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Monday September 19, 1977
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A three-run homer by Carlton Fisk in the third inning propelled the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Yankees in opener of a showdown series. The Yankees, who saw their American League East Division lead trimmed to 3½ games, closed to within one run in the eighth when Dave Kingman belted his third homer in three games. The Red Sox, however, clinched the victory with two runs in their half. Carl Yastrzemski hit his 25th homer. Fisk followed with a triple and scored on George Scott's single. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 3

Game Played on Monday, September 19, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  7  1
Red Sox      1  0  3    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   6 11  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Burleson ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .292
White lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .276      Cox dh                4   1   2   0     0   0   .750
Munson c              4   1   2   2     0   0   .294      Rice rf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .323
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   2   2     0   0   .301
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .290      Fisk c                4   2   2   3     0   1   .311
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .244      Scott 1b              4   0   3   1     0   1   .263
Piniella dh           2   0   2   0     1   0   .332      Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Blair cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Kingman ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .224      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     1   4             Totals               34   6  11   6     1   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 34,346
Left on Base: Yankees 3, Red Sox 5
DP: Yankees 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Chambliss
Doubles: White (22), Munson (24)
Triples: Fisk (3)
Home Runs: Munson (17), Kingman (5), Fisk (24), Yastrzemski (25)
Caught Stealing: Hobson (4)
GIDP: Dent (8), Blair (7)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(15-10)       7.1  11   6   6   1   4   2  33   3.69
Lyle                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.31
Totals                  8    11   6   6   1   4   2  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(10-8)       9     7   3   3   1   4   2  33   4.04
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   4   2  33

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nestor Chylak


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); White
popped to catcher in foul territory; Munson homered; Jackson
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to center; Cox singled to right
[Burleson to second]; Rice flied out to right [Burleson to
third]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Burleson scored, Cox to
third]; Fisk struck out; Scott was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
was called out on strikes; Piniella walked; Blair struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); Hobson
walked; Hobson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent was called out on strikes; Randolph flied out
to center; White made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Cox singled
to center; Rice singled to left [Cox to second]; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first) [Cox to third, Rice to second];
Fisk homered [Cox scored, Rice scored]; Scott singled to center;
Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson flied out to center; Jackson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Hobson struck out; Doyle lined to right; Burleson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles singled to right; Piniella singled to left
[Nettles to second]; Blair flied out to left; Dent grounded into
a double play (third to first) [Nettles out at third]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Cox grounded out (first unassisted); Rice grounded
out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); White
doubled to right; Munson doubled to right [White scored];
Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Munson to third];
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk lined to second; Scott singled to right; Lynn
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Scott to second]; Hobson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella
singled to left; Blair grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Doyle grounded out (pitcher to third to first);
Burleson was called out on strikes; Cox flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 8TH: KINGMAN BATTED FOR DENT; Kingman homered; On a bunt
Randolph popped to catcher in foul territory; White grounded out
(second to first); Munson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING SS); Chambliss
dropped a foul fly hit by Rice for an error; Rice flied out to
center; Yastrzemski homered; Fisk tripled to center; Scott
singled to left [Fisk scored]; LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA
(PITCHING); Lynn flied out to center; Hobson flied out to right;
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 9TH: Jackson flied out to center; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.



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