Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
April 30, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1977 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 0
Murray rf 4 1 2 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 0 1 2
Sanguillen dh 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 1 1 1
Williams c 4 1 2 1
Perez 2b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 1 0
  Mallory ph 1 1 1 0
  Scott ss 1 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 2 3
Doyle 2b 5 0 0 0
Rice dh 3 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 2 1 0 0
Scott 1b 2 2 1 0
Fisk c 4 3 3 1
Evans rf 4 1 1 2
Hobson 3b 3 1 2 1
Miller cf 4 0 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 7
Oakland 000 010 0214100
Boston 020 013 02x8110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (1-1) 5.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Bahnsen   2.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Umbarger   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Giusti   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (2-1) 8.0 9 3 3 0 7
  Willoughby   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Murray (1,off Tiant), Boston Scott (5,off Norris); Fisk (4,off Bahnsen).  HR–Oakland Gross (6,5th inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out); E Williams (5,9th inning off Willoughby 0 on, 1 out), Boston Evans (4,2nd inning off Norris 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Scott (2,by Bahnsen); Hobson (1,by Giusti).  SB–Hobson (2,2nd base off Bahnsen/E Williams); Fisk (2,Home off Bahnsen/E Williams).  CS–Rice (1,3rd base by Bahnsen/E Williams).  IBB–Bahnsen (3,Scott); Giusti (2,Hobson).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:45.  A–22,999.
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