The Red Sox gained their fifth consecutive victory, a 9-2 rout of the Brewers, as Butch Hobson cracked his third homer of the season and added a two-run double. The Bosox got six tallies in the opening inning to spoil pitcher Randy Stein's major league debut.

Jerry Remy started with a single, Rick Burleson walked and Jim Rice tripled for two runs. Carl Yastrzemski's single scored Rice and, after two outs, George Scott walked and Dwight Evans reached first on an error to set up Hobson's two-run double. Hobson added a homer in the fifth off reliever Mike Caldwell. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 9, Milwaukee Brewers 2

Game Played on Monday, April 17, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Brewers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2 Red Sox 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 9 10 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Davis rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .462 Remy 2b 3 1 2 1 0 1 .385 Money ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .333 Brohamer ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .341 Burleson ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 .189 Hisle lf 3 0 1 0 2 2 .316 Rice dh 5 2 2 2 0 1 .400 Oglivie dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .174 Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .303 Bando 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .250 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Thomas cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Lynn cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .370 Sakata 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Scott 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .233 Martinez c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .158 Evans rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .194 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Hobson 3b 3 1 2 3 1 1 .371 Moore c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stein p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Caldwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Castro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 8 2 7 8 Totals 35 9 10 9 5 5 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 26,075 Left on Base: Brewers 14, Red Sox 7 DP: Brewers 0, Red Sox 0 Errors: Money, Bando Doubles: Money (4), Hobson (2) Triples: Rice (2) Home Runs: Hobson (3) Sacrifice Flies: Cooper (1) Hit by Pitch: Bando (1,by Torrez) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stein L(0-1) 0.2 4 6 3 2 0 0 9 40.50 Caldwell 6.1 6 3 3 3 5 1 28 3.65 Castro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 10 9 6 5 5 1 40 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez W(2-0) 7 8 2 2 4 6 0 34 3.38 Wright 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 9 0.00 Totals 9 8 2 2 7 8 0 43 Hit by Pitch: Torrez (2) Wild Pitches: Caldwell (1), Torrez (2) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark BREWERS 1ST: Davis singled to center; Debut game for Randy Stein; Money singled to left [Davis to third]; Cooper hit a sacrifice fly to left [Davis scored]; Hisle walked [Money to second]; Torrez threw a wild pitch [Money to third, Hisle to second]; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Bando walked [Money scored, Hisle to third, Oglivie to second]; Thomas struck out; Sakata was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Burleson walked [Remy to second]; Rice tripled to left [Remy scored, Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice scored]; Fisk lined to third; Lynn forced Yastrzemski (second to shortstop); Scott walked [Lynn to second]; Evans reached on an error by Money [Lynn to third, Scott to second]; Hobson doubled to left [Lynn scored (unearned), Scott scored (unearned), Evans to third]; CALDWELL REPLACED STEIN (PITCHING); Remy singled to shortstop [Evans scored (unearned), Hobson to third]; Burleson forced Remy (shortstop to second); 6 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 6. BREWERS 2ND: Martinez struck out; Davis singled to right; Money doubled to right [Davis to third]; Cooper popped to second; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 2ND: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 6. BREWERS 3RD: Oglivie struck out; Bando flied out to right; Thomas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 3RD: Lynn flied out to center; Scott flied out to left; Evans singled to left; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 6. BREWERS 4TH: Sakata flied out to center; Martinez singled to center; Davis walked [Martinez to second]; Money flied out to center; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 4TH: Remy struck out; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice singled to right; Yastrzemski walked [Rice to second]; Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Rice to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk was walked intentionally; Lynn singled to center [Rice scored, Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third]; Scott forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 8. BREWERS 5TH: Hisle singled to pitcher; Oglivie forced Hisle (first to shortstop); Bando was hit by a pitch [Oglivie to second]; Thomas popped to second; Sakata flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 5TH: Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson homered; BROHAMER BATTED FOR REMY; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Burleson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. BREWERS 6TH: BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Martinez popped to second; Davis grounded out (third to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 6TH: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. BREWERS 7TH: Cooper singled to right; Hisle struck out; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted) [Cooper to second]; Bando singled to third [Cooper to third]; Thomas lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 7TH: Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans singled to third [Evans to second (error by Bando)]; Hobson was walked intentionally; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. BREWERS 8TH: WRIGHT REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Sakata walked; JOHNSON BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Johnson walked [Sakata to second]; Davis flied out to right [Sakata to third]; Money struck out; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 8TH: MOORE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); CASTRO REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Burleson grounded out (second to first); Rice grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9. BREWERS 9TH: Hisle walked; Oglivie forced Hisle (second to shortstop); Bando was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.

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