Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1977 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 1
Whitaker 2b 5 1 3 1
Staub dh 5 0 1 1
Kemp lf 5 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 5 1 2 1
Oglivie rf 5 0 1 0
Parrish c 5 1 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1
Trammell ss 3 1 2 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 16 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 3 2
Doyle 2b 4 1 0 0
Lynn cf 4 2 2 2
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 1
Rice dh 2 0 0 1
Carbo rf 4 0 1 2
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 0 0
Montgomery c 2 1 1 0
  Dillard pr 0 1 0 0
  Fisk c 0 0 0 0
Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
  Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8
Detroit 003 200 1006160
Boston 230 011 01x891
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Grilli   1.2 4 5 5 3 1
  Ruhle  L (3-5) 3.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Hiller   3.0 4 2 2 1 8
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
4
12
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland   2.1 5 3 3 1 2
  Willoughby   1.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Wise  W (11-5) 2.1 4 0 0 0 1
  Campbell  SV (26) 3.1 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
16
6
6
1
11

  E–Cleveland (3).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (1,off Cleveland); LeFlore (25,off Willoughby), Boston Burleson (34,off Grilli); Lynn (25,off Ruhle).  3B–Detroit Rodriguez (1,off Willoughby), Boston Lynn (5,off Grilli).  HR–Detroit Thompson (27,7th inning off Campbell 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Rice (4,off Ruhle).  HBP–Montgomery (1,by Grilli).  SB–Whitaker (1,2nd base off Cleveland/Montgomery); LeFlore (33,2nd base off Campbell/Montgomery).  WP–Grilli (3), Ruhle (3).  HBP–Grilli (3,Montgomery).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:03.  A–34,581.
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