Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 24, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 6, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Cox dh 5 1 2 1
Rice rf 5 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 2
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 2 2 2
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 2 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 1
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Kemp lf 3 1 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 2 1 1 1
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Boston 001 004 0016100
Detroit 010 000 010260
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  W (10-5) 7.2 6 2 2 3 3
  Campbell  SV (29) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (6-2) 5.1 8 5 5 1 2
  Taylor   3.2 2 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Scott (25,off Wilcox); Lynn (28,off Taylor), Detroit Mankowski (6,off Paxton); LeFlore (29,off Paxton).  HR–Boston Cox (1,3rd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out); Yastrzemski (26,6th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 0 out); Lynn (18,6th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Hobson (5,2nd base off Taylor/May).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:16.  A–9,245.
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