Bill Lee, back in the good graces of the Red Sox after his one-day walkout over the sale of teammate Bernie Carbo, scattered eight hits and defeated the Orioles, 5-2, for his first victory since May 26. The Red Sox beat Jim Palmer, snapping his seven-game winning streak.

The Orioles' ace had allowed only three earned runs in his streak, but the Red Sox wrecked that showing in the first inning when Carlton Fisk smashed a homer with two men on base. Carl Yastrzemski added a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and the Red Sox completed their scoring against Palmer with a double by Rick Burleson and single by Jim Rice in the seventh. Andres Mora homered in the ninth for one of the Orioles' runs off Lee. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 2

Game Played on Friday, June 23, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0 Red Sox 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 5 10 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Burleson ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 .251 Dauer 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Remy 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Singleton rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .294 Rice dh 4 0 3 1 0 1 .329 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Yastrzemski lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .293 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Fisk c 4 1 1 3 0 0 .284 Mora lf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .247 Lynn cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .317 DeCinces 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Scott 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Lopez cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .225 Evans rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .284 Dempsey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .209 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 8 2 2 0 Totals 31 5 10 5 4 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 34,582 Left on Base: Orioles 7, Red Sox 7 DP: Orioles 2, Red Sox 2 Errors: Hobson Doubles: Lopez (2), Rice (9), Burleson (20) Home Runs: Mora (3), Fisk (7) Caught Stealing: Burleson (4) Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (6) GIDP: Dempsey (7), DeCinces (6), Hobson 2 (7) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer L(10-5) 8 10 5 5 4 3 1 36 2.05 Totals 8 10 5 5 4 3 1 36 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee W(8-3) 9 8 2 2 2 0 1 36 2.74 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 0 1 36 Wild Pitches: Palmer (4) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to center; Murray grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to center; On a bunt Remy singled [Burleson to second]; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski forced Remy (shortstop to second) [Burleson to third]; Fisk homered [Burleson scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Lynn walked; Scott popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 3. ORIOLES 2ND: May flied out to right; Mora singled to left; DeCinces walked [Mora to second]; Lopez singled to center [Mora scored, DeCinces to third]; Dempsey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lopez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 2ND: Evans walked; Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; Burleson singled to second; Burleson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to center; Dauer walked; Singleton flied out to right; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to left; Rice doubled to left; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second) [Rice to third]; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. ORIOLES 4TH: May made an out to third; Mora singled to left; DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mora out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 4TH: Scott singled to left; Evans struck out; Hobson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez grounded out (pitcher to first); Dempsey singled to right; Belanger flied out to center; Dauer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 5TH: On a bunt Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); Remy struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Rice singled to left [Remy to third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to center [Remy scored]; Fisk forced Rice (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 4. ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton flied out to left; Murray flied out to center; May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 6TH: Lynn flied out to left; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 4. ORIOLES 7TH: Mora reached on an error by Hobson; DeCinces forced Mora (second to shortstop); Lopez popped to catcher in foul territory; Dempsey forced DeCinces (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 7TH: Hobson flied out to center; Burleson doubled to left; Remy flied out to right; Rice singled to left [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice to second]; Fisk made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer grounded out (second to first); Singleton singled to left; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 8TH: Lynn walked; Scott made an out to second; Evans forced Lynn (third to second); Hobson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 5. ORIOLES 9TH: May grounded out (third to first); Mora homered; DeCinces popped to catcher in foul territory; Lopez doubled to left; Dempsey flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Red Sox 5.

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