Dennis Eckersley allowed only four hits and pitched the Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Twins. The Red Sox scored two of their runs in the second inning when Carlton Fisk tripled, Garry Hancock hit a sacrifice fly, Carl Yastrzemski doubled and Dwight Evans singled. Yastrzemski capped the Red Sox scoring with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Saturday, July 26, 1980 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Red Sox 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 11 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Smalley ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 Stapleton 2b 4 2 1 0 1 1 .283 Landreaux cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Lynn cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .303 Sofield lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .265 Perez 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .282 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Fisk c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .298 Powell rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Hancock lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .194 Wilfong 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Yastrzemski dh 4 2 2 1 0 0 .263 Goodwin dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .190 Evans rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .246 Castino 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Hoffman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .238 R. Jackson 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .243 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bacsik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 11 5 3 2 Totals 31 1 4 1 0 6 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 18,961 Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Twins 3 DP: Red Sox 0, Twins 0 Doubles: Yastrzemski (15), Lynn (23), Evans (20), Stapleton (14) Triples: Fisk (3) Home Runs: Yastrzemski (12) Stolen Bases: Powell (7) Caught Stealing: Burleson (10) Sacrifice Flies: Hancock (1) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(6-9) 9 4 1 1 0 6 0 31 4.59 Totals 9 4 1 1 0 6 0 31 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(3-8) 8 11 5 5 3 2 1 37 3.66 Bacsik 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.15 Totals 9 11 5 5 3 2 1 40 Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Stapleton grounded out (second to first); Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Smalley grounded out (second to first); Landreaux made an out to shortstop; Sofield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. RED SOX 2ND: Perez flied out to left; Fisk tripled to left; Hancock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fisk scored]; Yastrzemski doubled to right; Evans singled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Evans to second (on throw)]; Hoffman flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (first to pitcher); Powell singled to center; Powell stole second; Wilfong flied out to left; Goodwin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 0. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson singled to center; Burleson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Stapleton walked; Lynn doubled [Stapleton scored]; Perez flied out to right; Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Castino was called out on strikes; R. Jackson flied out to center; Smalley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 0. RED SOX 4TH: Hancock flied out to center; Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop; Evans doubled to right; Hoffman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Landreaux grounded out (pitcher to first); Sofield flied out to right; Wynegar popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Twins 0. RED SOX 5TH: Burleson popped to first in foul territory; Stapleton doubled to left; Lynn popped to third in foul territory; Perez singled to left [Stapleton scored]; Fisk struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Powell grounded out (third to first); Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 0. RED SOX 6TH: Hancock grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Castino singled to left; R. Jackson lined to left; Smalley flied out to center; Landreaux flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 0. RED SOX 7TH: Hoffman grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson singled; Stapleton was called out on strikes; Lynn singled to right [Burleson to third]; Perez walked [Lynn to second]; Fisk forced Perez (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Sofield flied out to right; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Powell flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Twins 0. RED SOX 8TH: Hancock flied out to right; Yastrzemski homered; Evans grounded out (second to first); Hoffman walked; Burleson forced Hoffman (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Twins 0. TWINS 8TH: Wilfong flied out to right; Goodwin grounded out (second to first); Castino flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Twins 0. RED SOX 9TH: BACSIK REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Stapleton flied out to right; Lynn flied out to left; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Twins 0. TWINS 9TH: R. Jackson singled to left; Smalley singled to right [R. Jackson to second]; Landreaux forced Smalley (shortstop to second) [R. Jackson to third]; Sofield grounded out (third to first) [R. Jackson scored, Landreaux to second]; Wynegar struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Twins 1.

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