Butch Hobson, Jim Rice and Bernie Carbo each smashed a homer among three hits apiece and combined for 10 RBIs as the Red Sox romped over the Rangers, 12-4. Hobson, who whacked his homer with two men on base, drove in four runs.

Carbo also accounted for four with his homer and two doubles, while Rice's three hits included a homer with a man on base. Kurt Bevacqua and Al Oliver rapped round-trippers for the Rangers. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 12, Texas Rangers 4

Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Rangers 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 2 Red Sox 2 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 x - 12 17 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .208 Remy 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .387 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .087 Burleson ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Rice lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .419 Oliver lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .321 Yastrzemski cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .240 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fisk c 5 1 2 1 0 1 .276 Zisk rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .370 Scott 1b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .250 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Carbo dh 4 2 3 4 0 1 .750 Bevacqua dh 4 1 2 2 0 1 .286 Evans rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .120 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .217 Hobson 3b 4 1 3 4 0 0 .321 Wills 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .182 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .182 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 10 4 0 4 Totals 39 12 17 12 2 4 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 18,624 Left on Base: Rangers 4, Red Sox 5 DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 2 Errors: Campaneris, Oliver Doubles: Zisk (2), Bevacqua (1), Carbo 2 (2), Hobson (1), Rice (2), Fisk (3) Triples: Sundberg (1) Home Runs: Bevacqua (1), Oliver (2), Rice (3), Hobson (2), Carbo (1) Stolen Bases: Remy (5) Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (2) GIDP: Campaneris (2), Oliver (1), Hobson (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis L(1-1) 1 4 6 5 1 0 2 9 7.50 Jenkins 5.1 11 6 6 1 2 1 25 9.00 Comer 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 8 17 12 11 2 4 3 41 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee W(2-0) 7 8 4 4 0 1 2 28 2.25 Stanley 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Wright 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 10 4 4 0 4 2 35 Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Burleson flied out to center; Remy stole second; Rice homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Fisk made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk doubled to center; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua doubled to left [Zisk scored]; Beniquez popped to first in foul territory [Bevacqua to third]; Wills made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 2ND: Scott walked; Carbo doubled to left [Scott scored]; Evans reached on an error by Campaneris [Carbo stayed at second, Evans to first]; Hobson homered [Carbo scored, Evans scored (unearned)]; JENKINS REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Burleson popped to first in foul territory; Rice grounded out (catcher to first); 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Hargrove singled to right; Campaneris grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk was called out on strikes; Scott popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk grounded out (second to first); Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 4TH: Carbo homered; Evans singled to left; Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; Remy singled to left; Burleson forced Remy (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 5TH: Bevacqua homered; Beniquez singled to left; Wills forced Beniquez (third to second); Sundberg singled to center [Wills to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wills scored]; Campaneris flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 5TH: Rice singled to left [Rice to second (error by Oliver)]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice out at home (right to first to shortstop to second to third), Yastrzemski to second (on throw to home)]; Fisk singled to left [Yastrzemski scored]; Scott lined into a double play (second to first) [Fisk out at first]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 8. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver homered; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Harrah struck out; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 6TH: Carbo struck out; Evans popped to first; Hobson doubled to right; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 8. RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez grounded out (second to first); Wills flied out to center; Sundberg tripled to center; Hargrove made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Rice doubled to left; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice scored]; Fisk doubled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott was walked intentionally; Carbo doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk scored, Scott to third]; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Evans was called out on strikes; Debut game for Steve Comer; Hobson singled to left [Scott scored, Carbo to third]; Remy was called out on strikes; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. RANGERS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein singled to first; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lowenstein out at second]; Zisk singled to second; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. RED SOX 8TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MASON REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING SS); Burleson singled to left; Rice forced Burleson (third to second); Yastrzemski flied out to center; Fisk lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. RANGERS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Bevacqua struck out; Debut game for Jim Wright; Beniquez struck out; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12.

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