Dwight Evans hit a homer with a man on base, Rick Burleson drove in three runs with an infield out and single and the Red Sox worked a successful double steal with Carlton Fisk scoring during the course of an 8-4 victory over the Athletics. Wayne Gross and Earl Williams homered for the A's. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Saturday, April     30, 1977 (Day game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  1  -   4 10  0
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  1  3    0  2  x  -   8 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Burleson ss           5   0   2   3     0   0   .359
Murray rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Doyle 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Page lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .366      Rice dh               3   0   1   0     1   1   .278
Allen 1b              4   0   1   2     0   2   .313      Yastrzemski lf        2   1   0   0     2   1   .303
Sanguillen dh         4   0   0   0     0   2   .325      Scott 1b              2   2   1   0     2   0   .270
Gross 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .306      Fisk c                4   3   3   1     0   0   .371
E. Williams c         4   1   2   1     0   0   .270      Evans rf              4   1   1   2     0   2   .297
Perez 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .364      Hobson 3b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .231
Picciolo ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .188      Miller cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .208
  Mallory ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scott ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .303        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  10   4     0   7             Totals               32   8  11   7     6   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 22,999
Left on Base: A's 5, Red Sox 6
DP: A's 2, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Murray (1), Scott (5), Fisk (4)
Home Runs: Gross (6), E. Williams (5), Evans (4)
Stolen Bases: Hobson (2), Fisk (2)
Caught Stealing: Rice (1)
GIDP: Scott (3), Doyle (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(1-1)           5     6   4   4   2   4   1  22   3.38
Bahnsen                 2     3   2   2   2   1   0   9   6.23
Umbarger                0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2   7.71
Giusti                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.63
Totals                  8    11   8   8   6   6   1  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(2-1)            8     9   3   3   0   7   1  32   3.42
Willoughby              1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   3.97
Totals                  9    10   4   4   0   7   2  36

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Murray
singled; Murray was picked off first (pitcher to first); Page
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox
0.

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

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen struck out; Sanguillen made an out to
third; Gross popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Scott grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second];
Fisk singled; Evans homered [Fisk scored]; Hobson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red
Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: E. Williams grounded out (third to first); Perez
singled; Picciolo made an out to third; North singled [Perez to
second]; Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller popped to third in foul territory; Burleson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page flied out to center; Allen struck out;
Sanguillen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice flied out to left; Yastrzemski struck out;
Scott doubled; Fisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross homered; E. Williams singled; Perez was
called out on strikes; Picciolo singled to pitcher [E. Williams
to second]; North struck out; Murray flied out to right; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans was called out on strikes; Hobson singled;
Miller singled [Hobson to third]; Burleson grounded out (second
to first) [Hobson scored, Miller to second]; Doyle grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page flied out to left; Allen grounded out (third
to first); Sanguillen popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice singled to shortstop; Yastrzemski walked [Rice
to second]; BAHNSEN REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Rice was caught
stealing third (catcher to third) [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott
was walked intentionally; Fisk doubled [Yastrzemski scored,
Scott to third]; Evans made an out to third; Hobson singled to
shortstop [Scott scored, Fisk to third]; Fisk stole home and
Hobson stole second; Miller was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross flied out to right; E. Williams flied out
to center; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Burleson singled; Doyle grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Burleson out at second]; Rice
walked; Yastrzemski lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MALLORY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Mallory singled;
North flied out to right; Murray doubled [Mallory to third];
Page struck out; Allen singled [Mallory scored, Murray scored];
Sanguillen was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED MALLORY (PLAYING SS); UMBARGER
REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Scott walked; Fisk singled [Scott
to third, Fisk to second (on throw to 3b)]; GIUSTI REPLACED
UMBARGER (PITCHING); Evans was called out on strikes; Hobson was
walked intentionally; Miller made an out to shortstop; Burleson
singled [Scott scored, Fisk scored, Hobson to third, Burleson to
second (on throw)]; Doyle popped to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Gross
grounded out (first unassisted); E. Williams homered; Perez
grounded out (second to first); Scott flied out to center; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 8.