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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Shea Stadium
August 4, 1974
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 4, 1974 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 4, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doc Medich |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 21,147 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marty Springstead 1B: Russ Goetz 2B: Don Denkinger 3B: Hank Morgenweck |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Harper | Left Fielder |
| Cecil Cooper | DH |
| Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| Bernie Carbo | Right Fielder |
| Rick Miller | Center Fielder |
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Tim Blackwell | Catcher |
| Darrell Johnson | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Elliott Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
| Bill Sudakis | DH |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Jim Mason | Shortstop |
| Rick Dempsey | Catcher |
| Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Shea Stadium
August 4, 1974
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields the ball and throws to Medich covering. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Medich
There goes Harper. The throw from Dempsey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Medich
Cooper is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harper scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Medich
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Tiant
White hits a fly ball into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sudakis vs. Tiant
Sudakis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Medich
Carbo strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Medich
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dempsey vs. Tiant
Dempsey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chambliss moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alomar vs. Tiant
Alomar strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blackwell vs. Medich
Blackwell hits a line drive towards first. Chambliss catches it and throws to Alomar, who tags Griffin for the double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Tiant
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carbo. Murcer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sudakis vs. Tiant
Sudakis hits a fly ball into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Medich
Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Cecil Cooper.
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Juan Beniquez pinch runs for Dick McAuliffe.
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Medich
Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Medich
Carbo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Carbo reaches second base with a double. Petrocelli goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Medich
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dempsey vs. Tiant
Dempsey takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to third. Mason moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Alomar vs. Tiant
Alomar hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Tiant settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Tiant
White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blackwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Medich
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Harper who is chasing the ball. Maddox reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sudakis vs. Tiant
Sudakis strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Medich
Beniquez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Petrocelli vs. Medich
Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Petrocelli reaches third base with a triple. Beniquez scores. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carbo vs. Medich
Carbo bunts towards the mound. Medich juggles the ball. That's an error on Medich. Petrocelli scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Medich
Miller hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason hits a popup into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dempsey vs. Tiant
Dempsey hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Medich
Blackwell hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tiant
Alomar hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Tiant
White hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a popup into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Stottlemyre
Mel Stottlemyre now pitching.
Beniquez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Stottlemyre
Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dempsey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Stottlemyre
Petrocelli strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Stottlemyre
Carbo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sudakis vs. Tiant
Sudakis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Stottlemyre
Miller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Stottlemyre
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Stottlemyre
Griffin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blackwell vs. Stottlemyre
Blackwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harper vs. Stottlemyre
Harper hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Griffin tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Stottlemyre
Beniquez hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Tiant
Lou Piniella pinch hits for Rick Dempsey.
Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mason moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blomberg vs. Tiant
Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Sandy Alomar.
Blomberg takes first base on ball four. Mason moves to third. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Tiant
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski fields the ball and throws to Tiant covering. Safe. Mason scores. Piniella moves to third. Blomberg moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Piniella scores. Blomberg moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blomberg scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sudakis vs. Tiant
Sudakis takes first base on ball four. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/4/1974 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Harper T, lf 4 1 1 1 White R, lf 5 0 1 1
Cooper C, dh 1 0 0 0 Maddox E, cf 5 0 1 0
McAuliffe D, ph 1 0 1 0 Murcer B, rf 5 0 3 1
Beniquez J, pr 2 1 1 0 Sudakis B, dh 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski C, 1b 4 1 1 1 Nettles G, 3b 5 0 1 0
Petrocelli R, 3b 4 2 2 2 Chambliss C, 1b 4 0 1 0
Carbo B, rf 3 0 1 2 Mason J, ss 3 1 1 0
Miller R, cf 4 1 1 1 Dempsey R, c 2 0 1 0
Burleson R, ss 4 0 0 0 Piniella L, ph 1 1 1 0
Griffin D, 2b 2 1 0 0 Alomar S, 2b 3 0 0 0
Blackwell T, c 4 0 1 0 Blomberg R, ph 0 1 0 0
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33 7 9 7 36 3 10 2
Boston 100 103 002 -- 7
New York 000 000 003 -- 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant L (W) 9.0 10 3 3 5 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Medich D (L) 7.0 7 5 4 1 4
Stottlemyre M 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
E -- Dempsey R, Medich D
DP -- Boston 1, New York 2
LOB -- Boston 4, New York 11
2B -- Murcer B, Carbo B
3B -- Maddox E, Petrocelli R
HR -- Miller R
SB -- Harper T
SH -- Carbo B
SF -- Harper T
T -- 2:54
A -- 21147
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