Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1978 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 2 0
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 2 2 1
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 2
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss rf 3 0 1 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 2 0 1 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 3 1
Remy 2b 4 1 1 1
Rice lf 5 1 2 2
Yastrzemski cf 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
Brohamer dh 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 3 3 2 2
Kendall 1b 4 0 1 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Detroit 000 102 000371
Boston 200 012 01x6111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (3-2) 8.0 11 6 6 4 4
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (7-1) 9.0 7 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
2

  E–Dillard (7), Hobson (8).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 3.  2B–Detroit Staub (9,off Lee), Boston Burleson (12,off Wilcox); Brohamer (4,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Staub (5,4th inning off Lee 0 on, 1 out); Thompson (12,6th inning off Lee 1 on, 2 out), Boston Rice (16,1st inning off Wilcox 1 on, 1 out); Evans 2 (8,5th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:21.  A–33,431.
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