New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1977 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 0
White lf 5 0 1 0
Munson c 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 1 2 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Piniella dh 4 1 2 2
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
  Alston ph 1 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 2 0
Cox dh 4 0 1 0
Rice rf 4 0 0 0
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Scott 1b 2 2 2 1
Lynn cf 2 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 2
New York 000 011 000291
Boston 010 101 00x371
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (16-13) 8.0 7 3 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.1 5 2 2 2 4
  Willoughby  W (6-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Campbell  SV (28) 3.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
5

  E–Jackson (12), Hobson (22).  DP–New York 1, Boston 2.  2B–New York White (23,off Tiant); Randolph (28,off Tiant); Chambliss (31,off Campbell), Boston Lynn (27,off Torrez).  3B–Boston Burleson (7,off Torrez).  HR–New York Piniella (11,5th inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out), Boston Scott (33,6th inning off Torrez 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Nettles (7,by Campbell).  SB–Jackson (16,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  IBB–Campbell (10,Nettles).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:33.  A–30,212.
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