Snapping out of their slump, the Red Sox not only won the completion of the previous night's suspended game, 7-5, by scoring two runs in the 17th inning, but then proceeded to beat the Yankees in the regularly-scheduled contest that followed, 8-1. The August 2 game was halted after 14 innings with the score tied, 5-5. The Yankees once held a 5-0 lead before the Red Sox rallied to pull even. Two of their runs came on passes with the bases loaded and the tying tally counted in the eighth on a double by Jim Rice, a wild pitch by Rich Gossage and a sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski. In the 17th, Dwight Evans, Butch Hobson, Rick Burleson and Rice hit singles to provide the Red Sox with their winning pair.

Playing the regularly-scheduled game, Rice homered with a man on base in the fifth inning, and Fred Lynn connected with a man aboard in the third -- his first homer ever in Yankee Stadium. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 8, New York Yankees 1

Game Played on Thursday, August 3, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Red Sox 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 - 8 11 1 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 1 6 2 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .253 Rivers cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Remy 2b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .267 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Rice lf 3 2 2 3 1 0 .309 Munson c 2 1 1 0 1 1 .306 Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .295 Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Fisk c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Chambliss 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Lynn cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .319 Nettles 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Brohamer dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .262 White dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Bailey ph,dh 2 1 1 1 0 0 .227 Johnstone lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Dent ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Hobson 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .243 Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 8 11 8 3 2 Totals 24 1 6 1 2 5 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 53,379 Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Yankees 8 DP: Red Sox 0, Yankees 0 Errors: Yastrzemski, Randolph, Beattie Home Runs: Rice (25), Lynn (18), Bailey (4) Stolen Bases: Fisk (5) Caught Stealing: Remy (9) Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (5) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez W(13-6) 6 6 1 0 2 5 0 27 3.72 Totals 6 6 1 0 2 5 0 27 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie L(2-6) 4.2 7 4 4 2 2 1 23 4.04 Lindblad 2.1 4 4 4 1 0 2 12 4.29 Totals 7 11 8 8 3 2 3 35 Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney RED SOX 1ST: Beattie dropped a foul fly hit by Burleson for an error; Burleson flied out to right; Remy walked; Remy was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph struck out; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (third to second); Lynn grounded out (first unassisted) [Fisk to second]; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss flied out to center; Nettles singled to left; White flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Yankees 0. RED SOX 3RD: Evans grounded out (third to first); Hobson singled to left; Burleson singled to right [Hobson to second]; Remy singled to right [Hobson scored, Burleson to third, Remy to second (on throw)]; Rice singled to third [Burleson scored, Remy stayed at second]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk forced Rice (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Johnstone flied out to left; Dent struck out; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 0. RED SOX 4TH: Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); Brohamer flied out to center; Evans reached on an error by Randolph; Hobson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph struck out; Munson walked; Jackson struck out; Chambliss singled to left [Munson to second]; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Yankees 0. RED SOX 5TH: Burleson lined to shortstop; Remy walked; Rice homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk singled to shortstop; LINDBLAD REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Fisk stole second; Lynn flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: White walked; Johnstone flied out to center; Dent flied out to left; Rivers singled to center [White to second]; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Yankees 0. RED SOX 6TH: BAILEY BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Bailey made an out to shortstop; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson singled to center; Burleson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to left; Jackson reached on an error by Yastrzemski [Munson to second]; Chambliss singled to left [Munson to third, Jackson to second]; Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to center [Munson scored (unearned)]; White flied out to left; Johnstone singled to pitcher [Jackson to third, Chambliss to second]; THOMASSON BATTED FOR DENT; Thomasson lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Yankees 1. RED SOX 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING SS); Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice walked; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice to second]; Fisk flied out to center; Lynn homered [Rice scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Bailey homered; Evans flied out to right; game callled after 1:29 rain delay at 12:51am; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.

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