Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
May 6, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0
Moore dh 5 1 1 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 1
  Molinaro pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 0 0
Nordhagen lf 5 1 2 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 2
Orta 2b 3 1 1 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 1
Nahorodny c 4 0 2 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Remy 2b 3 2 3 0
Rice lf 5 1 3 3
Yastrzemski 1b 5 0 2 1
Fisk c 5 1 1 0
Lynn cf 3 0 1 0
  Evans ph,cf 2 1 1 2
Hobson dh 3 0 1 0
Carbo rf 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 3b 4 0 1 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Chicago 011 020 000 04110
Boston 100 000 021 26141
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.0 8 3 3 3 4
  Hinton   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby  L (0-2) 2.1 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.1
14
6
6
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   9.0 11 4 4 6 1
  Stanley  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
6
1

  E–Fisk (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Boston 3.  PB–Nahorodny (1).  2B–Chicago Orta (6,off Lee); Kessinger (2,off Lee); Lemon (4,off Lee), Boston Remy 2 (4,off Stone 2); Brohamer (2,off Stone); Rice (4,off Stone).  HR–Boston Evans (1,10th inning off Willoughby 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Orta (1,off Lee); Remy (6,off Willoughby).  SB–Bonds (6,2nd base off Lee/Fisk); Lamar Johnson (2,2nd base off Lee/Fisk); Rice (3,2nd base off Stone/Nahorodny).  CS–Lemon (2,3rd base by Lee/Fisk); Lynn (2,2nd base by Stone/Nahorodny); Rice (1,2nd base by Willoughby/Nahorodny).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:16.
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