Thursday June 15, 1978
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Knocking in four runs with a homer and triple, Jim Rice powered the Red Sox past the A's, 7-3, for the A's eighth consecutive loss. The Red Sox trailed, 3-1, entering the seventh, but Jerry Remy walked and Rice tied the score with his 21st round-tripper of the season.

Butch Hobson started the eighth with a double, Rick Burleson drew a walk and Rice tripled to put the Sox ahead, 5-3. Carl Yastrzemski then hit a homer to add two more runs. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Thursday, June 15, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

A's 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 3 Red Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 x - 7 13 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .258 Burleson ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 .232 Murray lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .167 Remy 2b 4 1 3 0 1 1 .277 Revering 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .260 Rice dh 4 2 2 4 1 2 .320 Guerrero ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 .274 Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 2 1 1 .287 Gross 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .216 Fisk c 5 0 2 0 0 2 .281 Duncan dh 4 1 3 1 0 0 .211 Lynn cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .314 Armas cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .255 Scott 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Essian c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .244 Evans rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .296 Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Hobson 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Alexander ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 12 3 2 3 Totals 35 7 13 7 6 6 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 32,281 Left on Base: A's 7, Red Sox 10 DP: A's 4, Red Sox 3 Errors: Gross 2, Edwards Doubles: Essian (7), Fisk (17), Hobson (7) Triples: Rice (7) Home Runs: Rice (21), Yastrzemski (5) Stolen Bases: Dilone 2 (21), Remy (14) Caught Stealing: Burleson (3), Remy (6) Sacrifice Hits: Dilone (4) GIDP: Guerrero (7), Essian (7), Hobson (5), Burleson (9) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko 6.1 10 3 3 5 5 1 32 2.44 Lacey L(5-3) 1.2 3 4 4 1 1 1 9 2.57 Totals 8 13 7 7 6 6 2 41 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez W(10-2) 9 12 3 3 2 3 0 37 3.65 Totals 9 12 3 3 2 3 0 37 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone singled; Dilone stole second; Murray walked; On a bunt Revering made an out to third; Guerrero grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson walked; Remy singled [Burleson to second]; Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski struck out while Burleson was caught stealing third (catcher to third to second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross struck out; Duncan singled; Armas forced Duncan (second unassisted); Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Fisk struck out; Lynn singled; Scott walked [Lynn to second]; Evans singled [Lynn scored, Scott to second]; Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards singled; Dilone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second]; Murray lined into a double play (left to second) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Remy singled; Remy stole second; Rice walked; Yastrzemski reached on an error by Edwards [Remy to third, Rice to second]; Fisk struck out; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering walked; Guerrero forced Revering (shortstop to second); Gross singled [Guerrero to third]; Duncan singled [Guerrero scored, Gross to third]; Armas singled [Gross scored, Duncan to second]; Essian doubled [Duncan scored, Armas to third]; Edwards grounded out (second to first); Dilone struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: Scott popped to first in foul territory; Evans singled to third [Evans to second (error by Gross)]; Hobson flied out to right [Evans to third]; Burleson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering flied out to right; Guerrero was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Remy singled; Rice was called out on strikes while Remy was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Yastrzemski walked; Fisk doubled [Yastrzemski to third]; Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross flied out to left; Duncan singled; Armas singled [Duncan to second]; Essian grounded into a double play (third to first) [Duncan out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Scott reached on an error by Gross; Evans forced Scott (third to second); Hobson singled to shortstop [Evans to second]; Burleson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Hobson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: On a bunt Edwards grounded out (third to first); Dilone singled; Dilone stole second; Dilone was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Murray singled; Revering singled [Murray to third]; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 7TH: Remy walked; Rice homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski lined to first; Fisk singled; LACEY REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Lynn flied out to right; Scott flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 8TH: Evans popped to first in foul territory; Hobson doubled; Burleson was walked intentionally; Remy struck out; Rice tripled [Hobson scored, Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski homered [Rice scored]; Fisk flied out to right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian made an out to first; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 7.

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