Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
July 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 5 0 3 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 3 0 1 0
Ford cf 4 0 2 0
Cubbage 3b 2 0 1 0
  Wolfe 3b 1 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 1 0
  Randall 3b 0 0 0 0
Kusick dh 4 0 0 0
Wynegar c 4 0 0 0
Norwood lf 4 2 2 1
Wilfong 2b 4 0 2 1
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 1 0
Brohamer 3b 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 1 2 3
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Hancock dh 3 0 0 0
Montgomery c 3 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Minnesota 000 010 1002120
Boston 100 002 00x370
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (9-6) 8.0 7 3 3 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
0
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (5-1) 7.0 9 2 2 1 1
  Stanley  SV (7) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Minnesota Norwood (19,off Wright), Boston Remy (11,off Erickson); Brohamer (10,off Erickson).  HR–Minnesota Norwood (4,5th inning off Wright 0 on, 1 out), Boston Lynn (16,6th inning off Erickson 1 on, 2 out).  WP–Erickson (7).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:22.  A–35,589.
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