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Athletics 2 @ Red Sox 5
Fenway Park
August 21, 1976

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 21, 1976 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1976 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 2 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherReggie Cleveland  
Losing PitcherDick Bosman  
SaveTom Murphy  
Game Winning RBICarl Yastrzemski 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1976 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Bosman  
Home Starting PitcherReggie Cleveland  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance27,299 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Russ Goetz
1B: George Maloney
2B: Jim McKean
3B: Nick Bremigan

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill North  Center Fielder 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Don Baylor  Right Fielder 
Billy Williams  DH 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Gene Tenace  First Baseman 
Ken McMullen  Left Fielder 
Phil Garner  Second Baseman 
Larry Haney  Catcher 
Chuck Tanner  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Burleson  Shortstop 
Denny Doyle  Second Baseman 
Fred Lynn  Center Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  Left Fielder 
Cecil Cooper  First Baseman 
Jim Rice  DH 
Carlton Fisk  Catcher 
Dwight Evans  Right Fielder 
Butch Hobson  Third Baseman 
Don Zimmer  Manager 

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Fenway Park
August 21, 1976

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         Game of 8/21/1976 -- Oakland at Boston (D)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
North B, cf           4  0  0  0   Burleson R, ss        4  0  1  0   
Newman J, c           0  0  0  0   Doyle D, 2b           4  2  2  0   
Campaneris B, ss      3  0  0  0   Lynn F, cf            4  1  1  0   
Baylor D, rf-cf       4  1  1  1   Yastrzemski C, lf     4  1  2  2   
Williams B, dh        4  1  1  0   Cooper C, 1b          4  1  2  2   
Bando S, 3b           4  0  2  0   Rice J, dh            4  0  1  1   
Tenace G, 1b          4  0  3  1   Fisk C, c             3  0  0  0   
McMullen K, lf        4  0  0  0   Evans D, rf           3  0  0  0   
Garner P, 2b          3  0  0  0   Hobson B, 3b          2  0  0  0   
Haney L, c            2  0  0  0                                      
Gross W, ph-rf        1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  2  7  2                        32  5  9  5

Oakland          100 000 001 --  2
Boston           010 201 01x --  5

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bosman D (L)          4.0  4  3  3  0  2
Bahnsen S             3.2  4  2  2  1  0
Lindblad P            0.1  1  0  0  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cleveland R (W)       8.2  6  2  2  1  5
Murphy T (S)          0.1  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- Oakland 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Oakland 5, Boston 4
2B -- Yastrzemski C 2, Lynn F, Doyle D, Tenace G
HR -- Baylor D, Cooper C
T -- 2:17
A -- 27299

    

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