California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
August 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 3, Boston Red Sox 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller R. cf 5 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 6 0 2 0
Bostock rf 5 0 1 0
Baylor dh 5 1 2 1
Rudi lf,1b 6 0 2 0
Fairly 1b 3 0 3 0
  Landreaux pr,lf 2 1 0 0
Downing c 5 0 1 0
Chalk ss,2b 5 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
  Goodwin ph 1 0 1 1
  Anderson ss 1 0 0 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Miller D. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 13 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 6 0 1 0
Brohamer 2b 5 0 0 0
Rice lf 5 1 1 0
Yastrzemski dh 6 0 4 0
  Remy pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Fisk c 5 0 2 1
Lynn cf 4 2 1 1
Evans rf 5 0 0 0
Scott 1b 5 0 2 0
Hobson 3b 6 0 2 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 13 3
California 010 000 001 0013131
Boston 000 100 010 0024130
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris   7.0 9 2 2 2 3
  Griffin   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche   3.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Miller  L (4-1) 1.2 2 2 0 1 1
Totals
11.2
13
4
2
6
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   8.0 9 2 2 2 3
  Stanley  W (11-1) 4.0 4 1 1 2 1
Totals
12.0
13
3
3
4
4

  E–Lansford (11).  DP–California 1, Boston 2.  2B–California Baylor (22,off Tiant); Fairly (5,off Tiant); Goodwin (5,off Stanley); R Miller (17,off Stanley), Boston Hobson (17,off Fitzmorris); Fisk (35,off Fitzmorris); Scott (12,off Fitzmorris).  HR–Boston Lynn (20,4th inning off Fitzmorris 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–R Miller (1,by Stanley); Bostock (7,by Stanley); Lynn (9,by Fitzmorris); Scott (3,by LaRoche); Rice (6,by LaRoche); Fisk (5,by LaRoche).  SH–Brohamer (2,off LaRoche).  SB–Evans (8,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Downing).  IBB–Fitzmorris (4,Lynn); LaRoche 3 (6,Scott,Rice,Fisk); Stanley 2 (5,R Miller,Bostock).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–4:14.  A–34,216.
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