After the Mariners tie the game at three apiece in the top of the 8th, Fred Lynn hits a two-out double to drive in two runs and the Red Sox hold on for a 6 – 3 win, their 8th in a row at Fenway Park, giving them a record of 27-4 in their last 31 games. The M’s lose their 9th in a row with the loss going to former Hubman Dick Pole.

Until today, only three balls have been hit into the 70-foot high RF upper deck at Three Rivers Stadium, and Willie Stargell hit all of them (he’ll hit another on May 31, 1973). Today, Bob Robertson joins Stargell when he connects with a cannon shot off Padres P Steve Arlin in a Bucs victory.

Vida Blue boosts his record to 18-3 with a one-hit, 4 – 0, victory over Detroit. Tony Taylor’s single in the 4th is the only hit.

Chicago’s Ken Holtzman gives up two hits and two Astro runs – both unearned – and drops a 2 – 1 decision at Houston. Billy Williams makes a bid for a game-tying homer in the 9th but his long fly hits an Astrodome speaker and drops foul.