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.