While Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn took care of the batting, Bob Stanley turned in a superb relief performance as the Red Sox defeated the A's, 11-6. Stanley replaced Jim Wright with one out in the third inning and pitched the rest of the way, yielding only four hits and one run.

Rice drove in four runs with a single and homer, Fisk accounted for three with a pair of singles and Lynn produced two with a double. With the score tied, 5-5, in the fourth, Jack Brohamer walked, Lynn singled and Rice belted his 37th homer of the season to smash the deadlock. The Red Sox iced the victory in the eighth when Fisk drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and a third run scored on the same play on an error by Mario Guerrero. Rico Carty hit a two-run homer for the A's. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 11, Oakland Athletics 6

Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

A's 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 11 1 Red Sox 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 x - 11 13 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alston rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Burleson ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .249 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Lynn cf 3 2 2 2 2 0 .301 Armas rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Rice lf 5 3 3 4 0 0 .330 Revering 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Yastrzemski dh 5 2 2 0 0 1 .293 Carty dh 5 2 1 2 0 0 .298 Fisk c 3 0 2 3 2 1 .295 Page lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .289 Scott 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Robinson c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .333 Evans rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Hancock rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Duncan 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .262 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .249 Wallis cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .276 Brohamer 2b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .251 Edwards 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .276 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 11 6 1 3 Totals 37 11 13 9 5 7 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 29,029 Left on Base: A's 6, Red Sox 7 DP: A's 0, Red Sox 1 Errors: Guerrero, Scott Doubles: Wallis 2 (15), Page (22), Robinson (3), Duncan (14), Lynn (28) Triples: Evans (2) Home Runs: Carty (27), Rice (37) Stolen Bases: Page (21) GIDP: Newman (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko 1.1 6 5 5 0 0 0 10 4.09 Broberg L(9-11) 6.1 5 5 5 5 7 1 29 4.80 Lacey 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.02 Sosa 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.59 Totals 8 13 11 10 5 7 1 42 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright 2.1 6 5 3 0 2 1 14 3.12 Stanley W(13-2) 6.2 5 1 1 1 1 0 25 2.76 Totals 9 11 6 4 1 3 1 39 Balks: Renko (1) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to right; Revering singled; Carty homered [Revering scored]; Page struck out; Robinson flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled; Lynn grounded out (third to first) [Burleson to second]; Rice singled [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski singled [Rice to third]; Fisk singled to third [Rice scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first) [Yastrzemski to third, Fisk to second]; Renko balked [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 3. ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to right; Duncan singled; Wallis doubled [Duncan to third]; Edwards struck out; Alston made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 2ND: Hobson lined to right; Brohamer singled; Burleson singled [Brohamer to second]; BROBERG REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Lynn doubled [Brohamer scored, Burleson scored]; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski made an out to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 5. ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering reached on an error by Scott; Carty forced Revering (shortstop to second); Page doubled [Carty to third]; Robinson doubled [Carty scored (unearned), Page scored]; STANLEY REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan walked; Wallis doubled [Robinson scored (unearned), Duncan to third]; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 3RD: Fisk walked; Scott struck out; Evans grounded out (third to first) [Fisk to third]; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 5. ATHLETICS 4TH: Alston grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering struck out; Carty made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 4TH: Brohamer walked; Burleson flied out to right; Lynn singled [Brohamer to third]; Rice homered [Brohamer scored, Lynn scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Fisk walked; Scott flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 8. ATHLETICS 5TH: Page lined to second; Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 5TH: Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; Hobson was called out on strikes; Brohamer popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 8. ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan doubled; Wallis flied out to right [Duncan to third]; Edwards singled to second [Duncan scored]; NEWMAN BATTED FOR ALSTON; Newman grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Edwards out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 6TH: ARMAS REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING RF); Burleson flied out to left; Lynn walked; Rice made an out to shortstop; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 8. ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering grounded out (first to pitcher); Carty grounded out (third to first); Page singled; Page stole second; Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 7TH: Fisk struck out; Scott grounded out (second to first); Evans tripled; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan grounded out (third to first); Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 8TH: Brohamer struck out; Burleson flied out to left; Lynn walked; Rice singled [Lynn to second]; LACEY REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Yastrzemski singled to second [Lynn to third, Rice to second]; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Fisk singled [Lynn scored (RBI), Rice scored (RBI), Yastrzemski scored (error by Guerrero) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Scott made an out to second; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 11. ATHLETICS 9TH: HANCOCK REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING RF); Edwards singled; Armas grounded out (third to first) [Edwards to second]; Revering flied out to right; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 11.

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