Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter is also being used for all games.
Boston scored five times and never looked back as the Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 13-4 at Fenway Park in the 1977 Tournament.
The Red Sox advance to the Tom Lasorda Bracket final to face the winner of the (13) Chicago Cubs at (4) Los Angeles Dodgers affair.
Boston’s offense got on a roll early with a RBI single by Jim Rice off Milwaukee starter Moose Haas.
After an unearned tally crossed the plate, Dwight Evans blasted a three-run bomb over the Green Monster and the Red Sox led 5-0.
In the third, Hass would be sent to the showers by Evans. Rice single to begin the frame and then Carlton Fisk struck out before Haas walked George Scott.
Evans drilled his second three-run homer to left as he gave Boston an 8-0 advantage.
Milwaukee scored an unearned run off Boston starter Fergie Jenkins in the fourth as Butch Hobson made an error.
Carl Yastrzemski answered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run double as the Red Sox went on top 10-1.
Jenkins gave up a sacrifice fly to Robin Yount in the fifth and a two-run homer to Don Money in the sixth.
Bob Stanley worked the final three innings for the Red Sox and picked up a save.
Yastrzemski ended Boston’s scoring with a three-run shot to right off Brewers left Bob McClure in the eighth.
1977 Tournament Results and Schedule
George Brett Bracket
% (1) Kansas City Royals (102-60), bye
% (16) San Francisco Giants 4, (17) Detroit Tigers 3
% (9) Chicago White Sox 8, (24) Oakland Athletics 6
% (25) Atlanta Braves 4, (8) Texas Rangers 2
$ (16) San Francisco Giants 6, (1) Kansas City Royals 3
$ (9) Chicago White Sox 2, (25) Atlanta Braves 1 (10 innings)
(16) San Francisco Giants at (9) Chicago White Sox, final
Tom Lasorda Bracket
% (5) Boston Red Sox (97-64), bye
% (21) Milwaukee Brewers 8, (12) St. Louis Cardinals 4
% (13) Chicago Cubs 2, (20) San Diego Padres 1
% (4) Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64), bye
$ (5) Boston Red Sox 13, (21) Milwaukee Brewers 4
$ (13) Chicago Cubs at (4) Los Angeles Dodgers
Reggie Jackson Bracket
% (3) New York Yankees (100-62), bye
% (14) Houston Astros 7, (19) Cleveland Indians 5
% (22) New York Mets 3, (11) Minnesota Twins 0
% (6) Baltimore Orioles (97-64), bye
$ (14) Houston Astros at (3) New York Yankees
$ (22) New York Mets at (6) Baltimore Orioles
Mike Schmidt Bracket
% (7) Pittsburgh Pirates 4, (26) Toronto Blue Jays 1
% (10) Cincinnati Reds 6, (23) Seattle Mariners 3
% (15) Montreal Expos 4, (18) California Angels 2
% (2) Philadelphia Phillies (101-61), bye
$ (10) Cincinnati Reds at (7) Pittsburgh Pirates
$ (15) Montreal Expos at (2) Philadelphia Phillies
% First Round
$ Second Round (Bracket Semifinals)