Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
September 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 2, New York Yankees 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Remy 2b 3 1 1 0
Rice lf,rf 4 1 2 2
Yastrzemski 1b,lf 3 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Brohamer dh 2 0 0 0
  Duffy pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Hancock cf 3 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
  Lynn ph 0 0 0 0
  Scott pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 2 0
Randolph 2b 5 1 1 0
Munson c 4 0 2 1
Jackson rf 4 1 3 2
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
White dh 3 0 1 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Boston 200 000 000260
New York 100 010 0013100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (15-11) 8.2 10 3 3 4 3
Totals
8.2
10
3
3
4
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (10-5) 9.0 6 2 2 4 8
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–New York Rivers (21,off Torrez).  3B–New York Rivers (8,off Torrez).  HR–Boston Rice (41,1st inning off Hunter 1 on, 1 out), New York Jackson (23,5th inning off Torrez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hancock (4,off Hunter); Remy (13,off Hunter).  SF–Munson (9,off Torrez).  IBB–White (5,by Torrez).  SB–Remy (24,2nd base off Hunter/Munson).  WP–Torrez 2 (6).  IBB–Torrez (10,White).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:38.  A–55,091.
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