Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Alston rf 3 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
  Armas rf 1 0 0 0
Revering 1b 5 1 1 0
Carty dh 5 2 1 2
Page lf 4 1 2 0
Robinson c 4 1 1 2
Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0
Duncan 3b 3 1 2 0
Wallis cf 4 0 2 1
Edwards 2b 4 0 2 1
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 2 2 0
Lynn cf 3 2 2 2
Rice lf 5 3 3 4
Yastrzemski dh 5 2 2 0
Fisk c 3 0 2 3
Scott 1b 5 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
  Hancock rf 0 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 3 2 1 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 13 9
Oakland 203 001 0006111
Boston 320 300 03x11131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   1.1 6 5 5 0 0
  Broberg  L (9-11) 6.1 5 5 5 5 7
  Lacey   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Sosa   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   2.1 6 5 3 0 2
  Stanley  W (13-2) 6.2 5 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
4
1
3

  E–Guerrero (21), Scott (7).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Oakland Wallis 2 (15,off Wright,off Stanley); Page (22,off Wright); Robinson (3,off Wright); Duncan (14,off Stanley), Boston Lynn (28,off Broberg).  3B–Boston Evans (2,off Broberg).  HR–Oakland Carty (27,1st inning off Wright 1 on, 1 out), Boston Rice (37,4th inning off Broberg 2 on, 1 out).  SB–Page (21,2nd base off Stanley/Fisk).  BK–Renko (1).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:01.  A–29,029.
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