| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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