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Friday April 29, 1977
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Dock Ellis, obtained in a deal with the Yankees, failed in his first start for the Athletics, giving up three homers in five innings and losing to the Red Sox, 7-4. Carlton Fisk connected off Ellis with two men on base in the second. Then in the fifth, after Denny Doyle singled, Carl Yastrzemski and George Scott hit back-to-back homers. The A's also had three round-trippers off Fergie Jenkins, two by Wayne Gross and one by Mitchell Page, but they accounted for only three runs. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Friday, April 29, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park

A's          0  0  0    3  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  7  1
Red Sox      0  3  0    1  3  0    0  0  x  -   7 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Burleson ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .356
Page rf               4   1   3   1     0   0   .385      Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .309
Sanguillen c          4   1   1   0     0   1   .342      Rice dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Yastrzemski lf        3   2   2   2     1   1   .313
Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .317      Scott 1b              4   3   3   1     0   0   .264
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fisk c                4   1   2   3     0   1   .345
Gross 3b              4   2   2   3     0   1   .309      Evans rf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .300
E. Williams dh,1b     4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Hobson 3b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .210
McKinney lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Miller cf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .205
Perez 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .429      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .179        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scott ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   7   4     0   8             Totals               32   7  11   7     4   5

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 17,411
Left on Base: A's 3, Red Sox 6
DP: A's 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: McKinney
Doubles: Perez (1), Page (9), Scott (4)
Home Runs: Page (5), Gross 2 (5), Fisk (2), Yastrzemski (2), Scott (3)
Stolen Bases: Page (5), Miller (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Evans (1)
GIDP: Hobson (2), Burleson (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(1-2)            5     8   7   7   1   4   3  24   4.01
Coleman                 2     1   0   0   2   1   0   8   2.16
Giusti                  1     2   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.84
Totals                  8    11   7   7   4   5   3  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(3-1)          6     6   4   4   0   5   3  24   3.13
Campbell SV(2)          3     1   0   0   0   3   0  10   6.94
Totals                  9     7   4   4   0   8   3  34

Passed Balls: Sanguillen (1)
Wild Pitches: Giusti (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


ATHLETICS 1ST: North lined to second; Page singled; Page stole
second; Sanguillen made an out to second; Allen flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Doyle
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); E.
Williams made an out to shortstop; McKinney grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled; Scott singled [Yastrzemski to
second]; Fisk homered [Yastrzemski scored, Scott scored]; Evans
flied out to right; Hobson struck out; Miller walked; Miller
stole second; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez struck out; Picciolo was called out on
strikes; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); Rice struck
out; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page homered; Sanguillen singled; Allen struck
out; Gross homered [Sanguillen scored]; E. Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); McKinney struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott doubled; Fisk struck out; Evans made an out
to third; Hobson singled to left [Scott scored, Hobson to third
(error by McKinney)]; Miller lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Perez doubled; Picciolo grounded out (second to
first) [Perez to third]; North grounded out (first unassisted);
Page popped to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox
4.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson flied out to center; Doyle singled; Rice
flied out to center; Yastrzemski homered [Doyle scored]; Scott
homered; Fisk grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen lined to first; Allen flied out to
left; Gross homered; E. Williams grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: COLEMAN REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Evans walked;
Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Evans out at second]; Miller grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); McKinney
grounded out (second to first); Perez grounded out (first
unassisted); SCOTT BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Scott was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Burleson
singled; Doyle struck out; Rice popped to right; Sanguillen
allowed a passed ball [Burleson to second]; Yastrzemski was
walked intentionally; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North popped to left; Page doubled; Sanguillen
struck out; Allen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: E. WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); NEWMAN
REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); GIUSTI REPLACED ALLEN
(PITCHING); Fisk singled; Evans out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Fisk to second]; Hobson singled [Fisk to third];
Giusti threw a wild pitch [Hobson to second]; Miller was walked
intentionally; Burleson grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Miller out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross struck out; On a bunt E. Williams grounded
out (third to first); McKinney grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 7.



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