Jim Rice supported the four-hit pitching of Dennis Eckersley with two triples, driving in three runs, as the Red Sox trimmed the Twins, 8-1. The Red Sox scored three runs in the first inning on a double by Rick Burleson, Jerry Remy's single, a triple by Rice and Carl Yastrzemski's sacrifice fly. It was the first victory for Eckersley and only the third complete game for the Bosox. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       4, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  1
Red Sox      3  4  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   8 11  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Burleson ss           1   2   1   1     2   0   .204
Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Remy dh               5   2   2   1     0   1   .309
Carew 1b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .352      Rice lf               4   1   2   3     0   0   .343
Cubbage 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .307      Yastrzemski 1b        2   0   1   2     0   1   .296
Ford cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .303        Kendall 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Adams dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .179      Fisk c                5   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Chiles lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Lynn cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .302
Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Hobson 3b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .284
Randall 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .286        Duffy 3b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .167
Thormodsgard p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Carbo rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .267
  Thayer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brohamer 2b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .364
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   4   0     2   2             Totals               32   8  11   7     5   2

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 15,784
Left on Base: Twins 5, Red Sox 9
DP: Twins 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Carew, Brohamer
Doubles: Adams (3), Ford (7), Burleson (5), Hobson (5), Brohamer (1)
Triples: Rice 2 (4)
Stolen Bases: Carew (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (1), Rice (2), Burleson (3)
GIDP: Carew (4)
Hit by Pitch: Burleson (1,by Thormodsgard)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thormodsgard L(1-3)     1.2   6   7   7   1   0   0  13   5.35
Thayer                  4.1   4   1   1   3   2   0  20   3.93
T. Johnson              2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   2.86
Totals                  8    11   8   8   5   2   0  41

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(1-1)        9     4   1   0   2   2   0  33   4.06
Totals                  9     4   1   0   2   2   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Thormodsgard (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley
singled to right; Carew grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson doubled to left; Remy singled to center
[Burleson to third]; Rice tripled to right [Burleson scored,
Remy scored]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rice
scored]; Fisk lined to center; Lynn grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage walked; Ford was called out on strikes; Adams
doubled to right [Cubbage to third]; Chiles grounded out (first
unassisted); Wynegar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Hobson doubled to left; Carbo grounded out (second
to first) [Hobson to third]; Brohamer walked; Burleson was hit
by a pitch [Brohamer to second]; Remy singled to first [Hobson
scored (RBI), Brohamer scored (error by Carew) (no RBI),
Burleson to third, Remy to second]; Rice hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Burleson scored, Remy to third]; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Remy scored]; THAYER REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING);
Fisk singled to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn flied out to
center; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 7.

TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to center; Powell flied out to
right; Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson grounded out (third to first); Carbo walked;
Brohamer doubled to right [Carbo to third]; Burleson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Carbo scored]; Remy was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage
flied out to right; Ford doubled to right; Adams flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice tripled to center; Yastrzemski was called out
on strikes; Fisk popped to third in foul territory; Lynn walked;
Hobson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Red Sox 8.

TWINS 5TH: KENDALL REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 1B); DUFFY
REPLACED HOBSON (PLAYING 3B); Chiles grounded out (second to
first); Wynegar popped to third in foul territory; Randall
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 5TH: Carbo flied out to center; Brohamer grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Burleson walked; Remy grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 6TH: Powell flied out to center; Smalley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 6TH: Rice flied out to left; Kendall grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fisk singled to third; Lynn grounded out
(catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 7TH: Cubbage lined to second; Ford grounded out (shortstop
to first); Adams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: T. JOHNSON REPLACED THAYER (PITCHING); Duffy
singled to left; Carbo grounded out (second to first) [Duffy to
second]; Brohamer flied out to right [Duffy to third]; Burleson
walked; Remy lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red
Sox 8.

TWINS 8TH: Chiles grounded out (first to pitcher); Wynegar flied
out to right; Randall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Kendall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 8.

TWINS 9TH: Powell flied out to right; Smalley grounded out
(first unassisted); Carew walked; Carew stole second; Cubbage
reached on an error by Brohamer [Carew scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Ford singled to left [Cubbage to second]; Adams flied out
to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 8.