The Red Sox won the opening game of a twi-night doubleheader, 2-1, but lost the second game, 7-6, when the Blue Jays scored two unearned runs in the eighth inning. The first run in the lidlifter came in the fifth on a triple by George Scott and groundout by Butch Hobson. The winning marker came across in the sixth when Garry Hancock drew a two-out walk, Scott singled and Hobson doubled.

After Jim Rice's second homer of the game in the seventh stanza gave the Red Sox a 6-5 lead in the nightcap, the Jays counted their tainted tallies after Rick Cerone reached first base safely on an error by Hobson and advanced to second on a single by Al Woods. After a forceout, a two-out double by Bob Bailor for his fourth hit of the game scored both Woods and Luis Gomez. Rookie Victor Cruz pitched three scoreless innings of relief to get the win. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 30, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 2 8 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 Burleson ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .247 Bailor 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 A. Woods lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Duffy pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Rice lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .322 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .263 Yastrzemski dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Velez rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .280 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .294 Ashby c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Lynn cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .299 McKay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Hancock rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .222 Johnson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Scott 1b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .251 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hobson 3b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .257 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 5 1 0 9 Totals 32 2 8 2 3 5 Time of Game: 2:15 Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 9 DP: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0 Errors: Mayberry Doubles: Hobson (20) Triples: Scott (4) Home Runs: Mayberry (21) Caught Stealing: McKay (3) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kirkwood L(3-2) 8 8 2 2 3 5 0 35 3.71 Totals 8 8 2 2 3 5 0 35 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(16-5) 9 5 1 1 0 9 1 31 3.12 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 9 1 31 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti struck out; Bailor flied out to right; A. Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson was called out on strikes; Brohamer flied out to left; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Horton struck out; Mayberry homered; Velez struck out; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: On a bunt Yastrzemski singled; On a bunt Fisk made an out to catcher; Lynn forced Yastrzemski (second to shortstop); Hancock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay struck out; Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher); Bosetti singled; Bailor popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Scott singled; Hobson flied out to left; Burleson was called out on strikes; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods made an out to third; Horton struck out; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski flied out to left; Fisk walked; Lynn singled [Fisk to second]; Hancock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez struck out; Ashby singled; McKay forced Ashby (third to second); McKay was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Scott tripled; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Scott scored]; Burleson singled; Brohamer grounded out (second to first) [Burleson to second]; Rice was walked intentionally; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn struck out; Hancock walked; Scott singled [Hancock to second]; Hobson doubled [Hancock scored, Scott to third]; Burleson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 7TH: Brohamer reached on an error by Mayberry; DUFFY RAN FOR BROHAMER; Rice flied out to left; Yastrzemski lined into a double play (second to first) [Duffy out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Velez struck out; Ashby singled; McKay forced Ashby (first to shortstop); Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: Fisk flied out to center; Lynn flied out to center; Hancock singled; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bosetti singled; Bailor was called out on strikes; A. Woods popped to third in foul territory; Horton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

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