Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 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 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 4 1
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Staub dh 5 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 1 1 1
Kemp lf 2 0 0 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 3 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 12 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 1 0
Remy 2b 5 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 2 1 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 3 1
Fisk c 2 0 1 1
Lynn cf 4 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 2 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Brohamer dh 2 0 1 0
  Bailey ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Duffy pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Detroit 001 011 000 03120
Boston 000 200 010 1490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   5.1 4 2 2 5 0
  Hiller  L (4-3) 3.2 5 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley   6.0 11 3 3 2 2
  Burgmeier   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Stanley  W (4-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
12
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3, Boston 4.  2B–Detroit Trammell (4,off Ripley); LeFlore (7,off Ripley), Boston Burleson (13,off Billingham); Yastrzemski (8,off Billingham); Fisk (9,off Hiller).  HR–Detroit LeFlore (5,5th inning off Ripley 0 on, 1 out); Thompson (13,6th inning off Ripley 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice (18,10th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Fisk (2,off Billingham).  CS–Mankowski (2,2nd base by Ripley/Fisk); Corcoran (1,2nd base by Stanley/Fisk).  SB–Duffy (1,2nd base off Hiller/May).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:45.
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