The Red Sox took advantage of nine walks, a hit batsman and two wild pitches to stretch their winning streak to four by downing the Rangers, 8-6. Butch Hobson finished his weekend barrage with two hits and drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning. For the three-game series, the Bosox third baseman was 8-for-13 with two homers and six RBIs. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Sunday, April     16, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      1  0  1    1  2  0    0  0  1  -   6 11  1
Red Sox      0  0  4    0  1  2    1  0  x  -   8 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   1   1   0     2   0   .222      Remy 2b               5   1   1   1     0   0   .361
  Jorgensen pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burleson ss           3   1   0   1     2   0   .212
Lowenstein dh         3   2   2   1     2   0   .600      Rice lf               4   1   1   1     1   2   .400
Oliver lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Yastrzemski cf        4   0   3   0     1   0   .310
Zisk rf               3   1   1   2     1   0   .367      Fisk c                2   1   1   1     1   0   .290
Wills 2b              4   0   3   2     0   0   .269      Scott 1b              3   0   1   1     1   2   .259
Harrah 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .207      Carbo dh              3   1   1   0     1   0   .571
Thompson cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .333      Evans rf              2   2   1   0     2   1   .148
Sundberg c            3   0   0   1     0   0   .160      Hobson 3b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .344
Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Ripley p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  C. Washington ph    1   1   1   0     0   0   .278        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   6  11   6     6   0             Totals               30   8  11   6     9   6

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 22,168
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Red Sox 10
DP: Rangers 4, Red Sox 4
Errors: Campaneris, Remy
Doubles: Zisk (3), Remy (1)
Triples: Harrah (1)
Stolen Bases: Burleson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (1), Scott (1), Fisk (1)
GIDP: Oliver (2), Sundberg 2 (3), Harrah (1), Burleson (1), Carbo (1), Remy (1)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (1,by Barker)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  4.1   6   5   5   4   3   0  21  11.00
Umbarger L(0-1)         0.2   3   2   2   0   1   0   5   6.75
Barker                  1.2   2   1   1   2   0   0   9   5.14
Comer                   1.1   0   0   0   3   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  8    11   8   8   9   6   0  42

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ripley                  5     7   5   4   3   0   0  23   4.85
Stanley W(1-0)          3.2   4   1   1   3   0   0  15   1.80
Burgmeier SV(1)         0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    11   6   5   6   0   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Barker (1)
Wild Pitches: Medich (1), Barker (1)

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Lowenstein walked
[Hargrove to second]; Oliver grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Hargrove to third, Lowenstein out at
second]; Zisk walked; Wills singled to right [Hargrove scored,
Zisk to third]; Harrah flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy reached on an error by Campaneris [Remy to
first]; Burleson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Remy out at second]; Rice was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Debut game for Bobby Thompson; Sundberg flied out to left;
Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to center; Fisk forced
Yastrzemski (second unassisted); Scott walked [Fisk to second];
Carbo grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Lowenstein
reached on an error by Remy [Lowenstein to first]; Oliver
singled to right [Lowenstein to third, Oliver to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Lowenstein scored (unearned), Oliver to third]; Wills flied out
to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans walked; Hobson singled to center [Evans to
second]; Remy doubled to left [Evans scored, Hobson to third];
Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hobson scored]; Rice
singled to center [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski singled to right
[Rice to second]; Fisk singled to left [Rice to third,
Yastrzemski to second]; Scott sacrifice flied into a double play
to right [Rice scored, Yastrzemski out at home (right to second
to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah tripled to left; Thompson grounded out
(first unassisted); Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly to left [Harrah
scored]; Campaneris flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Carbo flied out to left; Evans was called out on
strikes; Hobson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 3, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove walked; Lowenstein singled to right
[Hargrove to second]; Oliver forced Hargrove (shortstop to
third) [Lowenstein to second]; Zisk doubled to center
[Lowenstein scored, Oliver out at third (center to shortstop to
third)]; Wills singled to left [Zisk scored, Wills out at second
(left to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
walked; Medich threw a wild pitch [Burleson to second]; Rice
walked; UMBARGER REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Yastrzemski singled
to first [Burleson to third, Rice to second]; Fisk hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Burleson scored]; Scott struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); Harrah grounded
out (third to first); On a bunt Thompson singled to pitcher;
Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Carbo singled to left; Evans singled to right
[Carbo to second]; BARKER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Hobson
singled to left [Carbo scored, Evans to third]; Remy grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans scored,
Hobson out at second]; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 7.

RANGERS 7TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove lined to shortstop; Lowenstein walked; Oliver forced
Lowenstein (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
5, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Rice grounded out (first to pitcher); Yastrzemski
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk was hit by a pitch;
Scott singled to right [Fisk to third]; Carbo walked [Scott to
second]; Barker threw a wild pitch [Fisk scored, Scott to third,
Carbo to second]; wild pitch hit backstop netting on the
fly; Evans walked; COMER REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Hobson
forced Carbo (third unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers
5, Red Sox 8.

RANGERS 8TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Wills singled
to left; Harrah grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Wills out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson
walked; Burleson stole second; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski
walked; Fisk walked [Burleson to third, Yastrzemski to second];
Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 8.

RANGERS 9TH: Thompson walked; Sundberg grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; C.
WASHINGTON BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; C. Washington singled to
center; Hargrove walked [C. Washington to second]; JORGENSEN RAN
FOR HARGROVE; Lowenstein singled to right [C. Washington scored,
Jorgensen to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING);
Oliver forced Lowenstein (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Red Sox 8.