The major league leader in homers, Jim Rice blasted No. 11 to trigger the Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Orioles. Rice's round-tripper came in the third inning with Jerry Remy aboard. The other Sox scores came in the second inning when Fred Lynn tripled and came home on Dwight Evans' sacrifice fly and in the ninth on Bernie Carbo's RBI single and an error by Oriole shortstop Kiko Garcia.

The Orioles rallied in the ninth, but Dick Drago came on to pitch out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation. The reliever got Eddie Murray on a sacrifice fly, gave up a run-scoring single to Lee May and then retired Gary Roenicke on a fly ball. Rice's home run was the 13th of his career against the Orioles and boosted his league-leading RBI total to 36. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Thursday, May 11, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Red Sox 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 9 0 Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 10 2 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .197 Bumbry cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .238 Remy 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Belanger ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .282 Rice lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .364 Crowley ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .400 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Garcia pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Fisk c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Harlow ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .317 Lynn cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .324 Lopez rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Hobson 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .291 Singleton ph,rf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .344 Duffy pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Dempsey pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Evans rf 2 1 0 1 1 2 .258 Murray 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .252 Carbo dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 .220 May dh 4 0 3 1 1 0 .272 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roenicke lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .245 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dauer 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .100 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Skaggs c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Kelly ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .316 D. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 9 4 3 7 Totals 32 4 10 4 6 2 Time of Game: 3:18 Attendance: 14,950 Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 11 DP: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1 Errors: Garcia, DeCinces Doubles: Lynn (7), Murray (4) Triples: Lynn (1) Home Runs: Rice (11) Caught Stealing: Carbo (1) Sacrifice Hits: Roenicke (1) Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1), Dauer (2), Murray (1) GIDP: Fisk (2), Murray 2 (3) Hit by Pitch: Bumbry (2,by Lee) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee W(5-0) 6.1 5 2 2 4 1 0 28 2.60 Stanley 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 9 3.77 Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5.79 Drago SV(3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.08 Totals 9 10 4 4 6 2 0 42 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Martinez L(3-2) 8.1 8 5 4 3 6 1 35 4.58 Stanhouse 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.51 Totals 9 9 5 4 3 7 1 39 Hit by Pitch: Lee (1) Wild Pitches: D. Martinez (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Remy flied out to right; Rice reached on an error by DeCinces [Rice to second]; Yastrzemski popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry made an out to second; Belanger flied out to right; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn tripled to left; Hobson walked; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lynn scored, Hobson to second]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray doubled to right; May singled to left [Murray to third]; Roenicke made an out to shortstop; DeCinces walked [May to second]; Dauer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Murray scored, May to third]; Skaggs grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Orioles 1. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson struck out; Remy singled to center; Rice homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Fisk singled to center; Lynn singled to center [Fisk to second]; Hobson struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Belanger singled to center; Lopez walked [Belanger to second]; Murray grounded into a double play (third to third to first) [Belanger out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. RED SOX 4TH: Evans struck out; Carbo struck out; Burleson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 4TH: May made an out to second; Roenicke singled to center; DeCinces lined to left; Dauer forced Roenicke (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. RED SOX 5TH: Remy grounded out (second to first); Rice grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs grounded out (second to first); Bumbry was called out on strikes; Belanger walked; Lopez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. RED SOX 6TH: Fisk flied out to center; Lynn doubled to left; D. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Lynn to third]; Hobson flied out to right; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Murray flied out to right; May walked; Roenicke forced May (shortstop to second); DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. RED SOX 7TH: Carbo walked; Carbo was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer flied out to right; Skaggs singled to left; Bumbry was hit by a pitch [Skaggs to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BELANGER; STANLEY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Crowley singled to center [Skaggs scored, Bumbry to second]; GARCIA RAN FOR CROWLEY; SINGLETON BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Singleton walked [Bumbry to third, Garcia to second]; Murray grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 2. RED SOX 8TH: GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SINGLETON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rice grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 8TH: May singled to center; Roenicke out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [May to second]; DeCinces flied out to center; SMITH BATTED FOR DAUER; Smith lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Orioles 2. RED SOX 9TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lynn made an out to second; Hobson singled to left; DUFFY RAN FOR HOBSON; Evans walked [Duffy to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Carbo singled [Duffy scored, Evans to third]; Burleson struck out; Remy reached on an error by Garcia [Evans scored (unearned), Carbo to second]; Rice forced Remy (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 9TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KELLY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Kelly singled to center; Bumbry singled to center [Kelly to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); HARLOW BATTED FOR GARCIA; Harlow struck out; Singleton walked [Kelly to third, Bumbry to second]; DEMPSEY RAN FOR SINGLETON; DRAGO REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Murray hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bumbry to third, Kelly scored]; May singled [Bumbry scored, Dempsey to third]; Roenicke flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Orioles 4.

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