Winning their fourth straight game and staying in the chase for the East division title, the Red Sox swept past the Tigers, 5-2. The Red Sox tallied three runs in the first inning when Jerry Remy and Carl Yastrzemski drew walks, Carlton Fisk tripled and Fred Lynn singled. George Scott hit a homer in the second and added an RBI single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Red Sox 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 7 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .298 Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Stegman cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Remy 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .275 Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .291 Rice rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Staub dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .276 Yastrzemski lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .278 Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .289 Fisk c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .285 Kemp lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Lynn cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .291 May c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Hobson dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .247 Parrish ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Scott 1b 4 1 3 2 0 1 .234 Corcoran rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Brohamer 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Wockenfuss ph,rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Bailey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Duffy 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 5 2 3 5 Totals 30 5 7 5 6 4 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 26,035 Left on Base: Tigers 5, Red Sox 7 DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 1 Doubles: Whitaker (12) Triples: Fisk (5) Home Runs: Staub (24), LeFlore (12), Scott (12) Stolen Bases: Fisk (7) Caught Stealing: Fisk (2) GIDP: Corcoran (10) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox L(13-12) 7.2 7 5 5 6 4 1 35 3.76 Hiller 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.45 Totals 8 7 5 5 6 4 1 36 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant W(12-8) 6 3 2 2 2 3 2 22 3.45 Hassler 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 10 3.95 Stanley SV(10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.68 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 5 2 34 Wild Pitches: Wilcox (6) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Staub homered; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Remy walked; Wilcox threw a wild pitch [Remy to second]; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski walked; Fisk tripled to right [Remy scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Lynn singled to center [Fisk scored]; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 3. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); May walked; Corcoran grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 2ND: Scott homered; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); Burleson grounded out (third to first); Remy walked; Rice popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to center; Trammell popped to catcher in foul territory; LeFlore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski walked; On a bunt Fisk forced Yastrzemski (catcher to shortstop); Lynn struck out while Fisk was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker doubled to left; Staub made an out to first; Thompson struck out; Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 4TH: Hobson singled; Scott struck out; Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hobson to second]; Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. TIGERS 5TH: On a bunt May grounded out (catcher to first); Corcoran struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 5TH: Remy flied out to left; Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Red Sox 4. TIGERS 6TH: Trammell struck out; LeFlore homered; Whitaker walked; Staub grounded out (second to first) [Whitaker to second]; Thompson made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 6TH: Fisk lined to left; Lynn walked; Hobson flied out to center; Scott singled to left [Lynn to second]; Brohamer forced Scott (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 4. TIGERS 7TH: HASSLER REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Kemp struck out; May grounded out (third to first); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR CORCORAN; Wockenfuss singled; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 7TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Burleson grounded out (first to pitcher); Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Rice made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 4. TIGERS 8TH: Trammell grounded out (second to first); LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 8TH: STEGMAN REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING CF); Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk singled to pitcher; Lynn lined to right; Fisk stole second; Hobson was walked intentionally; Scott singled to left [Fisk scored, Hobson to second]; HILLER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); BAILEY BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Bailey made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 5. TIGERS 9TH: DUFFY REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING 3B); Staub flied out to left; Thompson walked; Kemp singled to left [Thompson to second]; PARRISH BATTED FOR MAY; STANLEY REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Parrish flied out to left; Wockenfuss lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Red Sox 5.

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