New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 4 Game Played on Monday, October 2, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 - 5 8 0 Red Sox 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 11 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .265 Burleson ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .248 Blair ph,cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Remy 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .278 Munson c 5 0 1 1 0 3 .297 Rice rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .315 Piniella rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Yastrzemski lf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .277 Jackson dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .274 Fisk c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .284 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Lynn cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .298 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Hobson dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 White lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .269 Scott 1b 4 0 2 0 0 2 .233 Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Brohamer 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Doyle 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Bailey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Spencer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Duffy 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Stanley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Dent ss 4 1 1 3 0 1 .243 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 8 5 3 6 Totals 36 4 11 4 2 7 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 32,925 Left on Base: Yankees 6, Red Sox 9 DP: Yankees 0, Red Sox 0 Doubles: Rivers (25), Munson (27), Scott (16), Burleson (32), Remy (24) Home Runs: Dent (5), Jackson (27), Yastrzemski (17) Stolen Bases: Rivers 2 (25) Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (4), Remy (14) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(25-3) 6.1 6 2 2 1 5 1 26 1.74 Gossage SV(27) 2.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 14 2.01 Totals 9 11 4 4 2 7 1 40 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez L(16-13) 6.2 5 4 4 3 4 1 28 3.97 Stanley 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2.60 Hassler 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.87 Drago 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.03 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 6 2 38 Passed Balls: Munson (8) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Steve Palermo YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; Rivers stole second; Munson struck out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Remy flied out to left; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles made an out to shortstop; Chambliss made an out to first; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski homered; Fisk flied out to left; Lynn flied out to center; Hobson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 3RD: Doyle made an out to second; Dent flied out to right; Rivers doubled to right; Munson struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 3RD: Scott doubled to center; Brohamer out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Scott to third]; Burleson grounded out (third to first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella singled to shortstop; Jackson flied out to right; Nettles made an out to shortstop; Chambliss forced Piniella (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 5TH: White walked; Doyle grounded out (second to first) [White to second]; Dent made an out to shortstop; Rivers reached on a fielder's choice [White out at third (shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Lynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Hobson singled to third; Scott struck out; Brohamer flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 6TH: Munson struck out; Piniella flied out to center; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Burleson doubled to left; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Burleson to third]; Rice singled to center [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted) [Rice to second]; Fisk was walked intentionally; Lynn flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 2. YANKEES 7TH: Nettles flied out to right; Chambliss singled to left; White singled to center [Chambliss to second]; SPENCER BATTED FOR DOYLE; Spencer flied out to left; Dent homered [Chambliss scored, White scored]; Rivers walked; STANLEY REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Rivers stole second; Munson doubled to center [Rivers scored]; Piniella flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 2B); Hobson struck out; Scott singled to right; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); BAILEY BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Munson allowed a passed ball [Scott to second]; Bailey struck out; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Red Sox 2. YANKEES 8TH: DUFFY REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING 3B); Jackson homered; HASSLER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Nettles struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: Remy doubled to right; Rice flied out to right; Yastrzemski singled to center [Remy scored]; Fisk singled to center [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn singled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to second]; Hobson flied out to right; Scott struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 4. YANKEES 9TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Dent struck out; BLAIR BATTED FOR RIVERS; Blair singled to left; DRAGO REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Munson forced Blair (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 9TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); EVANS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Evans flied out to left; Burleson walked; Remy singled to right [Burleson to second]; Rice flied out to right [Burleson to third]; Yastrzemski popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 5, Red Sox 4.

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