The Red Sox tied the major league record for most homers in one game, hitting eight, and smashed their nine-game losing streak by defeating the Blue Jays, 9-6. George Scott started the bombardment with a two-run shot in the fifth inning and Fred Lynn added a solo swat in the sixth. Butch Hobson and Bernie Carbo followed with back-to-back blows in the seventh. Boston Red Sox 9, Toronto Blue Jays 6Game Played on Monday, July 4, 1977 (Day game) at Fenway ParkBlue Jays 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 - 6 14 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 x - 9 11 3 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bailor cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .322 Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Staggs 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .304 Lynn cf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .262 A. Woods lf 5 2 0 0 0 0 .294 Rice rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .304 Fairly 1b 5 0 2 2 0 1 .325 Miller rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Ewing dh 3 1 1 0 0 2 .308 Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .301 Ault ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .266 Fisk c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .327 Velez rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .279 Scott 1b 4 2 2 3 0 0 .263 Rader 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .259 Hobson 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .244 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221 Helms dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Ashby c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .204 Carbo ph,dh 1 1 1 1 1 0 .280 Whitt pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Doyle ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 6 14 6 2 8 Totals 34 9 11 9 2 3 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 21,073 Left on Base: Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 3 DP: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 3 Errors: Burleson, Scott, Jenkins Doubles: Fairly (15), Rader 2 (6), Bailor (13), Staggs (1) Home Runs: Velez (12), Scott 2 (23), Lynn 2 (9), Hobson (14), Carbo (7), Rice (19), Yastrzemski (16) Stolen Bases: A. Woods (5) GIDP: Rader (7), A. Woods (8), Scott (13) Hit by Pitch: Ault (2,by Campbell) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin 6 4 3 3 0 2 2 22 3.87 Hartenstein L(0-2) 1.1 4 4 4 1 0 4 8 7.23 Willis 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 3.19 Johnson 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4.06 Totals 8 11 9 9 2 3 8 36 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 6.1 10 6 4 1 6 1 31 3.18 Hernandez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.36 Cleveland 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.62 Campbell W(6-5) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 2.64 Totals 9 14 6 4 2 8 1 43 Hit by Pitch: Campbell (3) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Staggs reached on an error by Jenkins; A. Woods forced Staggs (second to shortstop); A. Woods stole second; Fairly doubled [A. Woods scored (unearned)]; Ewing struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (first to pitcher); Lynn struck out; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez struck out; Rader doubled; Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby singled [Rader scored]; Bailor was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski popped to shortstop in foul territory; Fisk flied out to right; Scott made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Staggs singled; A. Woods lined into a double play (right to first) [Staggs out at first]; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson struck out; Helms flied out to center; Dillard made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ewing was called out on strikes; Velez popped to first in foul territory; Rader doubled; Torres walked; Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson made an out to second; Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor doubled; Staggs was called out on strikes; A. Woods grounded out (first unassisted) [Bailor to third]; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski singled; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (third to second); Scott homered [Fisk scored]; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms made an out to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ewing singled to shortstop [Ewing to second (error by Burleson)]; Velez homered [Ewing scored]; Rader grounded out (third to first); Torres flied out to center; Ashby struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 6TH: Dillard made an out to second; Burleson flied out to right; Lynn homered; Rice singled; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor flied out to right; Staggs doubled; A. Woods reached on an error by Scott [Staggs to third]; Fairly singled [Staggs scored, A. Woods to third]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); AULT BATTED FOR EWING; On a bunt Ault singled [A. Woods scored (unearned), Fairly to second]; CLEVELAND REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Velez singled [Fairly to third, Ault to second]; Rader grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Fairly out at home]; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: AULT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HARTENSTEIN REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Fisk walked; Scott grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fisk out at second]; Hobson homered; CARBO BATTED FOR HELMS; Carbo homered; DOYLE BATTED FOR DILLARD; Doyle flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DOYLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Torres popped to first in foul territory; Ashby singled; WHITT RAN FOR ASHBY; Bailor singled [Whitt to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Staggs walked [Whitt to third, Bailor to second]; A. Woods grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Whitt out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 8TH: WHITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Burleson made an out to shortstop; Lynn homered; Rice homered; WILLIS REPLACED HARTENSTEIN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski homered; Fisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott homered; JOHNSON REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Hobson singled; Carbo walked [Hobson to second]; Doyle struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 9. BLUE JAYS 9TH: MILLER REPLACED RICE (PLAYING RF); Fairly struck out; Ault was hit by a pitch; Velez forced Ault (third to second); Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 9. |
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