Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1976 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 1 2 2
Cooper 1b 2 1 2 1
  Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 5 0 1 2
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Carbo lf 1 0 0 0
  Rice ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Evans rf 5 0 2 1
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 0
  Heise pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 1 2 0
Burleson ss 3 2 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0
Manuel 2b 1 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland 2b 0 0 0 0
Kimm c 3 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Boston 003 210 0107121
Detroit 000 000 000052
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (5-2) 9.0 5 0 0 4 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (2-3) 2.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Laxton   6.1 6 4 4 2 4
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
6

  E–Fisk (4), LeFlore (3), Staub (2).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Cooper (3,off Coleman); Burleson (4,off Coleman).  3B–Boston Miller (2,off Coleman).  HR–Boston Fisk (6,5th inning off Laxton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Miller (1,off Laxton).  HBP–Burleson (1,by Laxton); Rice (1,by Laxton).  SB–Johnson (2,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  HBP–Laxton 2 (3,Burleson,Rice).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:41.  A–11,757.
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