Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 3 1 2 1
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Garcia pr 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 1 1
  Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 1
Singleton rf 4 0 2 1
  Dimmel pr,rf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 0
May dh 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 1 1 0
Harlow cf 4 0 2 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Rice rf 4 2 3 2
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 1
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Evans dh 2 0 1 1
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 1 1
  Duffy 3b 0 0 0 0
Remy 2b 3 0 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Baltimore 000 010 0304130
Boston 000 112 01x580
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   5.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Kerrigan  L (3-1) 3.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   7.0 10 4 4 0 3
  Stanley  W (14-2) 2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Harlow (20,off Tiant); Dauer (21,off Tiant); Dempsey (19,off Tiant).  3B–Boston Fisk (4,off Kerrigan).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski (13,4th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out); Hobson (16,5th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out); Rice 2 (40,6th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Kerrigan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Belanger (7,off Tiant).  SH–Evans (5,off Kerrigan).  SB–Murray (6,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  CS–Dimmel (1,2nd base by Stanley/Fisk); Yastrzemski (5,2nd base by Kerrigan/Dempsey).  BK–Tiant (2).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:44.  A–28,575.
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