Carl Yastrzemski and Fred Lynn each collected four of the 17 hits by the Red Sox in a 9-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Yastrzemski drove in two runs and scored three, while Lynn crossed the plate twice and had one RBI. Otto Velez hit a single and homer to account for three runs as the Blue Jays matched the Red Sox in a 5-5 tie before Yastrzemski singled in the seventh inning, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Carlton Fisk to put the Red Sox ahead to stay. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Wednesday, July      6, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Blue Jays    2  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
Red Sox      1  2  2    0  0  0    1  3  x  -   9 17  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bailor cf,ss          5   1   2   0     0   0   .323      Burleson ss           5   0   2   1     0   1   .303
Staggs 2b             5   1   1   1     0   1   .286      Lynn cf               5   2   4   1     0   0   .277
A. Woods lf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Rice dh               5   1   1   0     0   2   .302
Fairly dh             4   1   3   1     0   0   .332      Yastrzemski lf        4   3   4   2     1   0   .311
Velez rf              4   1   2   3     0   1   .283      Fisk c                4   0   1   2     0   1   .325
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Scott 1b              3   1   2   2     1   0   .267
Ault 1b               3   0   0   0     1   2   .262      Carbo rf              3   1   0   0     0   1   .273
Whitt c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .174        Miller ph,rf        2   0   1   0     0   1   .215
Torres ss             3   1   1   0     0   0   .224      Hobson 3b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .244
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .305      Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .243
  Scott cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Vuckovich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Paxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5   9   5     2   6             Totals               39   9  17   9     2   7

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 34,956
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 10
DP: Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Doyle
Doubles: Torres (2), Lynn 2 (13), Scott (15), Hobson (11)
Home Runs: Velez (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (4), Scott (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich L(4-7)        6    13   6   6   2   5   0  33   3.61
Johnson                 2     4   3   3   0   2   0  10   4.42
Totals                  8    17   9   9   2   7   0  43

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   3.1   8   5   5   1   2   1  20   5.34
Paxton                  3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   7.66
Campbell W(7-5)         2.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.55
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   6   1  39

Wild Pitches: Vuckovich (7)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor singled; Staggs reached on a fielder's
choice [Bailor to second]; A. Woods flied out to right [Bailor
to third]; Fairly singled [Bailor scored, Staggs to second];
Velez singled [Staggs scored, Fairly to second]; Rader flied out
to left; Ault was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to left; Lynn doubled; Rice grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Lynn to third]; Yastrzemski singled
[Lynn scored]; Fisk struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, Red Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Whitt lined to right; Torres made an out to
shortstop; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott singled; Carbo forced Scott (third to
second); Hobson popped to catcher in foul territory; Doyle
singled [Carbo to second]; Burleson singled [Carbo scored, Doyle
to second]; Lynn singled [Doyle scored, Burleson to third]; Rice
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Red Sox 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Staggs grounded out (second to first); A. Woods
popped to first in foul territory; Al Woods fouled off 11
straight pitches before fouling out; three of the fouls just
missed home runs; Fairly singled; Velez homered [Fairly
scored]; Rader walked; Ault struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski singled to second; Fisk flied out to
right [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott doubled [Yastrzemski
scored]; Carbo lined to center [Scott to third]; Hobson doubled
[Scott scored]; Doyle popped to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Whitt popped to catcher in foul territory; Torres
doubled; Bailor singled [Torres stayed at second]; Staggs
singled [Torres scored, Bailor to second]; PAXTON REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); A. Woods lined to left; Fairly grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Burleson singled; Lynn doubled [Burleson to third];
Rice struck out; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Fisk made
an out to second; Scott made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez was called out on strikes; Rader grounded
out (pitcher to first); Ault walked; Whitt flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Carbo struck out; Hobson made an out to second;
Doyle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Torres flied out to right; Bailor reached on an
error by Doyle; Staggs lined into a double play (left to first)
[Bailor out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red
Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson struck out; Lynn made an out to shortstop;
Rice popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: A. Woods grounded out (first unassisted); Fairly
singled; CAMPBELL REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Velez lined to
left; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski singled; Vuckovich threw a wild pitch
[Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk singled [Yastrzemski scored];
Scott walked [Fisk to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED VUCKOVICH
(PITCHING); MILLER BATTED FOR CARBO; On a bunt Miller singled to
pitcher [Fisk to third, Scott to second]; Hobson struck out;
Doyle forced Fisk (first to catcher) [Scott to third, Miller to
second]; Burleson flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Ault flied
out to right; Whitt grounded out (second to first); EWING BATTED
FOR TORRES; Ewing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
5, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED EWING (PLAYING CF); BAILOR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Lynn singled; Rice singled [Lynn to
second]; Yastrzemski singled [Lynn scored, Rice to third,
Yastrzemski to second (on throw)]; Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Rice scored, Yastrzemski to third]; Scott lined out on a
sacrifice fly to right [Yastrzemski scored]; Miller struck out;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 9.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Staggs
struck out; A. Woods struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Red Sox 9.