Rookie Mitchell Page stole the show from Jim Rice when the Athletics handed the Red Sox their ninth defeat in 12 games, 8-7. Page, who hit a triple in the first inning and three-run homer in the fifth, added a solo homer in the ninth to give the A's their sixth victory in a row. Rice hit three homers, boosting his total to 33, and a single, driving in four runs. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 8, Boston Red Sox 7
Game Played on Monday, August    29, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  1    0  4  1    0  1  1  -   8 13  2
Red Sox      0  2  1    2  0  2    0  0  0  -   7 15  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              3   1   1   0     0   1   .259      Burleson ss           6   1   1   1     0   0   .294
  Murray cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Helms dh              4   0   2   0     1   0   .241
  Perez ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Dillard pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Scott 2b,ss           5   0   0   1     0   3   .253        Carbo ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Page lf               5   2   3   4     0   1   .296      Hobson 3b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Tabb 1b               4   0   0   0     1   2   .207      Yastrzemski lf        5   1   1   1     0   0   .291
E. Williams dh        4   0   2   0     0   1   .253      Rice rf               5   3   4   4     0   1   .321
  Alexander pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Scott 1b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .271
  McKinney ph,dh      1   0   1   0     0   0   .184      Lynn cf               5   0   3   0     0   1   .257
Sanguillen c          3   0   1   0     1   0   .271      Fisk c                4   0   2   1     1   1   .294
  Mallory pr,cf       1   1   0   0     0   0   .225      Doyle 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .240
Gross 3b              2   2   1   0     2   0   .229      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tyrone rf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .254        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Picciolo ss           2   1   1   1     0   0   .179        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .221        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8  13   8     5   8             Totals               44   7  15   7     3   6

Time of Game: 3:24   Attendance: 29,750
Left on Base: A's 7, Red Sox 13
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Picciolo, Coleman
Doubles: Sanguillen (13), Gross (18), Tyrone (5), Burleson (29)
Triples: Page (6)
Home Runs: Picciolo (2), Page 2 (16), Rice 3 (33)
Stolen Bases: North (17), Mallory (11), Dillard (4)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (11)
GIDP: Sanguillen (12)
Hit by Pitch: North (2,by Wise)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 3     8   5   3   1   1   2  19   2.85
Torrealba               3     6   2   2   1   2   1  17   1.78
Bair W(3-2)             3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   3.82
Totals                  9    15   7   5   3   6   3  47

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise                    5     6   5   5   2   4   2  22   4.79
Willoughby              2     4   1   1   0   3   0  10   4.24
Campbell L(12-9)        1.1   3   2   2   3   1   1   9   3.15
Stanley                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.11
Totals                  9    13   8   8   5   8   3  42

Hit by Pitch: Wise (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Mike Reilly


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Scott grounded out (pitcher to
first); Page tripled; Tabb flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to second; Helms singled; Hobson
flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: E. Williams grounded out (first unassisted);
Sanguillen doubled; Sanguillen was picked off second (pitcher to
shortstop); Gross walked; Tyrone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice homered; Scott singled; Lynn grounded out
(first unassisted) [Scott to second]; Fisk singled [Scott
scored, Fisk to second (on throw to home)]; Doyle singled [Fisk
to third]; Burleson reached on a fielder's choice [Fisk out at
home (third to catcher), Doyle to second]; Helms walked [Doyle
to third, Burleson to second]; Hobson flied out to center; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo homered; North grounded out (pitcher to
first); Scott was called out on strikes; Page struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Rice
homered; Scott grounded out (third to first); Lynn singled; Fisk
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tabb struck out; E. Williams singled; Sanguillen
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [E.
Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Doyle reached on an error by Coleman (assist by
Tabb); Burleson doubled [Doyle scored (unearned)]; TORREALBA
REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Helms grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hobson reached on an error by Picciolo [Burleson to
third]; Yastrzemski forced Hobson (second to shortstop)
[Burleson scored (unearned)]; Rice singled [Yastrzemski to
second]; Scott struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross walked; Tyrone singled [Gross to second];
Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Gross to
third, Tyrone to second]; North was hit by a pitch; Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gross scored, Tyrone to
third, North to second]; Page homered [Tyrone scored, North
scored]; Tabb popped to third in foul territory; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn singled; Fisk walked [Lynn to second]; On a
bunt Doyle struck out; Burleson made an out to second; Helms
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); E. Williams
struck out; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Gross
doubled; Tyrone doubled [Gross scored]; Picciolo grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Hobson lined to left; Yastrzemski singled; Rice
homered [Yastrzemski scored]; Scott grounded out (third to
first); Lynn singled; Fisk singled [Lynn to second]; Doyle
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North singled; North stole second; Scott struck
out; Page grounded out (second to first) [North to third]; Tabb
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); BAIR REPLACED
TORREALBA (PITCHING); Burleson grounded out (second to first);
Helms singled; DILLARD RAN FOR HELMS; Dillard stole second;
Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dillard to third];
Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); E. Williams
singled; ALEXANDER RAN FOR E. WILLIAMS; CAMPBELL REPLACED
WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Alexander was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Sanguillen walked; MALLORY RAN FOR
SANGUILLEN; Gross popped to third in foul territory; Mallory
stole second; Tyrone singled [Mallory scored, Tyrone to second
(on throw to home)]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Crawford was
walked intentionally; PEREZ BATTED FOR MURRAY; Perez grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 7, Red
Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PEREZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
MALLORY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NEWMAN REPLACED CRAWFORD
(PLAYING C ); Rice struck out; Scott walked; Lynn was called out
on strikes; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 7, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Scott struck out; Page homered; Tabb walked;
MCKINNEY BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; McKinney singled [Tabb to
second]; STANLEY REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Mallory lined
into a double play (shortstop to second) [Tabb out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 8, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 9TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Doyle
grounded out (second to first); Burleson flied out to center;
CARBO BATTED FOR DILLARD; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 8, Red Sox 7.