After going 14 games without driving in any runs, Jim Rice broke his drouth with four RBIs to pace the Red Sox to a 7-3 victory over the Blue Jays. The Red Sox erased a 2-0 deficit when Rice homered with two men on base in the fourth inning. The Blue Jays tied the score in the fifth, but the Red Sox went ahead to stay with two runs in the fifth on a double by Butch Hobson, pass to Rick Burleson, single by Ted Cox and sacrifice fly by Rice for his fourth RBI. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 29, 1977 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Blue Jays 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 x - 7 9 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG G. Woods cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .216 Burleson ss 3 2 1 0 1 1 .292 Bailor lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .314 Cox dh 4 2 3 1 0 0 .340 Howell 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .304 Rice rf,lf 3 1 1 4 0 1 .319 Fairly 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .281 Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Ewing dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Miller rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .254 Bowling rf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .203 Fisk c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .311 McKay 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Scott 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .270 Ashby c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .211 Lynn cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .260 Nordbrook ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .203 Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .266 Velez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Dillard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 8 2 4 4 Totals 31 7 9 7 3 5 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 12,240 Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 5 DP: Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 2 Errors: Rice Doubles: Fairly (24), Cox (3), Hobson (32), Miller (9) Home Runs: Rice (39) Sacrifice Hits: G. Woods (3), Dillard (2) Sacrifice Flies: Bowling (2), Rice (5) GIDP: Nordbrook (3), McKay (9) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin L(10-18) 7.1 9 7 7 1 4 1 32 4.19 Johnson 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 4.60 Totals 8 9 7 7 3 5 1 36 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton 4.2 8 3 2 2 2 0 24 3.81 Stanley W(8-7) 4.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 13 4.01 Totals 9 8 3 2 4 4 0 37 Balks: Garvin (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett BLUE JAYS 1ST: G. Woods grounded out (second to first); Bailor singled to shortstop; Howell singled to right [Bailor scored (error by Rice) (unearned), Howell to second]; Fairly popped to center; Ewing grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Cox flied out to center; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bowling made an out to shortstop; McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Fisk struck out; Scott lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Nordbrook singled; G. Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Nordbrook to second]; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first) [Nordbrook to third]; Howell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Lynn grounded out (first to pitcher); Hobson struck out; Dillard made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Fairly doubled; Ewing grounded out (second to first) [Fairly to third]; Bowling hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fairly scored]; McKay singled; Ashby singled [McKay to third]; Nordbrook flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson singled; Cox doubled [Burleson to third]; Rice homered [Burleson scored, Cox scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Fisk singled to third; Garvin balked [Fisk to second]; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: G. Woods singled to third; Bailor flied out to left; Howell walked [G. Woods to second]; Fairly was called out on strikes; Ewing singled [G. Woods scored, Howell to second]; Bowling walked [Howell to third, Ewing to second]; STANLEY REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); McKay forced Bowling (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 5TH: Hobson doubled; Dillard out on a sacrifice bunt (first to pitcher) [Hobson to third]; Burleson walked; Cox singled [Hobson scored, Burleson to third]; Rice lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski made an out to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ashby walked; Nordbrook grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ashby out at second]; G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 6TH: Fisk made an out to catcher; Scott lined to right; Lynn made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING RF); RICE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell grounded out (third to first); Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 7TH: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Dillard flied out to center; Burleson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ewing walked; Bowling struck out; McKay grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ewing out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 8TH: Cox singled; Rice flied out to right; Miller doubled [Cox to third]; Fisk singled [Cox scored, Miller to third]; JOHNSON REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Scott walked [Fisk to second]; Lynn walked [Miller scored, Fisk to third, Scott to second]; Hobson made an out to shortstop; Dillard was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 7. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ashby flied out to center; VELEZ BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; Velez grounded out (third to first); G. Woods struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 7.

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