Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
May 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 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 0, Boston Red Sox 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Molinaro lf 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Orta 2b 4 0 0 0
Bonds dh 4 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0
Nordhagen rf 3 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 3 0 0 0
Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 2 0
Remy 2b 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 2 2 2
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 1 2
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Evans rf 2 0 0 0
Bailey dh 3 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Chicago 000 000 000060
Boston 203 000 00x570
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrealba  L (1-4) 2.2 6 5 5 2 2
  LaGrow   3.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Willoughby   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (4-1) 9.0 6 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  HR–Boston Rice (9,1st inning off Torrealba 1 on, 1 out); Yastrzemski (1,3rd inning off Torrealba 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Molinaro (2,2nd base off Torrez/Fisk); Burleson (4,2nd base off LaGrow/Nahorodny).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:00.  A–30,921.
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