Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Remy 2b 5 1 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 2
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 3 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 1 0
  Duffy pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Evans rf 2 1 0 1
Carbo dh 3 0 1 1
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 1 0
Belanger ss 2 0 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 1
  Garcia pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Harlow ph 1 0 0 0
Lopez rf 2 0 0 0
  Singleton ph,rf 0 0 0 0
  Dempsey pr 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 1
May dh 4 0 3 1
Roenicke lf 4 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 2 0 0 1
  Smith ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 1 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 1 1 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Boston 012 000 002590
Baltimore 010 000 1024102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (5-0) 6.1 5 2 2 4 1
  Stanley   1.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Burgmeier   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Drago  SV (3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
6
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (3-2) 8.1 8 5 4 3 6
  Stanhouse   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
3
7

  E–Garcia (3), DeCinces (7).  DP–Boston 2, Baltimore 1.  2B–Boston Lynn (7,off D Martinez), Baltimore Murray (4,off Lee).  3B–Boston Lynn (1,off D Martinez).  HR–Boston Rice (11,3rd inning off D Martinez 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Evans (1,off D Martinez); Dauer (2,off Lee); Murray (1,off Drago).  SH–Roenicke (1,off Stanley).  HBP–Bumbry (2,by Lee).  CS–Carbo (1,2nd base by D Martinez/Skaggs).  WP–D Martinez (3).  HBP–Lee (1,Bumbry).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:18.  A–14,950.
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