Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 22, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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 7, Boston Red Sox 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 6 0 5 2
Baylor rf 6 1 3 1
Williams dh 6 2 1 1
Bando 3b 5 1 0 0
Tenace 1b 4 0 0 0
Tovar lf 5 1 2 0
Garner 2b 4 2 3 1
Haney c 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 15 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 3 1
Doyle 2b 6 1 1 1
Lynn cf 6 0 3 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 4 1
Cooper 1b 4 1 0 0
Rice dh 6 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 1 0 0 0
  Darwin ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Miller ph,rf 3 1 1 2
Hobson 3b 5 0 1 1
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 15 6
Oakland 000 204 000 017150
Boston 100 005 000 006152
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris   1.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Lindblad   3.2 3 2 2 0 2
  Fingers  W (9-9) 6.0 9 3 3 1 3
Totals
11.0
15
6
6
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   5.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Murphy   0.2 3 4 1 2 0
  Willoughby  L (2-9) 5.1 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
15
7
4
3
6

  E–Fisk (11), Hobson (7).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Baylor 2 (23,off Jenkins,off Willoughby); Campaneris (12,off Jenkins); Williams (12,off Murphy), Boston Miller (7,off Fingers); Burleson 2 (18,off Fingers 2).  SH–Haney (3,off Murphy); Newman (4,off Willoughby); Yastrzemski (1,off Fingers).  IBB–North (2,by Murphy); Cooper (2,by Fingers).  HBP–Cooper (1,by Lindblad).  SB–Campaneris (45,2nd base off Jenkins/Fisk); Tovar (1,2nd base off Murphy/Fisk); Doyle (8,2nd base off Fingers/Haney).  CS–Garner (8,2nd base by Jenkins/Fisk); Alexander (7,2nd base by Willoughby/Fisk).  HBP–Lindblad (3,Cooper).  IBB–Fingers (7,Cooper); Murphy (13,North).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–3:32.  A–27,526.
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