Breaking out of the batting doldrums with a 12-hit attack, the Red Sox thumped the White Sox, 9-2. The score was 1-1 going into the the bottom of the sixth when Jim Rice and Carlton Fisk slapped consecutive doubles. Fisk went to third on a throwing error by Ken Kravec and scored on the front end of an attempted double steal as Dwight Evans was thrown out at second. Jerry Remy knocked in three runs with a single and double and Rick Burleson had an eighth-inning bases-loaded double. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 9, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Monday, July 31, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 1 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 x - 9 12 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosley cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .302 Burleson ss 5 2 3 3 0 1 .253 Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Remy 2b 4 1 2 3 1 1 .264 Orta 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .289 Rice lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .309 Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .259 Fisk c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .303 Garr lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 Lynn cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .322 Molinaro dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Evans rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .274 Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Lamar Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Scott 1b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .242 Colbern c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Bailey dh 1 1 0 0 3 0 .219 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 6 2 2 7 Totals 33 9 12 8 6 8 Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 28,858 Left on Base: White Sox 5, Red Sox 6 DP: White Sox 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Kravec Doubles: Orta (16), Rice (17), Fisk (30), Burleson 2 (22), Remy (16) Home Runs: Soderholm (15) Stolen Bases: Remy (18) Caught Stealing: Evans (5), Lynn (4) Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (9) GIDP: Molinaro (5) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec L(7-10) 6.1 7 5 4 4 7 0 29 4.05 LaGrow 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.88 Hinton 1 5 4 4 2 1 0 8 4.19 Totals 8 12 9 8 6 8 0 39 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(12-4) 9 6 2 2 2 7 1 34 3.45 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 7 1 34 Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ted Hendry WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley was called out on strikes; Kessinger flied out to center; Orta doubled to left; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Remy struck out; Rice grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr singled to center; Molinaro grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second]; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Lynn was called out on strikes; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; Colbern popped to first; Bosley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson grounded out (second to first); Scott struck out; Bailey walked; Burleson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Kessinger singled to center; Orta walked [Kessinger to second]; Soderholm forced Kessinger (pitcher to third) [Orta to second]; Garr flied out to center; Molinaro flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Remy walked; Remy stole second; Rice struck out; Fisk made an out to second; Lynn singled to right [Remy scored]; Evans struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington was called out on strikes; Lamar Johnson flied out to right; Colbern struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Hobson flied out to center; Scott grounded out (third to first); Bailey walked; Burleson singled to center [Bailey to third]; Remy popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Red Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Bosley singled to left; Kessinger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bosley to second]; Orta singled to right [Bosley scored, Orta to second (on throw to home)]; Soderholm walked; Garr struck out; Molinaro popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Rice doubled to left; Fisk doubled to center [Rice scored]; Fisk was picked off second but was safe on an error by Kravec [Fisk scored (unearned)]; Lynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked; Hobson struck out; Evans was caught stealing second (catcher to second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Washington flied out to right; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Colbern grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: Scott singled to right; Bailey flied out to left; Burleson doubled to left [Scott to third]; Remy singled to right [Scott scored, Burleson scored, Remy to second (on throw to home)]; LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: Bosley flied out to center; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 8TH: HINTON REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Lynn singled to left; Evans singled to center [Lynn to second]; Hobson struck out while Lynn was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Evans to second]; Scott walked; Bailey walked [Evans to third, Scott to second]; Burleson doubled to center [Evans scored, Scott scored, Bailey scored]; Remy doubled to left [Burleson scored]; Rice singled to left [Remy out at home (left to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Red Sox 9. WHITE SOX 9TH: Soderholm homered; Garr struck out; Molinaro flied out to right; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Red Sox 9.

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