Tightening their grip on first place in A.L. East, the Red Sox swept a doubleheader from the Twins, 5-3 and 3-2. The first game was tied, 3-3, going into the last of the seventh when Jack Brohamer led off with a double, advanced to third on an infield hit by Jim Rice and scored on a single up the middle by Carl Yastrzemski. Brohamer also drove in Frank Duffy with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. The Twins had knotted the contest in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Rod Carew.

Fred Lynn knocked in all three Bosox runs in the nightcap. He had an RBI single in the first inning and a two-run homer in the sixth. The Twins' runs came on a solo homer by Willie Norwood in the fifth and a double by Norwood and single by Rob Wilfong in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 16, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Twins 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 13 1 Red Sox 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 x - 5 11 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .238 Remy 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Smalley ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 .279 Brohamer 3b 2 3 1 1 2 0 .294 Carew 1b 5 0 3 2 0 0 .355 Rice dh 5 1 3 1 0 1 .318 Ford cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .287 Yastrzemski lf 5 0 3 1 0 2 .307 Cubbage 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .317 Fisk c 1 0 0 1 2 0 .292 Adams dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .239 Lynn cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .330 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Chiles lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Wilfong 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .269 Duffy ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .276 Serum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 3 13 3 1 5 Totals 33 5 11 4 5 7 Time of Game: 2:59 Left on Base: Twins 10, Red Sox 11 DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 0 Errors: Wilfong Doubles: Smalley (16), Carew 2 (12), Rice 2 (13), Lynn (19), Brohamer (9), Duffy (4) Triples: Powell (2) Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (4), Brohamer (4) GIDP: Brohamer (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Serum 4 6 3 3 2 3 0 20 3.52 Harrison L(0-1) 3.2 5 2 2 3 3 0 19 6.75 Holly 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Totals 8 11 5 5 5 7 0 40 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(11-2) 7 11 3 3 1 3 0 32 3.41 Campbell SV(4) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 4.74 Totals 9 13 3 3 1 5 0 40 Wild Pitches: Serum (3) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan TWINS 1ST: Powell walked; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted) [Powell to second]; Carew grounded out (first unassisted) [Powell to third]; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy made an out to shortstop; Brohamer walked; Rice doubled to left [Brohamer scored]; Yastrzemski singled to center [Rice to third]; Serum threw a wild pitch [Rice scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk flied out to center; Lynn struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. TWINS 2ND: Cubbage struck out; Adams singled to center; Wynegar flied out to left; Chiles made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 2ND: Scott reached on an error by Wilfong; Evans flied out to center; Duffy struck out; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. TWINS 3RD: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Powell tripled to right; Smalley doubled to right [Powell scored]; Carew doubled to left [Smalley scored]; Ford flied out to right; Cubbage made an out to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 3RD: Brohamer walked; Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled to right [Brohamer to third]; Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brohamer scored]; Lynn doubled to center [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. TWINS 4TH: Adams struck out; Wynegar made an out to shortstop; Chiles singled to right; Wilfong singled to right [Chiles to third]; Powell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 4TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Duffy singled to right; Remy singled to center [Duffy to second]; Brohamer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Remy out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. TWINS 5TH: Smalley flied out to right; Carew doubled to left; Ford flied out to right [Carew to third]; Cubbage flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 5TH: HARRISON REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Rice singled to right; Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; Fisk walked [Rice to second]; Lynn lined to right; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. TWINS 6TH: Adams grounded out (second to first); Wynegar lined to first; Chiles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 6TH: Evans struck out; Duffy grounded out (third to first); Remy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 3. TWINS 7TH: Wilfong singled to right; Powell flied out to right; Smalley singled to right [Wilfong to third, Smalley out at second (right to first)]; Carew singled to right [Wilfong scored]; Ford singled to center [Carew to third]; Cubbage lined to first; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: Brohamer doubled to left; Rice grounded out (first unassisted) [Brohamer to third]; Yastrzemski singled to center [Brohamer scored]; Fisk walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn walked [Yastrzemski to third, Fisk to second]; Scott popped to first in foul territory; Evans struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 4. TWINS 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Adams struck out; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Chiles grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 8TH: Duffy doubled to left; Remy grounded out (first unassisted) [Duffy to third]; Brohamer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Duffy scored]; Rice doubled to center; HOLLY REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Yastrzemski struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 5. TWINS 9TH: Wilfong struck out; Powell singled to center; Smalley singled [Powell to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first) [Powell to third, Smalley to second]; Ford lined to pitcher; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Red Sox 5.

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