The Red Sox, who have been almost invincible at Fenway Park this season, swept a doubleheader with the Tigers by identical scores of 4-3 to bring their home record to 20 victories in 23 games. The opener was decided in 10 innings on a homer by Jim Rice. Ron LeFlore and Jason Thompson rapped round-trippers to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead, but the Red Sox tied the score in the eighth on a single by Carl Yastrzemski, double by Carlton Fisk and infield hit for Fred Lynn before Rice smashed his 18th homer of the season in the 10th.

In the nightcap, the Red Sox took a 3-1 lead in the fourth on a two-run drive by Dwight Evans. The Tigers came back with the tying pair in the seventh when Thompson singled, Steve Kemp tripled and Tim Corcoran singled. The Red Sox then posted their deciding tally in the home half on a triple by Jerry Remy and sacrifice fly by Lynn. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 28, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Tigers 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 2 4 1 0 0 .282 Burleson ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .211 Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .326 Remy 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Staub dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 .301 Rice lf 3 2 1 1 2 0 .347 Thompson 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .301 Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .286 Kemp lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .297 Fisk c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .247 May c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .337 Lynn cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .291 Corcoran rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .234 Hobson 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .277 Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Brohamer dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Trammell ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .278 Bailey ph,dh 1 0 1 0 1 0 .212 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duffy pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ripley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 3 12 2 3 4 Totals 32 4 9 4 6 2 Time of Game: 2:45 Left on Base: Tigers 6, Red Sox 8 DP: Tigers 3, Red Sox 4 Doubles: Trammell (4), LeFlore (7), Burleson (13), Yastrzemski (8), Fisk (9) Home Runs: LeFlore (5), Thompson (13), Rice (18) Stolen Bases: Duffy (1) Caught Stealing: Mankowski (2), Corcoran (1) Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (2) GIDP: Staub (10), May (6), Evans (5), Burleson (7), Lynn (5) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 5.1 4 2 2 5 0 0 23 3.39 Hiller L(4-3) 3.2 5 2 2 1 2 1 16 2.77 Totals 9 9 4 4 6 2 1 39 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ripley 6 11 3 3 2 2 2 28 4.35 Burgmeier 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 5.51 Stanley W(4-1) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3.41 Totals 10 12 3 3 3 4 2 39 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Hank Soar TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to shortstop; Whitaker grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to second]; Staub popped to third in foul territory; Thompson walked; Kemp walked [LeFlore to third, Thompson to second]; May lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Rice flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Red Sox 0. TIGERS 2ND: Corcoran lined to first; Mankowski singled to right; Trammell struck out while Mankowski was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (third to first); Fisk flied out to left; Lynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Red Sox 0. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore singled to center; Whitaker singled [LeFlore to third]; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [LeFlore scored (no RBI), Whitaker out at second]; Thompson made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson walked; Evans grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hobson out at second]; Brohamer lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp struck out; May grounded out (second to first); Corcoran singled to right; Mankowski lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson doubled to left; Remy grounded out (second to first) [Burleson to third]; Rice walked; Yastrzemski doubled to right [Burleson scored, Rice to third]; Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rice scored]; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 2. TIGERS 5TH: Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore homered; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Staub singled to left [Staub out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 5TH: Hobson walked; Evans lined to right; Brohamer singled to right [Hobson to third]; Burleson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brohamer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 2. TIGERS 6TH: Thompson homered; Kemp grounded out (second to first); May made an out to second; Corcoran singled to right; Mankowski flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 6TH: Remy flied out to left; Rice walked; Yastrzemski singled to center [Rice to third]; Fisk walked [Yastrzemski to second]; HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Lynn grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 2. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell doubled to left; LeFlore doubled to left [Trammell to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub hit into a double play to center [LeFlore out at third (center to catcher to second to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Hobson flied out to center; Evans struck out; BAILEY BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Bailey singled to left; Burleson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 2. TIGERS 8TH: BAILEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Thompson grounded out (third to first); Kemp walked; May grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: Remy popped to left; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk doubled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Lynn singled to first [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third]; Hobson forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 3. TIGERS 9TH: Corcoran singled to center; STANLEY REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck out; Corcoran was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Trammell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 9TH: Evans struck out; Bailey walked; DUFFY RAN FOR BAILEY; Burleson flied out to right; Duffy stole second; Remy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 3. TIGERS 10TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitaker grounded out (catcher to first); Staub flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 10TH: Rice homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.

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