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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1977-04-18 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 30059 · 69°F · 2:26

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 5–3. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 6th. Fergie Jenkins earned the win and Jim Willoughby picked up the save. Butch Hobson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6
BOS	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1		5	11

W: Fergie Jenkins L: Fernando Arroyo SV: Jim Willoughby

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Steve Palermo · 2B: Joe Brinkman · 3B: Rich Garcia · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron LeFlore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tito Fuentes	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ben Oglivie	3	1	1	2	1	1
Jason Thompson	2	0	0	0	2	1
Steve Kemp	4	0	1	0	0	1
Milt May	4	0	1	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Burleson	3	1	1	0	2	0
Steve Dillard	5	1	3	1	0	1
Jim Rice	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Scott	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carl Yastrzemski	4	1	3	1	0	0
Carlton Fisk	3	0	1	0	1	1
Dwight Evans	3	1	1	0	1	0
Butch Hobson	3	1	1	3	0	0
Rick Miller	3	0	0	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Sykes	1.2	5	3	1
Fernando Arroyo	5.1	6	1	2
John Hiller	1.0	0	1	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fergie Jenkins	7.2	5	2	5
Bill Lee	0.2	1	2	1
Jim Willoughby	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron LeFlore: 63
Tito Fuentes: 63
Rusty Staub: D
Ben Oglivie: HR.2-H
Jason Thompson: 8

Bot 1

Rick Burleson: S
Steve Dillard: S/BR.1X2(4)
Jim Rice: S.1-2
George Scott: K
Carl Yastrzemski: S9.2-H;1-3
Carlton Fisk: W.1-2
Dwight Evans: 3/FL

Top 2

Steve Kemp: 7/P
Milt May: 31
Aurelio Rodriguez: 43

Bot 2

Butch Hobson: 4
Rick Miller: W
Rick Burleson: BK.1-2
Rick Burleson: CS3(25)
Rick Burleson: W
Steve Dillard: D8.1-H
Jim Rice: 4

Top 3

Mark Wagner: K/C
Ron LeFlore: 9
Tito Fuentes: K

Bot 3

George Scott: K
Carl Yastrzemski: D9
Carlton Fisk: K
Dwight Evans: 53

Top 4

Rusty Staub: 3/G
Ben Oglivie: K
Jason Thompson: W
Steve Kemp: S8.1-2
Milt May: 8/8D

Bot 4

Butch Hobson: 53
Rick Miller: 7
Rick Burleson: 43

Top 5

Aurelio Rodriguez: 6
Mark Wagner: 63
Ron LeFlore: 43

Bot 5

Steve Dillard: 53
Jim Rice: 53
George Scott: 53

Top 6

Tito Fuentes: S6/BG
Rusty Staub: SB2.1-3(TH)
Rusty Staub: D9.3-H
Ben Oglivie: W
Jason Thompson: K
Steve Kemp: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Carl Yastrzemski: 3/L
Carlton Fisk: 53
Dwight Evans: S6
Butch Hobson: HR/7.1-H
Rick Miller: E1/TH1
Rick Burleson: SB2
Rick Burleson: 63

Top 7

Milt May: 7
Aurelio Rodriguez: 4
Mark Wagner: K/C

Bot 7

Steve Dillard: S6
Jim Rice: 54(1)3/GDP
George Scott: E5/G
Carl Yastrzemski: CS2(26)

Top 8

Ron LeFlore: 3/G
Tito Fuentes: 9
Rusty Staub: W
Ben Oglivie: 4

Bot 8

Carl Yastrzemski: S9
Carlton Fisk: S9.1-3
Dwight Evans: W.1-2
Butch Hobson: 8/SF.3-H
Rick Miller: K/C
Rick Burleson: W.2-3;1-2
Steve Dillard: K

Top 9

Jason Thompson: W
Steve Kemp: K
Milt May: S.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 54(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

the previous two plays occurred together; after Tito Fuentes beat out the bunt, he stole SB when no one was covering the bag; he went to 3B when the ball rolled away at 2B; the play was originally scored a stolen base and an error on Fergie Jenkins, but later the error was removed

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