Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 2, Boston Red Sox 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bosley cf 4 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
Orta 2b 3 0 2 1
Soderholm 3b 3 1 1 1
Garr lf 4 0 1 0
Molinaro dh 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Colbern c 3 0 0 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 2 3 3
Remy 2b 4 1 2 3
Rice lf 5 1 2 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Lynn cf 4 0 2 1
Evans rf 3 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 2 1 0
Bailey dh 1 1 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 8
Chicago 000 001 001261
Boston 000 102 24x9120
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  L (7-10) 6.1 7 5 4 4 7
  LaGrow   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hinton   1.0 5 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
6
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (12-4) 9.0 6 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
7

  E–Kravec (2).  DP–Chicago 1, Boston 1.  2B–Chicago Orta (16,off Eckersley), Boston Rice (17,off Kravec); Fisk (30,off Kravec); Burleson 2 (22,off Kravec,off Hinton); Remy (16,off Hinton).  HR–Chicago Soderholm (15,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kessinger (9,off Eckersley).  SB–Remy (18,2nd base off Kravec/Colbern).  CS–Evans (5,2nd base by Kravec/Colbern); Lynn (4,3rd base by Hinton/Colbern).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:56.  A–28,858.
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