Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 2 1
Remy 2b 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 3 2
Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 2 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Lynn cf 3 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 5 0 2 1
Evans rf 4 2 2 1
Carbo dh 3 0 1 0
  Bailey ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 15 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Kemp lf 3 1 2 1
May c 4 1 1 2
Corcoran rf 4 1 2 0
Mankowski 3b 4 1 1 2
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 1 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Boston 012 002 0016150
Detroit 100 202 0005121
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley   6.0 9 5 5 1 0
  Campbell  W (2-3) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton   5.1 11 5 5 3 1
  Crawford   1.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Foucault  L (1-4) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
5
2

  E–Kemp (2).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 4.  2B–Boston Fisk (8,off Slaton); Burleson (7,off Slaton), Detroit Staub (6,off Eckersley); Kemp 2 (5,off Eckersley 2).  HR–Boston Evans (5,2nd inning off Slaton 0 on, 1 out); Rice (13,3rd inning off Slaton 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Mankowski (2,4th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 2 out); May (7,6th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Fisk (1,off Foucault).  HBP–Yastrzemski (3,by Crawford).  IBB–Lynn (3,by Foucault).  SB–Evans (1,2nd base off Slaton/May).  BK–Campbell (1).  HBP–Crawford (2,Yastrzemski).  IBB–Foucault (2,Lynn).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:53.  A–30,856.
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