Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
June 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone rf 4 0 2 0
Murray lf 3 0 1 0
Revering 1b 3 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 1 0 0
Gross 3b 4 1 1 0
Duncan dh 4 1 3 1
Armas cf 4 0 2 1
Essian c 4 0 1 1
Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0
  Alexander ph 1 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 12 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 3 1 0 0
Remy 2b 4 1 3 0
Rice dh 4 2 2 4
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 2
Fisk c 5 0 2 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 2 1
Hobson 3b 4 1 2 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 7
Oakland 000 300 0003123
Boston 010 000 24x7130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   6.1 10 3 3 5 5
  Lacey  L (5-3) 1.2 3 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (10-2) 9.0 12 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
2
3

  E–Gross 2 (14), Edwards (9).  DP–Oakland 4, Boston 3.  2B–Oakland Essian (7,off Torrez), Boston Fisk (17,off Renko); Hobson (7,off Lacey).  3B–Boston Rice (7,off Lacey).  HR–Boston Rice (21,7th inning off Renko 1 on, 0 out); Yastrzemski (5,8th inning off Lacey 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Dilone (4,off Torrez).  IBB–Burleson (2,by Lacey).  SB–Dilone 2 (21,2nd base off Torrez/Fisk 2); Remy (14,2nd base off Renko/Essian).  CS–Burleson (3,3rd base by Renko/Essian); Remy (6,2nd base by Renko/Essian).  IBB–Lacey (3,Burleson).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:55.  A–32,281.
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