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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 20, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 20, 1977 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 20, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vern Ruhle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 20,289 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Steve Palermo |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Rusty Staub | DH |
| Ben Oglivie | Right Fielder |
| Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
| Steve Kemp | Left Fielder |
| Milt May | Catcher |
| Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| Denny Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Jim Rice | DH |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| George Scott | First Baseman |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
| Rick Miller | Center Fielder |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 20, 1977
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Tiant
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Tiant
Staub hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oglivie vs. Tiant
Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards second. Doyle picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Doyle. Fuentes moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Tiant
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Ruhle
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Ruhle
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruhle covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Ruhle
Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Ruhle
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Tiant
Kemp hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Tiant
May hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veryzer vs. Tiant
Veryzer hits a popup in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Doyle who tags Rodriguez, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. May scores. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Ruhle
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ruhle
Fisk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Ruhle
Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hobson vs. Ruhle
Hobson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Tiant
Fuentes hits a line drive towards third. Hobson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Tiant
Staub hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Tiant
Oglivie hits a popup towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Ruhle
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Ruhle
Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Ruhle
There goes Burleson. The throw from May and he is out, Veryzer applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Ruhle
Doyle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oglivie who is chasing the ball. Doyle reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Ruhle
Rice hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Tiant
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Tiant
Kemp hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Tiant
May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veryzer vs. Tiant
Veryzer hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Ruhle
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Ruhle
Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ruhle
Fisk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Ruhle
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fisk moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hobson vs. Ruhle
Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Tiant
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Staub vs. Tiant
Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oglivie vs. Tiant
Oglivie hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Ruhle
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Ruhle
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Ruhle
Doyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Ruhle
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Tiant
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Tiant
Kemp hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Tiant
May hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Tiant
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Ruhle
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Ruhle
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Ruhle
Fisk hits a popup towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Willoughby
Jim Willoughby now pitching.
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Willoughby
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Willoughby
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Ruhle
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Ruhle
Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Ruhle
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miller for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Willoughby
Staub strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Willoughby
Oglivie hits a popup into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Willoughby
Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Doyle who tags Thompson, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Ruhle
Burleson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Ruhle
Doyle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Burleson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Foucault
Steve Dillard pinch runs for Denny Doyle. Steve Foucault now pitching.
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foucault fields it and throws to first for the out. Burleson moves to third. Dillard moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Yastrzemski vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching.
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. Burleson scores. Dillard moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Hiller
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Willoughby
Steve Dillard now playing second base.
Kemp hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Willoughby
May strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Willoughby
Veryzer is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Hiller
Fisk is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hiller
Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hobson vs. Hiller
Hobson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Hiller
Bobby Darwin pinch hits for Rick Miller.
Darwin strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1977 -- Detroit at Boston (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Stanley M, cf 4 0 1 0 Burleson R, ss 4 1 2 0
Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 2 0 Doyle D, 2b 3 0 2 0
Staub R, dh 4 1 1 1 Dillard S, pr-2b 0 0 0 0
Oglivie B, rf 4 0 1 0 Rice J, dh 4 1 1 1
Thompson J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 1 1
Kemp S, lf 4 1 1 1 Scott G, 1b 4 0 0 0
May M, c 4 1 2 0 Fisk C, c 2 0 0 0
Veryzer T, ss 4 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 4 0 2 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 1 1 Hobson B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Miller R, cf 3 0 0 0
Darwin B, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 3 10 3 33 2 8 2
Detroit 011 001 000 -- 3
Boston 100 000 010 -- 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle V (W)* 7.0 7 2 2 3 0
Foucault S 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Hiller J (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant L (L) 6.0 9 3 3 0 2
Willoughby J 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Doyle D
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 5, Boston 7
2B -- May M
3B -- Doyle D
HR -- Rice J, Staub R, Kemp S
CS -- Burleson R
T -- 2:17
A -- 20289
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