The A's ended a seven-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory over the Red Sox. Bill Lee, who was knocked out in the sixth inning after giving up nine hits and five of the A's runs (four earned), was tagged with his seventh straight defeat.

After Lee departed on the short end of a 5-2 score, the Red Sox counted twice on a triple by Jim Rice in the seventh, but the A's put the game away with three runs off Bill Campbell in the eighth, two unearned on a throwing error by Carlton Fisk. Rico Carty batted in two runs for the A's with a homer and an infield out. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 8, Boston Red Sox 4

Game Played on Saturday, August 19, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 - 4 8 2 A's 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 x - 8 14 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 3 1 0 0 2 1 .250 Dilone cf,rf,lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .243 Remy 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .270 Alston rf,lf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .280 Rice cf,lf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .327 Burke rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Fisk lf,c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Page lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .288 Evans rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .264 Essian c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Scott 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .242 Carty dh 3 1 2 2 1 0 .293 Bailey dh 1 1 1 0 1 0 .222 Duncan 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .283 Brohamer ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Revering 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Kendall ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Woodard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Yastrzemski pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Gross 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .249 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Montgomery c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Armas rf,cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .221 Hancock ph,cf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .279 Robinson c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .667 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .267 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 8 4 4 12 Totals 37 8 14 6 1 1 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 11,806 Left on Base: Red Sox 9, A's 7 DP: Red Sox 0, A's 0 Errors: Fisk, Campbell, Edwards Doubles: Scott (11), Alston (2), Duncan (13) Triples: Rice (15) Home Runs: Evans (23), Carty (22) Stolen Bases: Bailey (2), Alston (5) Caught Stealing: Dilone (20) Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (11) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee L(10-10) 5.1 10 5 5 1 0 1 26 3.52 Campbell 2.2 4 3 1 0 1 0 13 3.67 Totals 8 14 8 6 1 1 1 39 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson W(10-6) 5 3 1 1 3 6 0 21 2.71 Norris 1.1 2 3 3 1 3 1 7 5.09 Lacey SV(5) 2.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 12 2.76 Totals 9 8 4 4 4 12 1 40 Wild Pitches: Johnson (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Rich Garcia RED SOX 1ST: Burleson walked; Remy walked [Burleson to second]; Rice struck out; Fisk flied out to center; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Burleson to third, Remy to second]; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone lined to shortstop; On a bunt Alston grounded out (catcher to first); On a bunt Page grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 0. RED SOX 2ND: Scott doubled; Bailey walked; Hobson struck out; Montgomery struck out; Burleson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Carty homered; Duncan singled; Revering grounded out (first unassisted) [Duncan to second]; Guerrero grounded out (second to first) [Duncan to third]; Robinson singled [Duncan scored]; Debut game for Bruce Robinson; Edwards forced Robinson (second unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 2. RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to left; Rice flied out to center; Fisk made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone popped to catcher in foul territory; Alston doubled; Page singled [Alston to third]; Carty grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Alston scored, Page to second]; Duncan doubled [Page scored]; Revering flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Athletics 4. RED SOX 4TH: Evans grounded out (third to first); Scott struck out; Bailey singled; Bailey stole second; Hobson singled [Bailey scored]; Montgomery struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson grounded out (second to first); Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 4. RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Remy flied out to right; Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone singled; Dilone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Alston singled; Page grounded out (second to first) [Alston to second]; Carty was walked intentionally; Duncan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Athletics 4. RED SOX 6TH: NORRIS REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Fisk struck out; Evans homered; Scott struck out; BROHAMER BATTED FOR BAILEY; Brohamer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Revering singled; WOODARD RAN FOR REVERING; Guerrero flied out to left; Robinson singled [Woodard to third]; PICCIOLO RAN FOR ROBINSON; CAMPBELL REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Edwards reached on an error by Campbell on a sacrifice bunt [Woodard scored (RBI), Picciolo to second]; Dilone forced Picciolo (third unassisted) [Edwards to second]; Alston struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Athletics 5. RED SOX 7TH: GROSS REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING 1B); PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ARMAS REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING RF); ALSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ESSIAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); Hobson flied out to right; HANCOCK BATTED FOR MONTGOMERY; Hancock singled; Burleson walked [Hancock to second]; LACEY REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Remy struck out; Rice tripled [Hancock scored, Burleson scored]; Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: HANCOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RICE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FISK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Essian made an out to second; Carty singled; Duncan popped to catcher in foul territory; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 5. RED SOX 8TH: ARMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Evans flied out to center; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); KENDALL BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Kendall reached on an error by Edwards; YASTRZEMSKI RAN FOR KENDALL; Hobson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: YASTRZEMSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Armas singled; On a bunt Picciolo forced Armas (catcher to shortstop); On a bunt Edwards singled [Picciolo to second]; Dilone forced Picciolo (third unassisted) [Edwards to second]; Alston singled [Edwards scored, Dilone to third]; Alston stole second [Dilone scored (error by Fisk) (unearned), Alston scored (unearned)]; Essian made an out to shortstop; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 8. RED SOX 9TH: BURKE REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING RF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hancock struck out; Burleson struck out; Remy singled; Rice singled [Remy to second]; Fisk flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Athletics 8.

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