The Red Sox erupted with two homers in the ninth inning and defeated the Athletics, 5-2, for their 10th straight victory. The loss was the A's ninth in a row. Bernie Carbo led off the ninth with a homer to break a 1-1 tie.

Rick Miller singled with one away and, after a forceout by Denny Doyle, Rick Burleson also singled. Fred Lynn then provided the deciding blow with a three-run homer. The A's scored once in their half of the ninth, but the rally was cut short by Bill Campbell, who gained his 19th save in relief of Rick Wise. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    7, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   5 12  0
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .297      Scott 2b,ss           4   0   2   1     1   1   .269
Lynn cf               5   1   2   3     0   0   .256      Sanguillen c          5   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Rice dh               5   0   1   0     0   0   .325      Tabb 1b               5   0   1   0     0   1   .167
Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   0     0   0   .298      Page lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .304
Fisk c                4   0   2   1     0   0   .308      Tyrone rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .261
Carbo lf              4   1   2   1     0   2   .297        Alexander pr,rf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .264      Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Miller rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .271      Mallory cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Doyle 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .241      Hosley dh             2   0   1   1     1   1   .200
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murray pr,dh        1   1   1   0     0   0   .200
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .170
                                                            Crawford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .226
                                                            Perez 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .247
                                                          Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     1   4             Totals               35   2   8   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance:  7,586
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, A's 10
DP: Red Sox 0, A's 1
Doubles: Fisk (16), Doyle (10), Mallory (3)
Home Runs: Carbo (12), Lynn (13)
Stolen Bases: Scott (15)
GIDP: Hobson (10)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(8-4)             8.1   8   2   2   4   4   0  37   4.25
Campbell SV(19)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.85
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   4   0  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(7-13)        8.1  10   3   3   1   4   1  35   3.51
Lacey                   0.2   2   2   2   0   0   1   4   3.08
Totals                  9    12   5   5   1   4   2  39

Balks: Wise (1)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Al Clark


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to third; Lynn singled; Rice singled
[Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski popped to left; Fisk singled to
second [Lynn to third, Rice to second]; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott struck out; Sanguillen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tabb singled; Page grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Hobson walked; Miller singled [Hobson to second];
Doyle flied out to left; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Hobson to third, Miller to second]; Lynn grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tyrone singled; Gross grounded out (second to
first) [Tyrone to second]; Mallory flied out to left; Hosley
singled [Tyrone scored]; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski singled; Fisk
doubled [Yastrzemski scored]; Carbo struck out; Hobson popped to
first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Scott grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen
lined to third; Tabb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Miller was called out on strikes; Doyle grounded
out (second to first); Burleson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page popped to third in foul territory; Tyrone
flied out to left; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn grounded out (first to pitcher); Rice grounded
out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Mallory grounded out (first unassisted); Hosley
struck out; Picciolo flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk made an out to shortstop; Carbo singled;
Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Scott singled; Sanguillen popped to catcher in
foul territory; Wise balked [Scott to second]; Tabb struck out;
Page was walked intentionally; Tyrone popped to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Miller popped to first in foul territory; Doyle
doubled; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Doyle to
third]; Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross flied out to right; Mallory doubled; Hosley
walked; MURRAY RAN FOR HOSLEY; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR PICCIOLO;
Crawford made an out to shortstop; Scott walked [Mallory to
third, Murray to second]; Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 8TH: MURRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PEREZ REPLACED
CRAWFORD (PLAYING 2B); SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Rice flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tabb grounded out (first unassisted); Page struck
out; Tyrone walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR TYRONE; Gross made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 9TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Carbo
homered; Hobson struck out; Miller singled; LACEY REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); Doyle forced Miller (second unassisted);
Burleson singled to second [Doyle to second]; Lynn homered
[Doyle scored, Burleson scored]; Rice grounded out (third to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Mallory popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Murray singled; Perez singled [Murray to third]; Scott singled
[Murray scored, Perez to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED WISE
(PITCHING); Sanguillen flied out to right [Perez to third];
Scott stole second; Tabb grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 2.