New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
June 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1977 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 1 2 1
Rivers cf 5 0 2 1
Munson c 5 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 5 0 2 0
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 0
Piniella lf 4 1 3 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
Dent ss 2 1 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 1 1
Lynn cf 5 2 1 1
Rice dh 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 3
Fisk c 4 2 3 2
Scott 1b 4 2 2 1
Carbo rf 3 0 1 0
  Evans ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 2 1
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 14 9
New York 031 000 0004121
Boston 400 011 30x9141
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   0.2 4 4 4 0 1
  Clay  L (0-1) 4.1 4 1 1 1 4
  Tidrow   3.0 6 4 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
9
8
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   2.1 7 4 4 2 0
  Stanley  W (4-3) 3.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Campbell  SV (13) 3.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
5

  E–Rivers (5), Hobson (12).  DP–New York 1, Boston 1.  2B–New York Piniella (5,off Lee).  HR–Boston Burleson (2,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Lynn (6,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Fisk 2 (13,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 1 out); Scott (16,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 2 out); Yastrzemski (10,7th inning off Tidro.  CS–Piniella (2,Home by Stanley/Fisk); Burleson (5,2nd base by Clay/Munson).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:27.  A–34,557.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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