Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1978 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Boston Red Sox 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 1
  Stegman cf 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 1 0
May c 2 0 0 0
  Parrish ph 1 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 2 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Remy 2b 2 1 0 0
Rice rf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 2 1 0 0
Fisk c 4 2 2 2
Lynn cf 3 0 1 1
Hobson dh 3 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 1 3 2
Brohamer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Duffy 3b 0 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Detroit 100 001 000250
Boston 310 000 01x570
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (13-12) 7.2 7 5 5 6 4
  Hiller   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
6
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (12-8) 6.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Hassler   2.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Stanley  SV (10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (12,off Tiant).  3B–Boston Fisk (5,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Staub (24,1st inning off Tiant 0 on, 2 out); LeFlore (12,6th inning off Tiant 0 on, 1 out), Boston Scott (12,2nd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Hobson (3,by Wilcox).  SB–Fisk (7,2nd base off Wilcox/May).  CS–Fisk (2,2nd base by Wilcox/May).  WP–Wilcox (6).  IBB–Wilcox (2,Hobson).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:18.  A–26,035.
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