With two out in the seventh inning, the A's erupted for all their runs to gain a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox, whose lead in the A. L. East was cut to 5½ games when the Yankees beat the Mariners. In the A's outburst, Dave Revering doubled for one run, Mitchell Page singled for another and Bruce Robinson then drove in a pair with a single.

The Red Sox came back with two runs in their half of the seventh on an error, a double by Fred Lynn and single by George Scott. But after Jim Rice singled and eventually scored on a wild pitch by Elias Sosa in the eighth, Dave Heaverlo pitched the last 1 1/3 innings and saved the game for A's starter Rick Langford. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Game Played on Saturday, September 2, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 4 11 1 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 7 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alston rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Revering 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Brohamer 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Woodard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Rice rf 3 1 3 0 1 0 .327 Newman 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Fisk c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .293 Gross 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Lynn cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .298 Carty dh 3 1 1 0 2 1 .299 Scott 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .253 Page lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .287 Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .252 Essian c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Bailey dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Robinson c 3 0 2 2 1 0 .341 Remy pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Armas cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Evans ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Hancock pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Duncan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wallis cf,lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Edwards 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .274 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 11 4 4 3 Totals 34 3 7 2 2 5 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 33,051 Left on Base: A's 9, Red Sox 8 DP: A's 0, Red Sox 1 Errors: Newman, Fisk 2 Doubles: Wallis (13), Revering (19), Newman (5), Lynn (27) Stolen Bases: Edwards (27) Caught Stealing: Rice (5) GIDP: Essian (11) Hit by Pitch: Burleson (3,by Langford), Bailey (1,by Sosa) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(7-10) 6 4 2 1 1 4 0 24 3.01 Sosa 1.2 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 2.60 Heaverlo SV(10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.13 Totals 9 7 3 1 2 5 0 38 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez L(15-8) 9 11 4 3 4 3 0 40 4.01 Totals 9 11 4 3 4 3 0 40 Passed Balls: Essian (3) Hit by Pitch: Langford (3), Sosa (1) Wild Pitches: Sosa (2) Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to right; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Carty singled; Page singled [Carty to second]; Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Brohamer flied out to center; Rice singled; Yastrzemski lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan flied out to right; Wallis walked; Edwards singled [Wallis to second]; Alston flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Lynn popped to left; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; Carty struck out; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson struck out; Bailey struck out; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Robinson walked; Guerrero singled [Robinson to second]; Duncan forced Robinson (pitcher to third) [Guerrero to second]; Wallis made an out to shortstop; Edwards singled to shortstop [Guerrero out at home (shortstop to third), Duncan to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Brohamer was called out on strikes; Rice singled; Rice was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alston grounded out (second to first); Revering grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Fisk flied out to left; Lynn lined to right; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Robinson singled; Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Hobson singled; Bailey made an out to shortstop; Burleson was hit by a pitch [Hobson to second]; Brohamer flied out to center; Rice walked [Hobson to third, Burleson to second]; Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis doubled; Edwards reached on a fielder's choice [Wallis out at third (catcher to third)]; Alston flied out to center; Edwards stole second [Edwards to third (error by Fisk)]; Revering doubled [Edwards scored]; WOODARD RAN FOR REVERING; Carty walked; Page singled [Woodard scored, Carty to third]; Page was picked off first but was safe on an error by Fisk [Page to second]; Robinson singled [Carty scored, Page scored (unearned)]; Guerrero lined to right; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 7TH: NEWMAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING 1B); ESSIAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); ARMAS REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING CF); WALLIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Fisk reached on an error by Newman (assist by Duncan); Lynn doubled [Fisk to third]; SOSA REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Scott singled [Fisk scored (unearned), Lynn scored]; Hobson forced Scott (third to second); Bailey was hit by a pitch [Hobson to second]; REMY RAN FOR BAILEY; Burleson flied out to right; Brohamer flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: REMY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Duncan was called out on strikes; Wallis flied out to center; Edwards made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: Rice singled; Yastrzemski flied out to right [Rice to second]; Essian allowed a passed ball [Rice to third]; Fisk made an out to first; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Rice scored (unearned)]; Lynn walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Scott forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston made an out to shortstop; Newman doubled; DILONE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Carty was walked intentionally; Essian grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 9TH: GROSS REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 1B); Hobson struck out; EVANS BATTED FOR REMY; Evans singled; HANCOCK RAN FOR EVANS; Burleson forced Hancock (second to shortstop); Brohamer grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 3.

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