The Red Sox smashed four homers off Catfish Hunter in the first inning and tagged Dick Tidrow for two more in the seventh to slug the Yankees into defeat, 9-4. Rick Burleson and Frd Lynn began the bombardment of Hunter and, after two were out, Carlton Fisk and George Scott connected for the circuit. Fisk's homer was the 100th of his career.

In the seventh, Jim Rice singled and Carl Yastrzemski and Fisk followed with homers. The trio of back-to-back blows marked the 8th, 9th and 10th times the Red Sox had achieved that feat this season. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, New York Yankees 4
Game Played on Friday, June      17, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      0  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 12  1
Red Sox      4  0  0    0  1  1    3  0  x  -   9 14  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .293      Burleson ss           4   1   1   1     1   1   .312
Rivers cf             5   0   2   1     0   1   .327      Lynn cf               5   2   1   1     0   1   .220
Munson c              5   0   1   1     0   1   .306      Rice dh               4   1   2   0     0   1   .293
Chambliss 1b          5   0   2   0     0   1   .298      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   2   3     0   0   .307
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Fisk c                4   2   3   2     0   1   .358
Jackson rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .282      Scott 1b              4   2   2   1     0   0   .281
Piniella lf           4   1   3   0     0   1   .322      Carbo rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .301
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .213        Evans ph,rf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Dent ss               2   1   0   0     1   1   .263      Hobson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .233
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Doyle 2b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .264
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  12   4     2   5             Totals               36   9  14   9     2   7

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 34,557
Left on Base: Yankees 9, Red Sox 5
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Rivers, Hobson
Doubles: Piniella (5)
Home Runs: Burleson (2), Lynn (6), Fisk 2 (13), Scott (16), Yastrzemski (10)
Caught Stealing: Piniella (2), Burleson (5)
GIDP: Johnson (1), Burleson (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  0.2   4   4   4   0   1   4   6   5.95
Clay L(0-1)             4.1   4   1   1   1   4   0  17   1.23
Tidrow                  3     6   4   3   1   2   2  15   2.18
Totals                  8    14   9   8   2   7   6  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee                     2.1   7   4   4   2   0   0  17   4.47
Stanley W(4-3)          3.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  11   4.54
Campbell SV(13)         3     3   0   0   0   3   0  12   2.64
Totals                  9    12   4   4   2   5   0  40

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Rich Garcia


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to right; Rivers singled to
center; On a bunt Munson reached on an error by Hobson [Rivers
to second]; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted) [Rivers to
third, Munson to second]; Johnson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson homered; Lynn homered; into Red Sox
bullpen; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski popped to shortstop;
Fisk homered; Scott homered; CLAY REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Carbo flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 4.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson flied out to center; Piniella doubled to
center; Nettles flied out to center [Piniella to third]; Dent
walked; Randolph singled to center [Piniella scored, Dent to
second]; Rivers singled to left [Dent scored, Randolph to
third]; Munson singled to pitcher [Randolph scored, Rivers to
second]; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 2ND: Hobson was called out on strikes; Doyle singled to
left; Burleson forced Doyle (first to shortstop); Burleson was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Jackson
walked; Piniella singled to right [Jackson to second]; Nettles
singled to right [Jackson scored, Piniella to third, Nettles to
second (on throw to home)]; STANLEY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING);
Piniella was picked off and caught stealing home (catcher to
third); Dent was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Lynn struck out; Rice grounded out (shortstop to
first); Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk singled to right
[Yastrzemski to third]; Scott grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Rivers
flied out to right; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Carbo struck out; Hobson flied out to right; Doyle
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
4, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss singled to center; Johnson grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Chambliss out at
second]; Jackson singled to center; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson walked; Lynn forced Burleson (first to
shortstop); Rice singled to center [Lynn to third]; Yastrzemski
grounded out (first unassisted) [Lynn scored, Rice to second];
Fisk struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 5.

YANKEES 6TH: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Dent
grounded out (second to first); Randolph flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: TIDROW REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Scott singled to
center; Carbo singled to center [Scott to third (error by
Rivers)]; Hobson struck out; Doyle singled to right [Scott
scored (unearned), Carbo to third]; Burleson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Doyle out at
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 7TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Rivers struck
out; Munson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss singled to
right; Johnson popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice singled
to left; Yastrzemski homered [Rice scored]; Fisk homered; Scott
flied out to center; EVANS BATTED FOR CARBO; Evans walked;
Hobson flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Red Sox 9.

YANKEES 8TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Jackson grounded
out (first to pitcher); Piniella singled to left; Nettles
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Piniella to second]; WHITE
BATTED FOR DENT; White popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING SS); Doyle flied
out to center; Burleson was called out on strikes; Lynn grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox
9.

YANKEES 9TH: Randolph singled to right; Rivers forced Randolph
(second to shortstop); Munson struck out; Chambliss struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 9.