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. Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Sunday, August 7, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRed 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. |
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