Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 1 0
Cox dh 5 0 2 1
Rice rf 5 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 0 0
Fisk c 2 1 1 0
Scott 1b 3 0 1 1
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 2 3 3
Dillard 2b 3 0 0 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 0
Staub dh 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 1 1 1
Oglivie rf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Boston 113 000 0005100
Detroit 000 000 010141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (9-4) 9.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (5-7) 2.2 6 5 5 3 2
  Ruhle   6.1 4 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
9

  E–Trammell (2).  DP–Boston 3, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Hobson (29,off Sykes); Fisk (23,off Ruhle).  HR–Boston Hobson (29,3rd inning off Sykes 2 on, 2 out), Detroit Parrish (2,8th inning off Lee 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Dillard (3,2nd base by Ruhle/Parrish).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:11.  A–11,344.
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