Cecil Cooper collected four of the Brewers' 17 hits and one of their four homers in an attack that produced a 15-7 victory over the Red Sox. Sixto Lezcano, Ken McMullen and Don Money also rapped round-trippers for the Brewers, while the Red Sox had two circuit clouts by Jim Rice and one each by George Scott and Butch Hobson among their 10 hits. Lezcano set an A. L. record for most putouts in one game by a right fielder, handling 10. [The Sporting News]
Milwaukee Brewers 15, Boston Red Sox 7

Game Played on Friday, May 20, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Brewers      0  1  2    0  0  2    6  3  1  -  15 18  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  5  1  -   7 10  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Yount ss              6   1   2   1     0   1   .273      Burleson ss           5   1   2   0     0   0   .341
Money 2b              4   3   2   2     2   0   .279      Lynn cf               4   1   1   1     1   0   .240
Lezcano rf            5   1   2   2     1   0   .259      Rice dh               4   2   2   4     1   1   .277
Bando 3b              4   2   0   0     2   1   .243      Scott 1b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .265
Cooper dh             5   3   4   2     0   0   .305      Yastrzemski lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .296
  Quirk pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .157        Coleman ph,lf       2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
McMullen 1b           5   3   2   3     0   0   .189      Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .336
Brye lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Evans rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
  Hegan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .206      Hobson 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .252
  Wohlford lf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .169      Dillard 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .375
Joshua cf             4   1   3   3     0   0   .222      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Moore c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .284        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  15  18  15     5   4             Totals               36   7  10   7     3   2

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 25,991
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Red Sox 5
DP: Brewers 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Lynn, Willoughby
Doubles: Lezcano (6), Yount (8), Money (7), McMullen (3), Fisk (7)
Home Runs: Cooper (6), Lezcano (6), McMullen (1), Money (3), Rice 2 (7), Scott (8), Hobson (4)
Caught Stealing: Moore (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Moore (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Joshua (2)
GIDP: Yastrzemski (4)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine W(5-4)        9    10   7   7   3   2   4  39   3.62
Totals                  9    10   7   7   3   2   4  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(2-3)            3     4   3   3   1   2   2  13   5.50
Willoughby              3     4   2   2   1   1   1  14   4.00
House                   0     2   3   3   1   0   0   3  43.20
Murphy                  3     8   7   7   2   1   1  19   6.10
Totals                  9    18  15  15   5   4   4  49

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano


BREWERS 1ST: Yount was called out on strikes; Money grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lezcano doubled to left; Bando flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
walked; Rice was called out on strikes; Scott lined to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Cooper homered; McMullen flied out to right; Brye
popped to right; Joshua grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Fisk flied out to
left; Evans lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore singled to left; Yount flied out to right;
Moore was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Money
walked; Lezcano homered [Money scored]; Bando struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson flied out to right; Dillard lined to center;
Burleson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 4TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Cooper
grounded out (third to first); McMullen grounded out (pitcher to
first); Brye struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn flied out to right; Rice homered; Scott
walked; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Scott out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 3, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Joshua singled to right; Moore out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Joshua to second]; Yount grounded out
(pitcher to first); Money walked; Lezcano forced Joshua (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk doubled to left; Evans made an out to
shortstop; Hobson grounded out (third to first); Dillard flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
singled; McMullen homered [Cooper scored]; Brye grounded out
(second to pitcher); Joshua singled to center; Joshua was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Willoughby [Joshua to
second]; Moore grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson flied out to right; Lynn lined to right;
Rice walked; Scott forced Rice (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 7TH: HOUSE REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Yount doubled
to left; Money doubled to center [Yount scored, Money to third
(error by Lynn)]; Lezcano walked; MURPHY REPLACED HOUSE
(PITCHING); Bando walked [Lezcano to second]; Cooper singled to
left [Money scored, Lezcano to third, Bando to second]; McMullen
forced Lezcano (shortstop to catcher) [Bando to third, Cooper to
second]; HEGAN BATTED FOR BRYE; Hegan struck out; Joshua singled
to center [Bando scored, Cooper scored, McMullen to third];
Moore singled to right [McMullen scored, Joshua to third]; Yount
singled to right [Joshua scored, Moore to second]; Money forced
Yount (third to second); 6 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 11, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: WOHLFORD REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING LF); COLEMAN
BATTED FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Coleman flied out to right; Fisk popped
to catcher in foul territory; Evans singled to center; Hobson
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 11, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 8TH: COLEMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lezcano
grounded out (third to first); Bando walked; Cooper singled to
left [Bando to second]; QUIRK RAN FOR COOPER; McMullen doubled
to right [Bando scored, Quirk to third]; Wohlford singled to
right [Quirk scored, McMullen to third]; Joshua hit a sacrifice
fly to center [McMullen scored]; Moore flied out to center; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 14, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Dillard singled
to shortstop; Burleson singled to left [Dillard to second]; Lynn
singled to right [Dillard scored, Burleson to second]; Rice
homered [Burleson scored, Lynn scored]; Scott homered; Coleman
was called out on strikes; Fisk flied out to left; Evans made an
out to shortstop; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 14, Red Sox 6.

BREWERS 9TH: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
homered; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); Bando grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 15, Red
Sox 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Hobson homered; Dillard grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burleson singled to center; Lynn flied out to right;
Rice forced Burleson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 15, Red Sox 7.
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