After putting on a power display with four homers, the Red Sox pushed over two runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Twins, 7-5. Tommy Helms homered with a man on base in the third and Butch Hobson followed with a four-bagger, marking the 15th time this season that the Red Sox hit back-to-back homers. Boston Red Sox 7, Minnesota Twins 5Game Played on Saturday, August 27, 1977 (Day game) at Fenway ParkTwins 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 1 Red Sox 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 x - 7 9 4 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Terrell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .231 Burleson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Adams ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .332 Helms dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .216 Ford rf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .270 Dillard pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .256 Carew 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .375 Hobson 3b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .266 Hisle cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .294 Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .292 Kusick dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Rice rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .318 Bostock ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .337 Scott 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .273 Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Miller cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Gorinski lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .217 Doyle 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Wynegar ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Montgomery c 3 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Randall 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .224 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cubbage ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bulling c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .190 Chiles ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .268 D. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 11 5 2 2 Totals 30 7 9 7 1 3 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 34,636 Left on Base: Twins 8, Red Sox 2 DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Smalley, Burleson 3, Montgomery Doubles: Gorinski (4), Carew (32), Chiles (12), Montgomery (1), Hobson (25) Home Runs: Helms (1), Hobson (26), Montgomery (1), Scott (31) Stolen Bases: Gorinski (1) Sacrifice Flies: Hisle (7), Yastrzemski (9), Rice (3) GIDP: Terrell (11) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Johnson 3 4 3 3 0 1 2 13 4.22 Schueler L(6-5) 4 4 2 2 0 1 2 15 4.56 T. Johnson 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 3.03 Totals 8 9 7 7 1 3 4 33 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee W(5-3) 7 9 3 3 1 2 0 30 5.40 Willoughby SV(2) 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 10 4.23 Totals 9 11 5 4 2 2 0 40 Wild Pitches: D. Johnson (4), Lee (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nestor Chylak TWINS 1ST: Terrell singled to left; Ford walked [Terrell to second]; Carew forced Ford (shortstop unassisted) [Terrell to third]; Hisle hit a sacrifice fly to center [Terrell scored, Carew to second (on throw to home)]; Kusick singled to left [Carew scored, Kusick out at second (left to second)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to right; Helms flied out to center; Hobson struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Smalley flied out to left; Gorinski singled to right; Gorinski stole second [Gorinski to third (error by Montgomery)]; Randall singled [Gorinski scored]; Bulling forced Randall (second to shortstop) [Bulling to second (error by Burleson)]; Lee threw a wild pitch [Bulling to third]; Terrell grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Rice flied out to right; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 0. TWINS 3RD: Ford grounded out (second to first); Carew flied out to left; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Doyle popped to catcher in foul territory; Montgomery doubled to right; D. Johnson threw a wild pitch [Montgomery to third]; Burleson reached on an error by Smalley [Montgomery out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Helms homered [Burleson scored]; Hobson homered; Yastrzemski lined to center; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 3. TWINS 4TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley flied out to left; Gorinski doubled; Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 4TH: SCHUELER REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott singled to center; Miller struck out; Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 3. TWINS 5TH: Bulling struck out; Terrell grounded out (third to first); Ford singled to center; Carew singled to right [Ford to third]; Hisle grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 5TH: Montgomery homered; Burleson grounded out (second to first); Helms popped to shortstop; Hobson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 4. TWINS 6TH: Kusick popped to first; Smalley lined to second; Gorinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski popped to first in foul territory; Rice flied out to right; Scott homered; Miller lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 5. TWINS 7TH: Randall grounded out (third to first); Bulling singled to center; Terrell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bulling out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 7TH: Doyle singled to left; Montgomery lined into a double play (first to second) [Doyle out at second]; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 5. TWINS 8TH: Ford reached on an error by Burleson; Carew doubled to left [Ford to third]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Hisle lined to third; BOSTOCK BATTED FOR KUSICK; Bostock popped to third in foul territory; Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 8TH: BOSTOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); T. JOHNSON REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Helms walked; DILLARD RAN FOR HELMS; Hobson doubled to center [Dillard to third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dillard scored, Hobson to third (on throw to home)]; Rice hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hobson scored]; Scott struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 7. TWINS 9TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WYNEGAR BATTED FOR GORINSKI; Wynegar popped to second; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR RANDALL; Cubbage singled to right; CHILES BATTED FOR BULLING; Chiles doubled to right [Cubbage to third]; ADAMS BATTED FOR TERRELL; Adams walked; Ford reached on an error by Burleson [Cubbage scored, Chiles to third, Adams to second]; Carew grounded out (first to pitcher) [Chiles scored (unearned), Adams to third, Ford to second]; Hisle lined to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Red Sox 7. |
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