| The Red Sox boosted their lead to 3½ games in the American League East with a 4-0 victory over the Orioles behind the two-hit pitching of Rick Wise. Butch Hobson hit a home run in the eighth inning, enabling the Bosox to tie the major league record for most homers in six consecutive games, 22, set by the 1954 Giants. [The Sporting News] |
Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Monday, June 20, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 4 11 0 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .310 Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .294 Lynn cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .239 Skaggs c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Rice dh 5 1 4 1 0 1 .312 Smith 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Yastrzemski lf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .326 Singleton rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .340 Fisk c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .343 L. May 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .239 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Murray dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .269 Evans rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .297 Kelly lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Hobson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 3 .233 DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .254 Dillard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Dempsey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Doyle 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Shopay ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .190 R. May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 4 11 4 4 8 Totals 29 0 2 0 2 10 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 23,815 Left on Base: Red Sox 11, Orioles 4 DP: Red Sox 0, Orioles 0 Doubles: Yastrzemski (12), Belanger (3), L. May (9) Triples: Rice (6) Home Runs: Hobson (9) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(4-2) 9 2 0 0 2 10 0 31 5.27 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 10 0 31 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA R. May L(9-6) 8.2 11 4 4 3 8 1 40 3.11 Drago 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.59 Totals 9 11 4 4 4 8 1 42 Wild Pitches: Wise (1) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out (catcher to first); Lynn flied to center; Rice singled to left; Yastrzemski forced Rice (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); Singleton walked; L. May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 2ND: Fisk flied out to left; Scott walked; Evans walked [Scott to second]; Hobson struck out; Dillard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelly grounded out (second to first); DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to center; Lynn walked; Rice tripled to right [Lynn scored]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey popped to first in foul territory; Belanger doubled to left; Bumbry struck out; Smith lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Orioles 0. RED SOX 4TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans singled to left; Hobson was called out on strikes; Dillard singled to left [Evans to second]; Burleson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); L. May struck out; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Orioles 0. RED SOX 5TH: Lynn singled to right; Rice singled to left [Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski doubled [Lynn scored, Rice scored]; Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski to third]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Kelly walked; Wise threw a wild pitch [Kelly to second]; On a bunt DeCinces made an out to pitcher; Dempsey popped to first in foul territory; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 0. RED SOX 6TH: Hobson struck out; Dillard grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry struck out; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 0. RED SOX 7TH: Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice singled to left; Yastrzemski made an out to third; Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 7TH: L. May doubled to left; Murray struck out; Kelly flied out to left; DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 0. RED SOX 8TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Evans struck out; Hobson homered; Dillard grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 8TH: DOYLE REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING 2B); SHOPAY BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Shopay popped to third in foul territory; Belanger flied out to left; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Orioles 0. RED SOX 9TH: SKAGGS REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING C ); SHOPAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn singled; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski singled [Lynn to third]; DRAGO REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); Fisk walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott forced Fisk (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 9TH: Smith flied out to left; Singleton grounded out (first unassisted); L. May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Orioles 0.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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