The Red Sox collected 15 hits, seven of them for extra bases, and defeated the Tigers, 12-5, to keep their hopes alive in the East Division race. Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski and Butch Hobson smashed homers in the Red Sox attack. Reggie Cleveland lasted the route for the Red Sox, despite giving up 18 hits, including a homer by Ben Oglivie. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 12, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 25, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      3  1  1    1  1  2    0  3  0  -  12 15  0
Tigers       1  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  2  -   5 18  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   1   2   1     1   0   .291      LeFlore cf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .328
Cox dh                5   0   0   0     1   0   .344      Fuentes 2b            5   0   3   0     0   0   .308
Rice rf               5   1   2   0     1   2   .317      Staub dh              5   2   2   0     0   0   .276
Yastrzemski lf        4   2   1   2     2   0   .299      Kemp lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .257
Fisk c                5   1   1   3     0   0   .309      Thompson 1b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Scott 1b              4   2   3   0     1   0   .267      Oglivie rf            5   1   2   2     0   0   .256
Lynn cf               5   2   3   1     0   1   .259      May c                 4   0   2   2     0   0   .255
Hobson 3b             4   2   3   3     1   0   .265      Rodriguez 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Dillard 2b            2   1   0   1     2   0   .239        Mankowski 3b        5   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Trammell ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Corcoran ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .258
                                                            Scrivener ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                          Glynn p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  12  15  11     9   3             Totals               43   5  18   4     0   1

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 12,707
Left on Base: Red Sox 11, Tigers 12
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Kemp
Doubles: Burleson (36), Rice (26), Lynn (29), Scott (26), LeFlore (30), Mankowski (7)
Triples: Hobson (5)
Home Runs: Fisk (26), Yastrzemski (27), Hobson (30), Oglivie (20)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Dillard (4), Fisk (10), May (7)
GIDP: Fisk (9), Staub (26)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(11-8)       9    18   5   5   0   1   1  44   4.09
Totals                  9    18   5   5   0   1   1  44

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Glynn L(2-1)            1     4   4   4   2   1   1   9   5.06
Grilli                  4     5   4   3   4   1   1  21   4.65
Crawford                2     6   4   4   2   0   1  14   4.68
Foucault                2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.04
Totals                  9    15  12  11   9   3   3  50

Wild Pitches: Grilli (4), Crawford 3 (6)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry McCoy


RED SOX 1ST: Aurelio Rodriguez injured sometime during the
top of the first; MANKOWSKI REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING 3B);
Burleson doubled to left; Cox walked; Rice flied out to right
[Burleson to third]; Yastrzemski forced Cox (shortstop to
second) [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski stole second; Fisk
homered [Yastrzemski scored]; Scott singled; Lynn struck out; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to right; On a bunt Fuentes singled
[LeFlore to third]; Staub grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [LeFlore scored (no RBI), Fuentes out at
second]; Kemp struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Hobson tripled to center; Dillard walked; GRILLI
REPLACED GLYNN (PITCHING); Burleson grounded out (third to
first) [Hobson scored, Dillard to second]; Cox grounded out
(second to first) [Dillard to third]; Rice struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
grounded out (shortstop to first); May singled to first;
Mankowski forced May (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski homered; Fisk grounded out (third to
first); Scott singled to left; Lynn flied out to left; Hobson
made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers
1.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Dillard walked; Burleson flied out to center; Cox
popped to center; Rice doubled to left [Dillard scored (error by
Kemp) (unearned)]; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk forced Yastrzemski
(first to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub singled to center; Kemp flied out to left;
Thompson singled [Staub to second]; Oglivie singled [Staub to
third, Thompson to second]; May hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Staub scored]; Mankowski grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Scott flied out to center; Lynn doubled to left;
Grilli threw a wild pitch [Lynn to third]; Hobson walked;
Dillard hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lynn scored]; Burleson
walked [Hobson to second]; Cox flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell popped to first in foul territory; LeFlore
singled to center; Fuentes singled to center [LeFlore to
second]; Staub grounded out (first unassisted) [LeFlore to
third, Fuentes to second]; Kemp grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice singled to center; CRAWFORD REPLACED GRILLI
(PITCHING); Crawford threw a wild pitch [Rice to second];
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Rice to third]; Fisk
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rice scored]; Scott walked; Lynn
singled to left [Scott to second]; Hobson singled to right
[Scott scored, Lynn to third, Hobson to second (on throw)];
Dillard grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 9, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie
homered; May flied out to left; Mankowski doubled to center;
Trammell flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 9,
Tigers 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Burleson singled; Crawford threw a wild pitch
[Burleson to second]; Cox grounded out (third to first)
[Burleson to third]; Rice walked; Yastrzemski popped to third in
foul territory; Fisk lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 9, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore singled to left; Fuentes singled to right
[LeFlore to second]; Staub made an out to third; Kemp forced
Fuentes (shortstop to second) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Scott doubled to right; Crawford threw a wild pitch
[Scott to third]; Lynn singled [Scott scored]; Hobson homered
[Lynn scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Dillard
grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cox grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 12, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Oglivie flied out to right; May made an out to
shortstop; Mankowski singled to right; CORCORAN BATTED FOR
TRAMMELL; Corcoran singled [Mankowski to third]; LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
12, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); Rice
struck out; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 12, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Staub
singled to right; Kemp singled [Staub to second]; Thompson
singled [Staub to third, Kemp to second]; Oglivie forced
Thompson (first to shortstop) [Staub scored, Kemp to third]; May
singled to left [Kemp scored, Oglivie to second]; Mankowski
lined to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 12, Tigers 5.