Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
May 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Baltimore Orioles 6, Boston Red Sox 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf,cf 4 1 1 2
Smith 2b 4 2 2 1
Harlow cf 1 1 0 0
  Roenicke ph 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 2 1
May dh 5 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Garcia ss 1 0 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 3 1 0 0
Remy 2b 2 1 1 1
Rice lf 4 2 3 4
Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 1 0
Fisk c 2 1 0 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 2
Hobson 3b 3 0 1 1
  Duffy 3b 1 0 0 0
Carbo rf 3 1 1 0
Brohamer dh 4 1 1 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 9 9 8
Baltimore 000 101 202681
Boston 003 004 20x991
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (1-2) 5.1 6 7 4 3 2
  Stoddard   1.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Kerrigan   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
9
6
6
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (3-1) 6.0 5 4 4 6 5
  Burgmeier   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Stanley  SV (1) 3.0 3 2 2 4 3
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
11
8

  E–Murray (5), Hobson (5).  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 3.  2B–Boston Lynn (4,off Briles); Hobson (4,off Stoddard); Yastrzemski (3,off Stoddard).  HR–Baltimore Bumbry (2,9th inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice 2 (7,3rd inning off Briles 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Stoddard 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Burleson (4,off Briles); Remy (4,off Stoddard).  SF–Remy (2,off Briles).  CS–Yastrzemski (2,2nd base by Briles/Dempsey).  WP–Briles (1), Stoddard (2).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:21.  A–18,710.
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