The Red Sox took advantage of nine walks, a hit batsman and two wild pitches to stretch their winning streak to four by downing the Rangers, 8-6. Butch Hobson finished his weekend barrage with two hits and drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning. For the three-game series, the Bosox third baseman was 8-for-13 with two homers and six RBIs. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 8, Texas Rangers 6

Game Played on Sunday, April 16, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Rangers 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 1 Red Sox 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 x - 8 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .222 Remy 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .361 Jorgensen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burleson ss 3 1 0 1 2 0 .212 Lowenstein dh 3 2 2 1 2 0 .600 Rice lf 4 1 1 1 1 2 .400 Oliver lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Yastrzemski cf 4 0 3 0 1 0 .310 Zisk rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .367 Fisk c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .290 Wills 2b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .269 Scott 1b 3 0 1 1 1 2 .259 Harrah 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .207 Carbo dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .571 Thompson cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Evans rf 2 2 1 0 2 1 .148 Sundberg c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .160 Hobson 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .344 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Ripley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Washington ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 6 11 6 6 0 Totals 30 8 11 6 9 6 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 22,168 Left on Base: Rangers 6, Red Sox 10 DP: Rangers 4, Red Sox 4 Errors: Campaneris, Remy Doubles: Zisk (3), Remy (1) Triples: Harrah (1) Stolen Bases: Burleson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (1), Scott (1), Fisk (1) GIDP: Oliver (2), Sundberg 2 (3), Harrah (1), Burleson (1), Carbo (1), Remy (1) Hit by Pitch: Fisk (1,by Barker) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich 4.1 6 5 5 4 3 0 21 11.00 Umbarger L(0-1) 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 5 6.75 Barker 1.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 9 5.14 Comer 1.1 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 8 11 8 8 9 6 0 42 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ripley 5 7 5 4 3 0 0 23 4.85 Stanley W(1-0) 3.2 4 1 1 3 0 0 15 1.80 Burgmeier SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 11 6 5 6 0 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Barker (1) Wild Pitches: Medich (1), Barker (1) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Lowenstein walked [Hargrove to second]; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hargrove to third, Lowenstein out at second]; Zisk walked; Wills singled to right [Hargrove scored, Zisk to third]; Harrah flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy reached on an error by Campaneris [Remy to first]; Burleson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Remy out at second]; Rice was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 0. RANGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Bobby Thompson; Sundberg flied out to left; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to center; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (second unassisted); Scott walked [Fisk to second]; Carbo grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 0. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Lowenstein reached on an error by Remy [Lowenstein to first]; Oliver singled to right [Lowenstein to third, Oliver to second (on throw to 3b)]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lowenstein scored (unearned), Oliver to third]; Wills flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Evans walked; Hobson singled to center [Evans to second]; Remy doubled to left [Evans scored, Hobson to third]; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hobson scored]; Rice singled to center [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice to second]; Fisk singled to left [Rice to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Rice scored, Yastrzemski out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 4. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah tripled to left; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly to left [Harrah scored]; Campaneris flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 4TH: Carbo flied out to left; Evans was called out on strikes; Hobson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 4. RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove walked; Lowenstein singled to right [Hargrove to second]; Oliver forced Hargrove (shortstop to third) [Lowenstein to second]; Zisk doubled to center [Lowenstein scored, Oliver out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Wills singled to left [Zisk scored, Wills out at second (left to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 5TH: Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson walked; Medich threw a wild pitch [Burleson to second]; Rice walked; UMBARGER REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Yastrzemski singled to first [Burleson to third, Rice to second]; Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Burleson scored]; Scott struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 5. RANGERS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); Harrah grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Thompson singled to pitcher; Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 6TH: Carbo singled to left; Evans singled to right [Carbo to second]; BARKER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Hobson singled to left [Carbo scored, Evans to third]; Remy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans scored, Hobson out at second]; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 7TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove lined to shortstop; Lowenstein walked; Oliver forced Lowenstein (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 7TH: Rice grounded out (first to pitcher); Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk was hit by a pitch; Scott singled to right [Fisk to third]; Carbo walked [Scott to second]; Barker threw a wild pitch [Fisk scored, Scott to third, Carbo to second]; wild pitch hit backstop netting on the fly; Evans walked; COMER REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Hobson forced Carbo (third unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 8. RANGERS 8TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Wills singled to left; Harrah grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Wills out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 8TH: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson walked; Burleson stole second; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk walked [Burleson to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 8. RANGERS 9TH: Thompson walked; Sundberg grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; C. WASHINGTON BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; C. Washington singled to center; Hargrove walked [C. Washington to second]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Lowenstein singled to right [C. Washington scored, Jorgensen to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Oliver forced Lowenstein (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Red Sox 8.

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