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.

Carbo also accounted for four with his homer and two doubles, while Rice's three hits included a homer with a man on base. Kurt Bevacqua and Al Oliver rapped round-trippers for the Rangers. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 12, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Saturday, April     15, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      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.