Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
July 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1977 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Boston Red Sox 9

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bailor cf 5 0 2 0
Staggs 2b 4 1 2 0
Woods lf 5 2 0 0
Fairly 1b 5 0 2 2
Ewing dh 3 1 1 0
  Ault ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Velez rf 5 1 2 2
Rader 3b 5 1 2 0
Torres ss 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 1
  Whitt pr,c 0 0 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 2 2 2
Rice rf 4 1 2 1
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1
Fisk c 3 1 0 0
Scott 1b 4 2 2 3
Hobson 3b 4 1 2 1
Helms dh 2 0 0 0
  Carbo ph,dh 1 1 1 1
Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0
  Doyle ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 9
Toronto 110 002 2006140
Boston 000 021 24x9113
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin   6.0 4 3 3 0 2
  Hartenstein  L (0-2) 1.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Willis   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Johnson   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   6.1 10 6 4 1 6
  Hernandez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Campbell  W (6-5) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
4
2
8

  E–Burleson (12), Scott (17), Jenkins (2).  DP–Toronto 1, Boston 3.  2B–Toronto Fairly (15,off Jenkins); Rader 2 (6,off Jenkins 2); Bailor (13,off Jenkins); Staggs (1,off Jenkins).  HR–Toronto Velez (12,6th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 0 out), Boston Scott 2 (23,5th inning off Garvin 1 on 1 out,8th inning off Willis 0 on 2 out); Lynn 2 (9,6th inning off Garvin 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Hartenstein 0 on 1 out); Hobson (14,7th inning off Hartenstein 0 on 2 out); Carbo (7,7th inning off Hartenstein 0 on 2 out); Rice (19,8th inning off Hartenstein 0 on 1 out); Yastrzemski (16,8th inning off Willis 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Ault (2,by Campbell).  SB–A Woods (5,2nd base off Jenkins/Fisk).  HBP–Campbell (3,Ault).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:46.  A–21,073.
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