Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1976 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, New York Yankees 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf,lf 5 1 3 0
Doyle 2b 5 0 2 0
Lynn dh,cf 5 0 2 0
Fisk c 5 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 1 0
  Johnson ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 3 1
  Dillard pr 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 1 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 1
Petrocelli 3b 5 0 1 2
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 15 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 6 2 1 0
White cf 5 2 2 1
Munson lf 6 0 2 2
Chambliss 1b 6 0 1 1
May dh 6 1 2 1
Nettles 3b 6 0 3 0
Gamble rf 2 0 0 0
  Dempsey ph,rf 2 0 1 0
  Dineen pr,rf 1 0 1 1
Healy c 5 0 1 0
Mason ss 3 0 0 0
  Velez ph 1 0 1 0
  Alomar pr 0 1 0 0
  Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 15 6
Boston 040 000 010 0005151
New York 200 000 201 0016152
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   6.2 9 4 4 1 1
  House   3.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Willoughby  L (1-2) 2.0 3 1 0 0 0
Totals
11.2
15
6
5
1
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   1.0 4 4 3 0 0
  Pagan   6.1 4 1 0 0 3
  Lyle  W (4-1) 4.2 7 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
15
5
3
1
5

  E–Doyle (4), Munson (4), Mason (2).  DP–New York 4.  2B–Boston Rice (3,off Ellis), New York C May (3,off Tiant); Munson (8,off Tiant); White (6,off Tiant); Nettles (7,off House); Velez (1,off House).  SH–Miller (2,off Lyle).  SF–Evans (2,off Ellis); White (1,off House).  CS–Miller 2 (4,2nd base by Pagan/Healy,2nd base by Lyle/Healy).  SB–Randolph (12,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk); Nettles (5,2nd base off Willoughby/Fisk).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:28.  A–42,342.
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