Posting their sixth straight victory, the Red Sox thumped the Royals, 8-4. The Sox jumped to a four-run first-inning lead on a single by Jerry Remy, double by Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski's sacrifice fly, an error by Freddie Patek that scored Rice, and a two-run single by Dwight Evans. The Royals came back with three in the third but the Sox added a fourth-inning run on Fred Lynn's homer

The Bosox iced the game in the seventh when Bernie Carbo drew a leadoff walk and, with two out, Rice was walked intentionally. Al Hrabosky replaced Dennis Leonard and Yastrzemski hit the reliever's second pitch into the right field bullpen for a home run. Bob Stanley, who came on for Bosox starter Luis Tiant after the latter pulled a hamstring in his right leg, hurled the final seven frames to get the win.

The Royals twice employed a four-outfielder shift against Rice. In the third inning, Rice flied out to center field against the shift and in the fifth he hit a pop fly that fell for a single behind confused shortstop Patek. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Monday, May 8, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Royals 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 2 Red Sox 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 x - 8 10 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Poquette lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Remy 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .312 McRae dh 3 1 2 3 1 0 .276 Rice lf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .372 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Yastrzemski 1b 2 1 1 4 0 0 .305 Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .337 Fisk c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .255 Otis cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .274 Lynn cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .302 Hurdle 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Hobson 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .297 Terrell 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .212 Duffy 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 LaCock ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Evans rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .278 White 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .243 Carbo dh 1 1 0 0 2 0 .211 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bailey ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 9 4 1 1 Totals 30 8 10 7 4 3 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 25,891 Left on Base: Royals 5, Red Sox 5 DP: Royals 2, Red Sox 1 Errors: Patek, Poquette Doubles: McRae (8), Hurdle (2), Rice (6), Lynn (6) Home Runs: Lynn (4), Yastrzemski (2) Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (5) Sacrifice Flies: Otis (2), Yastrzemski (2) GIDP: Burleson (4), Carbo (3) Hit by Pitch: Yastrzemski (2,by Leonard) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(3-5) 6.2 7 7 4 4 2 1 30 3.71 Hrabosky 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 1 7 1.80 Totals 8 10 8 5 4 3 2 37 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 4.91 Stanley W(3-1) 7 7 3 3 1 0 0 28 3.38 Totals 9 9 4 4 1 1 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Leonard (2) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette flied out to center; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Remy singled to right; Rice doubled [Remy to third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to center [Remy scored, Rice to third]; Fisk reached on an error by Patek [Rice scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Lynn doubled to right [Fisk to third]; Hobson walked; Evans singled to left [Fisk scored (unearned), Lynn scored (unearned), Hobson out at third (left to first to third)]; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 4. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to right; Porter popped to second; Otis popped to first in foul territory; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 2ND: Carbo walked; Burleson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; Remy lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 4. ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Terrell singled; STANLEY REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); White singled to left [Terrell to second]; Luis Tiant left with pulled hamstring; Patek singled to center [Terrell to third, White to second]; Poquette lined to right; McRae doubled to right [Terrell scored, White scored, Patek scored, McRae to third (on throw to home)]; Cowens reached on a fielder's choice [McRae out at home (shortstop to catcher), Cowens to second]; Porter lined to center; defensive shift for Jim Rice: 3B Jerry Terrell to LF, 2B Frank White to 3B, LF Tom Poquette to left-center; four outfielders; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 3RD: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Fisk popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 4. ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to right; Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first); Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 4TH: Lynn homered; Hobson singled to right; Evans popped to first; Carbo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hobson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 5. ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to center; Patek grounded out (second to first); Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Remy was called out on strikes; same defensive shift for Jim Rice; his popfly landed on the infield dirt; Rice singled; Yastrzemski was hit by a pitch [Rice to second]; Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Red Sox 5. ROYALS 6TH: McRae walked; Cowens lined to shortstop; Porter singled to right [McRae to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right [McRae scored]; Hurdle forced Porter (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 6TH: Lynn flied out to left; Hobson was called out on strikes; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 5. ROYALS 7TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 7TH: Carbo walked; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Carbo to second]; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice was walked intentionally; HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Yastrzemski homered [Carbo scored, Rice scored]; Fisk popped to third; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 8. ROYALS 8TH: Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); McRae singled to right; Cowens flied out to left; Porter lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 8TH: Lynn was called out on strikes; Hobson singled to left; Evans singled to left [Hobson to third (error by Poquette), Evans to second]; BAILEY BATTED FOR CARBO; Bailey lined to third; Burleson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 8. ROYALS 9TH: BAILEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DUFFY REPLACED HOBSON (PLAYING 3B); Otis grounded out (third to first); Hurdle doubled to right; LACOCK BATTED FOR TERRELL; LaCock singled to left [Hurdle to third]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WHITE; Lahoud lined into a double play (second to first) [LaCock out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 8.

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