Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Remy 2b 6 1 2 1
Rice dh 5 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf,1b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 0 1
Lynn cf 4 1 2 2
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
  Duffy pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
  Brohamer ph 1 0 1 0
  Hancock pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 1
Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 8 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Staub dh 5 1 2 1
Thompson 1b 5 0 1 0
Kemp lf 4 2 2 1
Parrish c 5 0 1 0
Wockenfuss rf 3 1 2 2
  Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mankowski ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Dillard pr 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 10 4
Boston 000 112 000 01580
Detroit 020 010 010 004101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sprowl   5.0 6 3 3 3 5
  Stanley   4.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Hassler  W (3-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
4
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   5.2 6 4 4 3 3
  Baker  L (1-3) 4.1 1 1 1 4 5
  Hiller   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
5
5
7
8

  E–LeFlore (10).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 1.  HR–Boston Evans (24,5th inning off Billingham 0 on, 1 out); Lynn (22,6th inning off Billingham 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Wockenfuss (6,2nd inning off Sprowl 1 on, 1 out); Staub (22,5th inning off Sprowl 0 on, 2 out); Kemp (14,8th inning off Stanley 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Fisk (5,off Billingham).  HBP–Burleson (4,by Billingham).  CS–LeFlore (16,2nd base by Sprowl/Fisk); Dillard (2,2nd base by Stanley/Fisk).  HBP–Billingham (8,Burleson).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:22.  A–13,849.
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