Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
May 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 2, California Angels 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 2 1
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 3 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 2 0 0 1
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Flores cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Remy 2b 3 1 2 2
Solaita 1b 3 0 0 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 2
Chalk 3b 4 0 1 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
  Torres cf 0 0 0 0
Aikens dh 3 2 1 0
Grich ss 4 2 2 1
Humphrey c 3 1 3 1
Simpson p 0 0 0 0
  Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Boston 000 100 100290
California 003 210 00x6100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (4-3) 5.0 8 6 6 2 4
  Murphy   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson  W (3-3) 6.0 7 2 2 2 4
  Hartzell  SV (3) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  DP–California 3.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (8,off Simpson); Evans (4,off Simpson); Rice (4,off Hartzell), California Grich (5,off Jenkins).  HR–California Remy (1,5th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Remy (3,off Jenkins).  CS–Evans (1,2nd base by Simpson/Humphrey); Humphrey (1,2nd base by Jenkins/Fisk).  SB–Aikens (1,2nd base off Jenkins/Fisk); Remy (18,2nd base off Murphy/Fisk).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:18.  A–13,883.
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