New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1978 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 0 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 2 2 0
Munson c 5 0 3 0
Jackson dh 5 1 2 2
Piniella rf 2 2 2 2
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 3 2
White lf 4 0 3 0
Dent ss 5 1 3 1
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 18 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 3 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 2 1 1
Rice dh 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 1
Hancock rf 3 0 0 1
Scott 1b 2 1 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 2 0
Remy 2b 2 0 0 0
  Brohamer ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 3
New York 320 100 1007181
Boston 000 201 100451
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (16-9) 6.0 3 3 3 3 3
  Gossage  SV (23) 3.0 2 1 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sprowl  L (0-2) 0.2 1 3 3 4 0
  Stanley   3.0 10 3 3 0 1
  Hassler   2.2 4 1 1 2 2
  Drago   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lee   2.1 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
18
7
7
8
3

  E–Chambliss (4), Fisk (17).  DP–New York 1, Boston 3.  2B–Boston Hobson (21,off Figueroa); Fisk (38,off Figueroa); Brohamer (13,off Gossage).  HR–Boston Lynn (21,6th inning off Figueroa 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Piniella (1,off Stanley); Hancock (1,off Figueroa).  SB–Rivers (22,2nd base off Sprowl/Fisk); Dent (3,2nd base off Stanley/Fisk); Randolph (31,2nd base off Hassler/Fisk).  CS–Jackson (11,2nd base by Hassler/Fisk).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:57.  A–32,786.
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