Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 3
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
Duffy 2b 3 0 1 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 1 3 1
Kelly lf 4 1 1 0
  Mora ph 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 2 1 0
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 3 1
May dh 4 0 2 2
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith 2b 3 0 2 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Garcia ss 2 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
Boston 300 000 000362
Baltimore 200 002 10x5120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (16-6) 6.1 9 5 4 2 9
  Hassler   1.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Drago   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
3
10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (13-12) 8.2 6 3 3 0 4
  Stanhouse  SV (20) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
4

  E–Evans 2 (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Lynn (29,off McGregor), Baltimore Murray (30,off Eckersley); May (15,off Eckersley).  HR–Boston Rice (38,1st inning off McGregor 2 on, 0 out), Baltimore Harlow (7,1st inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Smith (3,by Eckersley); Belanger (1,by Hassler).  IBB–Eckersley (6,Smith); Hassler (1,Belanger).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:37.
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