| Otto Velez had five hits, including two home runs and two doubles, as the Blue Jays divided a doubleheader with the Red Sox. The Blue Jays won the opener, 4-3, on Velez' two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Red Sox rallied to take the nightcap, 6-5, on Rick Burleson's sacrifice fly with the bases full in the eighth. [The Sporting News] |
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Boston Red Sox 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, April 25, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Red Sox 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 3 9 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 x - 4 11 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 .375 Bailor cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Dillard 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .625 Mason ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .114 Rice dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .291 A. Woods lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Scott 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .259 Fairly dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .219 Yastrzemski lf 1 0 0 1 2 0 .362 Velez rf 4 2 3 3 0 0 .444 Fisk c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .279 Bowling rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .340 Ault 1b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .379 Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .174 McKay 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Miller cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Garcia 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .206 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Roof c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashby c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 9 3 2 6 Totals 32 4 11 4 1 7 Time of Game: 2:25 Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 6 DP: Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0 Errors: McKay Doubles: Velez (4), Mason (1) Home Runs: Scott (2), Velez 2 (5) Stolen Bases: Evans (2), Hobson (1), Burleson (4) Caught Stealing: Dillard (1), Bailor (2) Sacrifice Hits: Dillard (1), McKay (2) Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (1) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant 7.1 9 3 3 1 5 1 30 3.44 Campbell L(0-3) 0.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 10.57 Totals 8 11 4 4 1 7 2 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin 7 9 3 3 2 4 1 30 2.45 Vuckovich W(1-1) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1.29 Totals 9 9 3 3 2 6 1 36 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio RED SOX 1ST: Burleson was called out on strikes; Dillard singled to third [Dillard to second (error by McKay)]; Dillard was picked off second (pitcher to second); Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor singled to shortstop; Bailor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 2ND: Scott flied out to right; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk singled to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Evans forced Fisk (shortstop to second) [Yastrzemski to third]; Evans stole second; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly singled to left; Velez flied out to left; Ault struck out; McKay forced Fairly (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 3RD: Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson grounded out (third to first); Dillard singled to left; Dillard was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia struck out; Roof flied out to right; Bailor flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 4TH: Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott singled to left; Yastrzemski walked [Scott to second]; Scott was picked off second (pitcher to second); Fisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mason flied out to right; A. Woods grounded out (first unassisted); Fairly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 5TH: Evans flied out to left; Hobson singled to center; Miller flied out to right; Hobson stole second; Burleson singled to right [Hobson scored]; Burleson stole second; Dillard flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez homered; Ault struck out; McKay singled to center; Garcia singled to center [McKay to third]; Roof struck out; Bailor flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 1. RED SOX 6TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott homered; Yastrzemski flied out to center; Fisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mason struck out; A. Woods popped to second; Fairly walked; Velez doubled to left [Fairly out at home (left to third to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1. RED SOX 7TH: Evans flied out to center; Hobson popped to first in foul territory; Miller grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ault singled to left; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ault to second]; Garcia flied out to center; EWING BATTED FOR ROOF; Ewing popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1. RED SOX 8TH: ASHBY REPLACED EWING (PLAYING C ); Burleson singled to third; Dillard reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Burleson to second]; Rice singled to left [Burleson to third, Dillard to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Scott flied out to left; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to left [Burleson scored]; Fisk forced Rice (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor popped to third in foul territory; Mason doubled to left; A. Woods singled to left [Mason scored]; CAMPBELL REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Fairly struck out; Velez homered [A. Woods scored]; Ault singled to left; McKay struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 4. RED SOX 9TH: BOWLING REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Evans popped to second; Hobson struck out; CARBO BATTED FOR MILLER; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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