The Red Sox gained their fifth consecutive victory, a 9-2 rout of the Brewers, as Butch Hobson cracked his third homer of the season and added a two-run double. The Bosox got six tallies in the opening inning to spoil pitcher Randy Stein's major league debut.

Jerry Remy started with a single, Rick Burleson walked and Jim Rice tripled for two runs. Carl Yastrzemski's single scored Rice and, after two outs, George Scott walked and Dwight Evans reached first on an error to set up Hobson's two-run double. Hobson added a homer in the fifth off reliever Mike Caldwell. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Monday, April     17, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Brewers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2
Red Sox      6  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   9 10  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Davis rf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .462      Remy 2b               3   1   2   1     0   1   .385
Money ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .333        Brohamer ph,2b      2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cooper 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .341      Burleson ss           4   1   0   0     1   0   .189
Hisle lf              3   0   1   0     2   2   .316      Rice dh               5   2   2   2     0   1   .400
Oglivie dh            4   0   0   0     1   1   .174      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   1   1     1   1   .303
Bando 3b              3   0   1   1     1   1   .250      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Thomas cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Lynn cf               4   1   1   2     0   0   .370
Sakata 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .261      Scott 1b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .233
Martinez c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .158      Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .194
  Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Hobson 3b             3   1   2   3     1   1   .371
  Moore c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stein p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     7   8             Totals               35   9  10   9     5   5

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 26,075
Left on Base: Brewers 14, Red Sox 7
DP: Brewers 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Money, Bando
Doubles: Money (4), Hobson (2)
Triples: Rice (2)
Home Runs: Hobson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cooper (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (1,by Torrez)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stein L(0-1)            0.2   4   6   3   2   0   0   9  40.50
Caldwell                6.1   6   3   3   3   5   1  28   3.65
Castro                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    10   9   6   5   5   1  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(2-0)           7     8   2   2   4   6   0  34   3.38
Wright                  2     0   0   0   3   2   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   7   8   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Torrez (2)
Wild Pitches: Caldwell (1), Torrez (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark


BREWERS 1ST: Davis singled to center; Debut game for Randy
Stein; Money singled to left [Davis to third]; Cooper hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Davis scored]; Hisle walked [Money to
second]; Torrez threw a wild pitch [Money to third, Hisle to
second]; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Bando walked [Money
scored, Hisle to third, Oglivie to second]; Thomas struck out;
Sakata was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers
2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Burleson walked [Remy to
second]; Rice tripled to left [Remy scored, Burleson scored];
Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice scored]; Fisk lined to third;
Lynn forced Yastrzemski (second to shortstop); Scott walked
[Lynn to second]; Evans reached on an error by Money [Lynn to
third, Scott to second]; Hobson doubled to left [Lynn scored
(unearned), Scott scored (unearned), Evans to third]; CALDWELL
REPLACED STEIN (PITCHING); Remy singled to shortstop [Evans
scored (unearned), Hobson to third]; Burleson forced Remy
(shortstop to second); 6 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Red Sox 6.

BREWERS 2ND: Martinez struck out; Davis singled to right; Money
doubled to right [Davis to third]; Cooper popped to second;
Hisle struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski struck out;
Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 6.

BREWERS 3RD: Oglivie struck out; Bando flied out to right;
Thomas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 2, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 3RD: Lynn flied out to center; Scott flied out to left;
Evans singled to left; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 2, Red Sox 6.

BREWERS 4TH: Sakata flied out to center; Martinez singled to
center; Davis walked [Martinez to second]; Money flied out to
center; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 4TH: Remy struck out; Burleson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Rice singled to right; Yastrzemski walked [Rice to
second]; Caldwell threw a wild pitch [Rice to third, Yastrzemski
to second]; Fisk was walked intentionally; Lynn singled to
center [Rice scored, Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third]; Scott
forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 2, Red Sox 8.

BREWERS 5TH: Hisle singled to pitcher; Oglivie forced Hisle
(first to shortstop); Bando was hit by a pitch [Oglivie to
second]; Thomas popped to second; Sakata flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson
homered; BROHAMER BATTED FOR REMY; Brohamer grounded out (second
to first); Burleson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.

BREWERS 6TH: BROHAMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Martinez
popped to second; Davis grounded out (third to first); Money
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.

BREWERS 7TH: Cooper singled to right; Hisle struck out; Oglivie
grounded out (first unassisted) [Cooper to second]; Bando
singled to third [Cooper to third]; Thomas lined to shortstop; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans singled to third [Evans
to second (error by Bando)]; Hobson was walked intentionally;
Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Red Sox 9.

BREWERS 8TH: WRIGHT REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Sakata walked;
JOHNSON BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Johnson walked [Sakata to second];
Davis flied out to right [Sakata to third]; Money struck out;
Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 8TH: MOORE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); CASTRO
REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Burleson grounded out (second to
first); Rice grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox
9.

BREWERS 9TH: Hisle walked; Oglivie forced Hisle (second to
shortstop); Bando was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 9.