Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
May 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 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 1, Boston Red Sox 8

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Carew 1b 3 1 0 0
Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0
Ford cf 4 0 2 0
Adams dh 4 0 1 0
Chiles lf 3 0 0 0
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Randall 2b 3 0 0 0
Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0
  Thayer p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 1 2 1 1
Remy dh 5 2 2 1
Rice lf 4 1 2 3
Yastrzemski 1b 2 0 1 2
  Kendall 1b 2 0 0 0
Fisk c 5 0 2 0
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 1 0
  Duffy 3b 1 0 1 0
Carbo rf 3 1 0 0
Brohamer 2b 3 1 1 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 7
Minnesota 000 000 001141
Boston 341 000 00x8111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Thormodsgard  L (1-3) 1.2 6 7 7 1 0
  Thayer   4.1 4 1 1 3 2
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
5
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (1-1) 9.0 4 1 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
2
2

  E–Carew (2), Brohamer (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Adams (3,off Eckersley); Ford (7,off Eckersley), Boston Burleson (5,off Thormodsgard); Hobson (5,off Thormodsgard); Brohamer (1,off Thayer).  3B–Boston Rice 2 (4,off Thormodsgard,off Thayer).  SF–Yastrzemski (1,off Thormodsgard); Rice (2,off Thormodsgard); Burleson (3,off Thayer).  HBP–Burleson (1,by Thormodsgard).  SB–Carew (4,2nd base off Eckersley/Fisk).  HBP–Thormodsgard (1,Burleson).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:19.  A–15,784.
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