Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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."

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Boston Red Sox 12, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 2 0
Dillard 2b 5 1 1 0
Miller cf 4 2 0 1
Yastrzemski dh 2 1 0 1
  Darwin ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Fisk c 4 2 1 2
Cooper 1b 4 1 2 4
  Baker 1b 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 5 2 2 2
Evans rf 4 1 1 1
Hobson 3b 5 1 3 0
Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 13 12
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Mankowski 3b 5 1 1 0
Meyer 1b 5 2 3 0
Staub rf 4 2 2 3
Horton dh 4 0 2 1
Oglivie lf 5 0 2 0
Stanley cf 4 1 1 0
Freehan c 5 0 2 2
Scrivener 2b 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 4 0 1 0
Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Boston 030 700 01112131
Detroit 103 000 0026140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland   0.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Jones  W (5-3) 9.0 12 5 5 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
3
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Glynn  L (0-2) 3.1 4 5 5 3 1
  Lemanczyk   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Laxton   4.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Hiller   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
12
12
9
8

  E–Burleson (32).  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Fisk (15,off Laxton); Hobson (6,off Laxton); Darwin (7,off Laxton); Dillard (13,off Hiller), Detroit Meyer (8,off Cleveland); Staub (25,off Jones); Freehan (10,off Jones); Stanley (15,off Jones); Oglivie (11,off Jones).  HR–Boston Cooper (14,2nd inning off Glynn 1 on, 0 out); Evans (15,2nd inning off Glynn 0 on, 1 out); Rice 2 (23,4th inning off Glynn 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Staub (13,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:40.  A–5,328.
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