| Hot-hitting Carlton Fisk smashed two homers and drove in five runs as the Red Sox rapped the Blue Jays, 7-2. Fisk hit his first round-tripper with two men on base in the second inning and George Scott followed with a circuit clout, marking the 16th time this season that the Red Sox had hit two homers in succession. Fisk's other four-bagger came after a single by Jim Rice in the sixth. [The Sporting News] |
Boston Red Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 8, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Red Sox 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 7 11 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .292 Staggs 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .253 Doyle 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .244 A. Woods lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .278 Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Howell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Yastrzemski lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .297 Fairly dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285 Rice dh 3 2 1 0 1 0 .319 Ault 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .254 Fisk c 4 2 2 5 0 0 .307 G. Woods cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Scott 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .263 Bowling rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Miller rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Ashby c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Rader ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 McKay ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .181 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 7 11 7 1 2 Totals 34 2 8 2 1 3 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 19,163 Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 7 DP: Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Scott, Staggs Home Runs: Fisk 2 (23), Scott (32), Yastrzemski (23) GIDP: Hobson (13), Ault (17) Hit by Pitch: Ault (4,by Paxton) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton W(9-4) 9 8 2 0 1 3 0 36 3.38 Totals 9 8 2 0 1 3 0 36 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson L(8-15) 6.2 10 6 5 0 1 3 29 4.44 Willis 2.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 4.36 Totals 9 11 7 6 1 2 4 38 Hit by Pitch: Paxton (3) Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Nick Bremigan RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to center; Doyle flied out to left; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods singled to right; Howell forced A. Woods (second to shortstop); Fairly flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled; Rice reached on an error by Staggs [Yastrzemski to third]; Fisk homered [Yastrzemski scored, Rice scored (unearned)]; Scott homered; Hobson made an out to first; Miller flied out to center; Burleson singled; Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault grounded out (third to first); G. Woods grounded out (third to first); Bowling grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 3RD: Lynn flied out to left; Yastrzemski lined to left; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby flied out to left; Nordbrook struck out; Staggs singled to left; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 4TH: Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Scott singled to left; Hobson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); Fairly singled to right; Ault grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 5TH: Miller grounded out (third to first); Burleson struck out; Doyle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: G. Woods flied out to left; Bowling grounded out (second to first); Ashby flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 6TH: Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice singled to third; Fisk homered [Rice scored]; Scott grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Nordbrook grounded out (shortstop to first); Staggs walked; A. Woods singled to right [Staggs to second]; Howell flied out to left; Fairly reached on an error by Scott [Staggs to third, A. Woods to second]; Ault singled to right [Staggs scored (unearned), A. Woods scored (unearned), Fairly to third, Ault out at second (right to second to shortstop)]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 2. RED SOX 7TH: Hobson singled to left; Miller singled to left [Hobson to second]; Burleson forced Hobson (third unassisted) [Miller to second]; Doyle singled to right [Miller out at home (right to catcher), Burleson to third, Doyle to second (on throw to home)]; WILLIS REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: G. Woods singled to left; Bowling made an out to first; Ashby singled to center [G. Woods to third]; RADER BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; Rader made an out to second; Staggs popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 2. RED SOX 8TH: MCKAY REPLACED RADER (PLAYING SS); Yastrzemski homered; Rice walked; Fisk flied out to center; Scott flied out to left; Hobson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: A. Woods made an out to catcher; Howell singled to right; Fairly struck out; Ault was hit by a pitch [Howell to second]; G. Woods flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 2. RED SOX 9TH: Miller made an out to second; Burleson flied out to center; Doyle popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: EWING BATTED FOR BOWLING; Ewing struck out; Ashby flied out to center; McKay flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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