Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
August 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 8, New York Yankees 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Remy 2b 2 1 1 1
Rice lf 3 2 2 3
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 3
Brohamer dh 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph,dh 2 1 1 1
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 2 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Munson c 2 1 1 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 1 1
White dh 2 0 0 0
Johnstone lf 3 0 1 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Beattie p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 1 6 1
Boston 002 020 48111
New York 000 001 x162
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (13-6) 6.0 6 1 0 2 5
Totals
6.0
6
1
0
2
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Beattie  L (2-6) 4.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Lindblad   2.1 4 4 4 1 0
Totals
7.0
11
8
8
3
2

  E–Yastrzemski (2), Randolph (11), Beattie (3).  HR–Boston Rice (25,5th inning off Beattie 1 on, 1 out); Lynn (18,7th inning off Lindblad 2 on, 2 out); Bailey (4,7th inning off Lindblad 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Nettles (5,off Torrez).  SB–Fisk (5,2nd base off Lindblad/Munson).  CS–Remy (9,2nd base by Beattie/Munson).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:15.  A–53,379.
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