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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1976-05-20 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 28418 · 65°F, night, dry · 2:53

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 8–2. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 9th. Reggie Cleveland earned the win and Tom House picked up the save. Carl Yastrzemski went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	8	14
NYA	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10

W: Reggie Cleveland L: Ed Figueroa SV: Tom House

Umpires — HP: Terry Cooney · 1B: Jerry Neudecker · 2B: Art Frantz · 3B: Bill Deegan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Miller	5	0	1	0	0	0
Denny Doyle	5	1	2	0	0	0
Fred Lynn	4	1	1	1	1	1
Carlton Fisk	4	2	2	1	1	1
Carl Yastrzemski	5	2	3	4	0	0
Jim Rice	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	4	0	2	0	1	1
Rico Petrocelli	4	1	1	0	1	1
Rick Burleson	3	1	1	2	1	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers	5	0	2	1	0	0
Roy White	5	0	0	0	0	1
Thurman Munson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	3	0	1	0	0	0
Graig Nettles	3	0	2	0	0	0
Otto Velez	2	0	1	0	1	0
Sandy Alomar	4	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos May	1	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fran Healy	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Dempsey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	6.0	7	1	0
Reggie Cleveland	1.2	3	0	1
Tom House	1.1	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Figueroa	7.0	7	4	2
Tippy Martinez	0.0	2	0	0
Dick Tidrow	0.2	1	1	0
Ron Guidry	0.1	4	0	0
Dave Pagan	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rick Miller: 3/G
Denny Doyle: 63
Fred Lynn: K23

Bot 1

Mickey Rivers: 13
Roy White: 7/L
Thurman Munson: 63

Top 2

Carlton Fisk: 9
Carl Yastrzemski: S9/L
Jim Rice: 8
Dwight Evans: S5/G.1-2
Rico Petrocelli: W.2-3;1-2
Rick Burleson: 7

Bot 2

Chris Chambliss: 43
Lou Piniella: 63
Graig Nettles: S9/L
Otto Velez: 9

Top 3

Rick Miller: S8/L
Denny Doyle: 8
Fred Lynn: W.1-2
Carlton Fisk: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 3

Sandy Alomar: 2/BG/BINT
Fred Stanley: E6
Mickey Rivers: D9/G.1-3
Roy White: 9(B)2(3)/DP

Top 4

Carl Yastrzemski: 43
Jim Rice: 43
Dwight Evans: 53

Bot 4

Thurman Munson: S7/L
Chris Chambliss: S9/L.1-2
Lou Piniella: E6/TH.2-H(NR)(UR);1X2(16)
Graig Nettles: 7/P
Otto Velez: W.1-2
Sandy Alomar: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Rico Petrocelli: S1
Rick Burleson: 7
Rick Miller: 8
Denny Doyle: 43

Bot 5

Fred Stanley: 8
Mickey Rivers: 8
Roy White: 63

Top 6

Fred Lynn: 9
Carlton Fisk: S9/G
Carl Yastrzemski: 2/P
Jim Rice: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Thurman Munson: 13
Chris Chambliss: 4/L
Lou Piniella: S7/G
Graig Nettles: S9/L.1-2
Otto Velez: S9/G.2XH(92);1-2

Top 7

Dwight Evans: W
Rico Petrocelli: 54(1)/FO
Rick Burleson: HR/7.1-H
Rick Miller: 7
Denny Doyle: S8/L
Fred Lynn: 43

Bot 7

Sandy Alomar: S7/G
Fred Stanley: 4/L
Mickey Rivers: SB2
Mickey Rivers: S9/G.2-H
Roy White: PO1(E1).1-2
Roy White: K
Thurman Munson: 53

Top 8

Carlton Fisk: W
Carl Yastrzemski: HR/9.1-H
Jim Rice: D9/L
Dwight Evans: S9/L.2-3
Rico Petrocelli: FC6.3XH(62);1-2;B-1
Rick Burleson: CS3(25)
Rick Burleson: W.1-2
Rick Miller: 7

Bot 8

Chris Chambliss: 9/L
Carlos May: S8/G
Willie Randolph: PB.1-2
Willie Randolph: 63.2-3
Fran Healy: W
Sandy Alomar: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Denny Doyle: S4/G
Fred Lynn: T9.1-H
Carlton Fisk: S7/L.3-H
Carl Yastrzemski: HR/9.1-H
Jim Rice: 63
Dwight Evans: K
Rico Petrocelli: K

Bot 9

Rick Dempsey: 7/L
Mickey Rivers: 43
Roy White: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Sandy Alomar called for interference for running into his own bunt
Pitcher Lee and Yankees Nettles ejected by HP umpire Cooney for fighting after Piniella ran into Fisk in attempt to dislodge ball; benches cleared, Lee and Nettles fought with Lee suffering torn shoulder capsule and cartilage damage after Nettles threw him to the ground

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