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Wednesday September 21, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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