George Scott, who also sparkled with the glove, hit his 33rd homer of the season in the sixth inning to lift the Red Sox over the Yankees, 3-2, completing a sweep of the critical two-game series. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 21, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
Red Sox      0  1  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   3  7  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .323      Burleson ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .294
White lf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Cox dh                4   0   1   0     0   1   .583
Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Rice rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Jackson rf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .285        Miller rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .290      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .299
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .242      Fisk c                4   1   1   0     0   0   .310
Piniella dh           4   1   2   2     0   1   .334      Scott 1b              2   2   2   1     1   0   .266
Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Lynn cf               2   0   1   1     1   0   .252
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .237
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alston ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .364        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     3   5             Totals               30   3   7   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 30,212
Left on Base: Yankees 9, Red Sox 5
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Jackson, Hobson
Doubles: White (23), Randolph (28), Chambliss (31), Lynn (27)
Triples: Burleson (7)
Home Runs: Piniella (11), Scott (33)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (16)
GIDP: White (11), Hobson (16)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(16-13)         8     7   3   2   2   3   1  32   3.80
Totals                  8     7   3   2   2   3   1  32

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   5.1   5   2   2   2   4   1  23   4.71
Willoughby W(6-0)       0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.32
Campbell SV(28)         3     3   0   0   1   1   0  12   2.92
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   5   1  38

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


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; White doubled to right;
Munson grounded out (catcher to first) [White to third]; Jackson
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to left; Cox struck out; Rice
lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss struck out; Nettles popped to catcher in
foul territory; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Fisk
grounded out (third to first); Scott walked; Lynn doubled to
center [Scott scored]; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph struck out; Dent made an out to second;
Rivers made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Doyle was called out on strikes; Burleson singled
to right; Cox grounded out (third to first) [Burleson to
second]; Rice grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White was called out on strikes; Munson lined to
third; Jackson singled to left; Jackson stole second; Chambliss
walked; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski lined to second; Fisk singled to right;
Scott singled to right [Fisk scored (error by Jackson)
(unearned), Scott to second]; Lynn walked; Hobson grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella homered; Randolph doubled to left; Dent
flied out to right [Randolph to third]; Rivers grounded out
(third to first); White flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Doyle popped to center; Burleson flied out to
center; Cox singled to left; Rice flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to left; Jackson walked [Munson to
second]; Chambliss flied out to center [Munson to third];
WILLOUGHBY REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Nettles reached on a
fielder's choice [Munson out at home (third to catcher to
shortstop), Jackson to second]; Piniella singled to left
[Jackson scored, Nettles to third]; Randolph grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski lined to right; Fisk flied out to
center; Scott homered; Lynn popped to first in foul territory; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 7TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); KINGMAN
BATTED FOR DENT; Kingman reached on an error by Hobson; Rivers
lined to first; White grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING SS); Hobson flied
out to right; Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
tripled to right; Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Munson flied out to center; Jackson singled to
center; Chambliss doubled to left [Jackson to third]; Nettles
was walked intentionally; Piniella struck out; Randolph flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski struck out;
Fisk popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 9TH: MILLER REPLACED RICE (PLAYING RF); ALSTON BATTED
FOR STANLEY; On a bunt Alston grounded out (pitcher to first);
Rivers singled to left; White lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Rivers out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.