Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Remy 2b 5 0 2 0
Rice lf 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 5 0 2 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 5 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 1 1 1
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Brohamer dh 4 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 1 7 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 6 0 2 1
Bailor rf 5 1 3 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 1
  Upshaw pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Hutton lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Ewing dh 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 5 0 1 0
McKay 2b 3 0 1 0
  Carty ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson 2b 0 1 0 0
Gomez ss 5 0 2 0
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 11 2
Boston 000 010 000 000170
Toronto 000 001 000 0012110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   10.0 9 1 1 2 5
  Campbell  L (2-4) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.1
11
2
2
3
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson  W (3-5) 12.0 7 1 1 2 3
Totals
12.0
7
1
1
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 3.  PB–Fisk (2).  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (7,off Jefferson); Burleson (9,off Jefferson), Toronto Gomez (2,off Campbell).  3B–Boston Remy (3,off Jefferson).  HR–Boston Hobson (8,5th inning off Jefferson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hutton (1,off Wright).  SF–Mayberry (2,off Wright).  HBP–Mayberry (3,by Wright).  IBB–Ewing (1,by Wright).  SB–Burleson (5,3rd base off Jefferson/Cerone); Bailor (1,2nd base off Wright/Fisk); McKay (1,2nd base off Wright/Fisk).  CS–Bosetti (3,2nd base by Wright/Fisk).  HBP–Wright (1,Mayberry).  IBB–Wright (1,Ewing).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:00.  A–14,578.
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