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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 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 2, Boston Red Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 0
Perez 2b 4 0 1 1
  Scott pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 1 1
Tabb 1b 4 0 2 0
Williams dh 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
  Mallory pr 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyrone rf 3 1 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 2
Helms dh 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 1
Rice rf 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 2 1 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 3
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Doyle 2b 4 1 4 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Oakland 000 001 010291
Boston 001 020 13x7102
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (8-15) 7.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Lacey   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (9-8) 5.1 6 1 1 0 4
  Cleveland  SV (1) 3.2 3 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
1
5

  E–Gross (20), Burleson (22), Rice (2).  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Oakland Gross (19,off Tiant), Boston Doyle 2 (13,off Langford,off Lacey); Hobson (26,off Langford); Yastrzemski (20,off Lacey).  HR–Boston Lynn (15,5th inning off Langford 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Burleson (5,off Langford); Lynn (8,off Lacey).  CS–North (11,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk).  SB–Yastrzemski (8,3rd base off Lacey/Sanguillen).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:31.  A–27,264.
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