
BAKER (PLAYING 2B); WILLOUGHBY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Tovar
flied out to center; Murray flied out to center; Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
9, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Miller flied out to left; Yastrzemski struck out;
Cooper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 9, Red Sox 6.