Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 4, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 3 1
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Cooper dh 3 1 1 2
Miller rf 3 1 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 2 1
Montgomery c 4 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 1 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 2 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Manuel 2b 0 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Boston 000 112 000483
Detroit 000 100 000172
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (11-8) 9.0 7 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (6-9) 5.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Crawford   4.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
3

  E–Burleson (23), Rice (7), Hobson (3), Johnson (3), Crawford (1).  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Veryzer (5,off Jenkins).  3B–Boston Hobson (2,off Ruhle).  HR–Boston Lynn (7,5th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 2 out); Cooper (9,6th inning off Ruhle 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Thompson (16,4th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Doyle (3,off Ruhle); Cooper (6,off Crawford).  HBP–Staub (5,by Jenkins).  CS–LeFlore (17,2nd base by Jenkins/Montgomery).  HBP–Jenkins (4,Staub).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Al Clark.  T–1:57.  A–14,924.
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