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Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics

1977-08-04 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 13326 · 65°F, night · 2:01

Boston Red Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 3–1. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 7th. Fergie Jenkins earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Fergie Jenkins L: Vida Blue SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jerry Neudecker · 1B: Art Frantz · 2B: Al Clark · 3B: Ted Hendry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Burleson	4	0	1	1	1	0
Fred Lynn	4	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Rice	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Scott	4	0	1	1	0	1
Carlton Fisk	4	0	1	0	0	0
Butch Hobson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bernie Carbo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Dillard	4	0	2	1	0	0
Rick Miller	1	1	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Sheldon Mallory	4	0	0	0	0
Rodney Scott	4	0	0	0	0
Manny Sanguillen	3	0	1	0	0
Mitchell Page	3	0	0	0	0
Wayne Gross	3	0	0	0	0
Jim Tyrone	3	1	1	0	0
Willie Crawford	3	0	1	1	0
Larry Murray	3	0	0	0	0
Rob Picciolo	2	0	0	0	1
Marty Perez	1	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fergie Jenkins	9.0	3	0	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vida Blue	9.0	9	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rick Burleson: 63
Fred Lynn: 63
Jim Rice: W
George Scott: 13

Bot 1

Sheldon Mallory: 8
Rodney Scott: 63
Manny Sanguillen: 7

Top 2

Carlton Fisk: 63
Butch Hobson: D
Dwight Evans: 7
Bernie Carbo: 3/G

Bot 2

Mitchell Page: 8
Wayne Gross: 43
Jim Tyrone: S
Willie Crawford: T.1-H
Larry Murray: 8

Top 3

Steve Dillard: S9.BX2(96)
Rick Burleson: W
Fred Lynn: CS2(26)
Fred Lynn: W
Jim Rice: S.1-3
George Scott: S.3-H;1-3
Carlton Fisk: 7/L

Bot 3

Rob Picciolo: 5
Sheldon Mallory: 9
Rodney Scott: 143

Top 4

Butch Hobson: 8/8D
Dwight Evans: S
Bernie Carbo: 43.1-2
Steve Dillard: 7

Bot 4

Manny Sanguillen: 9
Mitchell Page: 3/G
Wayne Gross: 3/G

Top 5

Rick Burleson: 9
Fred Lynn: 53
Jim Rice: 8/8D

Bot 5

Jim Tyrone: 63
Willie Crawford: 8
Larry Murray: 3/G

Top 6

George Scott: 43
Carlton Fisk: S
Butch Hobson: 8
Dwight Evans: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Rob Picciolo: K
Sheldon Mallory: 1/L
Rodney Scott: 13/BG

Top 7

Dwight Evans: S
Rick Miller: E3/TH/SH.1-3
Steve Dillard: S.3-H;1-2
Rick Burleson: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Fred Lynn: 15(2)/BG/FO.1-2
Jim Rice: 53.2-3;1-2
George Scott: K/C

Bot 7

Manny Sanguillen: S
Mitchell Page: 54(1)3/GDP
Wayne Gross: 53

Top 8

Carlton Fisk: 53
Butch Hobson: 9
Dwight Evans: W
Rick Miller: K

Bot 8

Jim Tyrone: 2/FL
Willie Crawford: 13
Larry Murray: 3/G

Top 9

Steve Dillard: 9
Rick Burleson: 43
Fred Lynn: 43

Bot 9

Marty Perez: K
Sheldon Mallory: 43
Rodney Scott: 7