Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
August 15, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1976 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 5 0 1 0
Lynn cf 5 2 1 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 1
Rice lf 4 1 1 0
Cooper dh 4 2 3 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 3
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 9 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 1 1 0
Campaneris ss 4 3 2 2
Baylor 1b 5 1 2 1
Rudi lf 4 1 2 2
Bando 3b 4 1 2 2
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  McMullen 3b 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 1
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Williams dh 2 0 1 0
  Tovar pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 1 1 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Boston 033 000 100790
Oakland 000 022 0228112
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   5.2 5 4 4 1 2
  Murphy   3.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Willoughby  L (2-8) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
11
8
8
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   2.2 6 5 4 0 2
  Lindblad   3.2 3 2 0 1 0
  Bahnsen  W (6-3) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
4
1
4

  E–North (7), Bando (13).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Cooper (14,off Lindblad); Yastrzemski (18,off Lindblad), Oakland North (14,off Murphy); Baylor (21,off Willoughby).  HR–Boston Evans (11,2nd inning off Torrez 2 on, 1 out); Lynn (9,3rd inning off Torrez 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Bando (23,5th inning off Wise 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Tovar (2,by Murphy).  SB–Garner (27,2nd base off Wise/Fisk); Alexander (15,2nd base off Murphy/Fisk).  CS–Tovar (1,2nd base by Murphy/Fisk).  WP–Bahnsen (5).  HBP–Murphy (4,Tovar).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:45.  A–9,087.
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