Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
June 8, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1976 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 3 1
Campaneris ss 5 0 2 1
Baylor lf 4 1 2 0
Rudi dh 5 0 1 1
  Alexander pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 5 1 3 0
Tenace 1b 2 2 2 3
Washington rf 5 0 0 0
Garner 2b 5 0 0 0
Haney c 2 1 0 0
  McMullen ph 1 0 1 0
  Lintz pr 0 1 0 0
  Hosley c 1 0 0 0
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cooper dh 4 1 1 1
Doyle 2b 5 0 1 1
Lynn cf 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 1
Fisk c 4 1 3 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 2
Petrocelli 3b 1 0 0 0
  Heise 3b 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 1 1 0
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 13 5
Oakland 010 300 0116140
Boston 200 200 0015132
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell   5.2 10 4 4 1 1
  Todd  W (5-4) 2.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Fingers  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   4.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Cleveland  L (3-2) 4.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Murphy   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
4
3

  E–Fisk (6), Heise (1).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Oakland Rudi (11,off Cleveland).  HR–Oakland Tenace 2 (2,2nd inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Tiant 1 on, 0 out), Boston Cooper (3,1st inning off P Mitchell 0 on, 0 out); Evans (5,4th inning off P Mitchell 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Tenace (1,by Murphy).  SH–Cooper (2,off Fingers).  SB–Campaneris 2 (23,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk,3rd base off Tiant/Fisk); Lintz (14,2nd base off Cleveland/Fisk).  CS–North 2 (9,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk,2nd base by Cleveland/Fisk).  WP–Todd (1).  HBP–Murphy (3,Tenace).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:57.  A–26,704.
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