Butch Hobson, Jim Rice and Bernie Carbo each smashed a homer among three hits apiece and combined for 10 RBIs as the Red Sox romped over the Rangers, 12-4. Hobson, who whacked his homer with two men on base, drove in four runs. Boston Red Sox 12, Texas Rangers 4Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway ParkRangers 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 2 Red Sox 2 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 x - 12 17 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .208 Remy 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .387 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .087 Burleson ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Rice lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .419 Oliver lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .321 Yastrzemski cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .240 Mason ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fisk c 5 1 2 1 0 1 .276 Zisk rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .370 Scott 1b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .250 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Carbo dh 4 2 3 4 0 1 .750 Bevacqua dh 4 1 2 2 0 1 .286 Evans rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .120 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .217 Hobson 3b 4 1 3 4 0 0 .321 Wills 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .182 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .182 Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 10 4 0 4 Totals 39 12 17 12 2 4 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 18,624 Left on Base: Rangers 4, Red Sox 5 DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 2 Errors: Campaneris, Oliver Doubles: Zisk (2), Bevacqua (1), Carbo 2 (2), Hobson (1), Rice (2), Fisk (3) Triples: Sundberg (1) Home Runs: Bevacqua (1), Oliver (2), Rice (3), Hobson (2), Carbo (1) Stolen Bases: Remy (5) Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (2) GIDP: Campaneris (2), Oliver (1), Hobson (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis L(1-1) 1 4 6 5 1 0 2 9 7.50 Jenkins 5.1 11 6 6 1 2 1 25 9.00 Comer 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 8 17 12 11 2 4 3 41 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee W(2-0) 7 8 4 4 0 1 2 28 2.25 Stanley 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Wright 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 10 4 4 0 4 2 35 Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Burleson flied out to center; Remy stole second; Rice homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Fisk made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk doubled to center; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua doubled to left [Zisk scored]; Beniquez popped to first in foul territory [Bevacqua to third]; Wills made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 2ND: Scott walked; Carbo doubled to left [Scott scored]; Evans reached on an error by Campaneris [Carbo stayed at second, Evans to first]; Hobson homered [Carbo scored, Evans scored (unearned)]; JENKINS REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Burleson popped to first in foul territory; Rice grounded out (catcher to first); 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Hargrove singled to right; Campaneris grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk was called out on strikes; Scott popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Zisk grounded out (second to first); Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 4TH: Carbo homered; Evans singled to left; Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; Remy singled to left; Burleson forced Remy (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 5TH: Bevacqua homered; Beniquez singled to left; Wills forced Beniquez (third to second); Sundberg singled to center [Wills to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wills scored]; Campaneris flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 5TH: Rice singled to left [Rice to second (error by Oliver)]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice out at home (right to first to shortstop to second to third), Yastrzemski to second (on throw to home)]; Fisk singled to left [Yastrzemski scored]; Scott lined into a double play (second to first) [Fisk out at first]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 8. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver homered; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Harrah struck out; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 6TH: Carbo struck out; Evans popped to first; Hobson doubled to right; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 8. RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez grounded out (second to first); Wills flied out to center; Sundberg tripled to center; Hargrove made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 8. RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Rice doubled to left; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice scored]; Fisk doubled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott was walked intentionally; Carbo doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk scored, Scott to third]; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Evans was called out on strikes; Debut game for Steve Comer; Hobson singled to left [Scott scored, Carbo to third]; Remy was called out on strikes; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. RANGERS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein singled to first; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lowenstein out at second]; Zisk singled to second; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. RED SOX 8TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MASON REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING SS); Burleson singled to left; Rice forced Burleson (third to second); Yastrzemski flied out to center; Fisk lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. RANGERS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Bevacqua struck out; Debut game for Jim Wright; Beniquez struck out; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 12. |
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