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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 4, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 4, 1976 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 4, 1976 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 4, 1976 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Wise |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dennis Eckersley |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Greg Kosc 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Jim Evans |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
Denny Doyle | Second Baseman |
Fred Lynn | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Cecil Cooper | First Baseman |
Jim Rice | DH |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Bob Heise | Shortstop |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
Orlando Gonzalez | First Baseman |
John Lowenstein | Center Fielder |
Rico Carty | DH |
George Hendrick | Left Fielder |
Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
Ray Fosse | Catcher |
Tommy Smith | Right Fielder |
Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
Frank Robinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 4, 1976
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Eckersley
Hobson hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Eckersley
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Eckersley
Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Wise
Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Wise
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Wise
Lowenstein 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
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Eckersley
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Eckersley
Fisk hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fosse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Eckersley
Cooper hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Eckersley
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Wise
Carty hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Wise
Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wise
Bell 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
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Eckersley
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heise vs. Eckersley
Heise takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hobson vs. Eckersley
Hobson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Eckersley
Doyle hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynn vs. Eckersley
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Wise
Fosse hits a line drive towards the mound. Wise reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wise
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Heise reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Wise
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Eckersley
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Eckersley
Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Eckersley
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Eckersley
There goes Cooper. The throw from Fosse and he is safe. Cooper steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Eckersley
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Wise
Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Wise
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Wise
Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Eckersley
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heise vs. Eckersley
Heise bunts towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hobson vs. Eckersley
Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Eckersley
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Wise
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heise misplays the ball. That's an error on Heise. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Wise
Hendrick hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wise
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heise scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Wise
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wise
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Eckersley
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Eckersley
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lynn scores. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fisk vs. Eckersley
Fisk hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yastrzemski moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Eckersley
Cooper is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Eckersley
Rice hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Eckersley
Evans hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heise vs. Eckersley
Heise hits a popup in front of the plate. Fosse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Wise
Rick Burleson now playing shortstop.
Duffy hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Wise
Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Wise
There goes Kuiper. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Burleson applying the tag. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Wise
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Hood
Don Hood now pitching.
Hobson hits a fly ball into left field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Hood
Doyle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Hood
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gonzalez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynn for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Wise
Lowenstein hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Wise
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Wise
Hendrick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Wise
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Hood
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Hood
Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowenstein who is chasing the ball. Fisk reaches third base with a triple. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Hood
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fisk tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hood
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hood
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Wise
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wise
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lis vs. Wise
Joe Lis pinch hits for Frank Duffy.
Lis takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuiper vs. Wise
Alfredo Griffin pinch runs for Joe Lis.
Kuiper hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Wise
Gonzalez is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Parker
Alfredo Griffin now playing shortstop. Harry Parker now pitching.
Burleson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Parker
Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Parker
Doyle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Wise
Lowenstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carty vs. Wise
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lowenstein moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hendrick vs. Wise
Hendrick hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lowenstein moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Wise
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lowenstein scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Wise
Fosse hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Wise
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell scores. Fosse moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blanks vs. Murphy
Larvell Blanks pinch hits for Alfredo Griffin. Tom Murphy now pitching.
Blanks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Blanks reaches second base with a double. Fosse scores. Smith goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuiper vs. House
Tom House now pitching.
Kuiper 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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/4/1976, game 1 -- Boston at Cleveland (N) Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Hobson B, 3b 5 0 0 0 Kuiper D, 2b 5 0 1 0 Doyle D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Gonzalez O, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lynn F, cf 4 1 1 0 Lowenstein J, cf 4 1 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 2 2 1 Carty R, dh 4 1 0 0 Fisk C, c 4 1 1 1 Hendrick G, lf 4 1 2 2 Cooper C, 1b 2 2 2 2 Bell B, 3b 4 1 1 1 Rice J, dh 4 0 0 0 Fosse R, c 4 1 1 0 Evans D, rf 2 1 1 3 Smith T, rf 4 1 2 1 Heise B, ss 1 0 0 0 Duffy F, ss 2 0 0 0 Burleson R, ss 1 0 0 0 Lis J, ph 0 0 0 0 Griffin A, pr-ss 0 0 0 0 Blanks L, ph 1 0 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 7 7 7 36 6 8 6 Boston 010 004 020 -- 7 Cleveland 000 020 004 -- 6 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Wise R (W) 8.2 7 6 1 1 1 Murphy T* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 House T (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Eckersley D (L) 6.0 5 5 5 4 1 Hood D 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 Parker H 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th E -- Heise B, Bell B, Doyle D LOB -- Boston 4, Cleveland 4 2B -- Blanks L 3B -- Fisk C HR -- Cooper C, Hendrick G, Evans D SB -- Cooper C CS -- Kuiper D SH -- Heise B SF -- Cooper C T -- 2:58 A -- 0
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