Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 9, Boston Red Sox 11

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 3 1 1 0
  Norwood ph,rf 2 1 1 1
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 3 1
Carew 1b 4 1 2 0
Cubbage 3b,2b 5 0 2 2
Ford cf 5 0 1 2
Morales dh 4 1 3 1
Kusick lf 3 2 1 1
Wynegar c 5 1 2 1
Randall 2b 2 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 0 1 0 0
  Wolfe 3b 1 0 0 0
Serum p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Thayer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 16 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 2 2 1
Remy dh 3 1 1 1
Rice lf 5 1 2 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 2 2 1
Fisk c 3 2 1 1
Lynn cf 5 0 3 3
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 1
  Duffy 3b 0 1 0 0
Carbo rf 3 1 1 0
  Evans ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 5 1 2 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 10
Minnesota 300 004 0029162
Boston 022 105 01x11140
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Serum   3.1 7 5 4 1 4
  Johnson  L (0-2) 2.1 5 5 4 3 2
  Scarce   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Thayer   1.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
9
7
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.0 9 6 6 5 2
  Burgmeier  W (1-0) 3.1 7 3 3 1 2
  Stanley  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
6
4

  E–Powell (1), Kusick (1).  DP–Minnesota 1, Boston 1.  PB–Wynegar (1).  2B–Minnesota Morales 2 (4,off Burgmeier 2), Boston Burleson 2 (4,off Serum,off Scarce); Lynn (5,off D Johnson).  3B–Minnesota Kusick (2,off Burgmeier).  SF–Smalley (3,off Burgmeier); Hobson (1,off Serum).  SH–Remy (5,off Scarce).  CS–Smalley (4,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk); Morales (1,3rd base by Burgmeier/Fisk).  WP–D Johnson (3).  BK–Serum (1), Tiant (1).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:36.  A–16,403.
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