Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 22, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Remy 2b 4 2 2 0
Rice lf 4 2 2 2
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 1 3
Fisk c 2 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Brohamer dh 4 0 0 0
Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 0 1 0
Bailor rf 5 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 2 0
Mayberry 1b 4 2 2 3
Hutton lf 3 0 1 0
  Velez ph 1 0 0 0
Ewing dh 3 0 0 0
  Ault ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 3 0
McKay 2b 4 0 1 1
Gomez ss 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Boston 200 000 030570
Toronto 200 001 0014111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley  W (1-3) 7.0 7 3 3 0 3
  Burgmeier   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Stanley  SV (3) 0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (2-4) 9.0 7 5 5 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
3

  E–Howell (7).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Boston Remy (5,off Clancy), Toronto Howell (8,off Ripley).  HR–Boston Rice (14,1st inning off Clancy 1 on, 1 out); Yastrzemski (3,8th inning off Clancy 2 on, 2 out), Toronto Mayberry 2 (7,1st inning off Ripley 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Ripley 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Gomez (3,2nd base by Ripley/Fisk).  WP–Ripley (2).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:32.  A–25,054.
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