The major league leader in homers, Jim Rice blasted No. 11 to trigger the Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Orioles. Rice's round-tripper came in the third inning with Jerry Remy aboard. The other Sox scores came in the second inning when Fred Lynn tripled and came home on Dwight Evans' sacrifice fly and in the ninth on Bernie Carbo's RBI single and an error by Oriole shortstop Kiko Garcia.

The Orioles rallied in the ninth, but Dick Drago came on to pitch out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation. The reliever got Eddie Murray on a sacrifice fly, gave up a run-scoring single to Lee May and then retired Gary Roenicke on a fly ball. Rice's home run was the 13th of his career against the Orioles and boosted his league-leading RBI total to 36. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Thursday, May       11, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox      0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   5  9  0
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   4 10  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   0   0   0     0   3   .197      Bumbry cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .238
Remy 2b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .303      Belanger ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .282
Rice lf               5   1   1   2     0   0   .364        Crowley ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .400
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .311        Garcia pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .245        Harlow ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Lynn cf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .324      Lopez rf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .263
Hobson 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .291        Singleton ph,rf     0   0   0   0     2   0   .344
  Duffy pr,3b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .300        Dempsey pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Evans rf              2   1   0   1     1   2   .258      Murray 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .252
Carbo dh              3   0   1   1     1   1   .220      May dh                4   0   3   1     1   0   .272
Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roenicke lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .245
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dauer 2b              2   0   0   1     0   0   .100
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Smith ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
                                                          Skaggs c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Kelly ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .316
                                                          D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   4     3   7             Totals               32   4  10   4     6   2

Time of Game: 3:18   Attendance: 14,950
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 11
DP: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1
Errors: Garcia, DeCinces
Doubles: Lynn (7), Murray (4)
Triples: Lynn (1)
Home Runs: Rice (11)
Caught Stealing: Carbo (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roenicke (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1), Dauer (2), Murray (1)
GIDP: Fisk (2), Murray 2 (3)
Hit by Pitch: Bumbry (2,by Lee)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(5-0)              6.1   5   2   2   4   1   0  28   2.60
Stanley                 1.2   4   2   2   1   0   0   9   3.77
Burgmeier               0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   5.79
Drago SV(3)             0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.08
Totals                  9    10   4   4   6   2   0  42

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez L(3-2)      8.1   8   5   4   3   6   1  35   4.58
Stanhouse               0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.51
Totals                  9     9   5   4   3   7   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Lee (1)
Wild Pitches: D. Martinez (3)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Remy flied out to right; Rice
reached on an error by DeCinces [Rice to second]; Yastrzemski
popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry made an out to second; Belanger flied out to
right; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
tripled to left; Hobson walked; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Lynn scored, Hobson to second]; Carbo grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray doubled to right; May singled to left
[Murray to third]; Roenicke made an out to shortstop; DeCinces
walked [May to second]; Dauer hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Murray scored, May to third]; Skaggs grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson struck out; Remy singled to center; Rice
homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first to
pitcher); Fisk singled to center; Lynn singled to center [Fisk
to second]; Hobson struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Belanger
singled to center; Lopez walked [Belanger to second]; Murray
grounded into a double play (third to third to first) [Belanger
out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans struck out; Carbo struck out; Burleson flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: May made an out to second; Roenicke singled to
center; DeCinces lined to left; Dauer forced Roenicke (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Remy grounded out (second to first); Rice grounded
out (third to first); Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs grounded out (second to first); Bumbry was
called out on strikes; Belanger walked; Lopez flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk flied out to center; Lynn doubled to left; D.
Martinez threw a wild pitch [Lynn to third]; Hobson flied out to
right; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Murray flied out to right; May walked; Roenicke
forced May (shortstop to second); DeCinces grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles
1.

RED SOX 7TH: Carbo walked; Carbo was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer flied out to right; Skaggs singled to left;
Bumbry was hit by a pitch [Skaggs to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
BELANGER; STANLEY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Crowley singled to
center [Skaggs scored, Bumbry to second]; GARCIA RAN FOR
CROWLEY; SINGLETON BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Singleton walked [Bumbry to
third, Garcia to second]; Murray grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 8TH: GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SINGLETON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rice grounded out (third to first);
Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: May singled to center; Roenicke out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [May to second]; DeCinces flied out to
center; SMITH BATTED FOR DAUER; Smith lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 9TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lynn made an out
to second; Hobson singled to left; DUFFY RAN FOR HOBSON; Evans
walked [Duffy to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED D. MARTINEZ
(PITCHING); Carbo singled [Duffy scored, Evans to third];
Burleson struck out; Remy reached on an error by Garcia [Evans
scored (unearned), Carbo to second]; Rice forced Remy (shortstop
to second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KELLY BATTED FOR
SKAGGS; Kelly singled to center; Bumbry singled to center [Kelly
to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); HARLOW BATTED
FOR GARCIA; Harlow struck out; Singleton walked [Kelly to third,
Bumbry to second]; DEMPSEY RAN FOR SINGLETON; DRAGO REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Murray hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Bumbry to third, Kelly scored]; May singled [Bumbry scored,
Dempsey to third]; Roenicke flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles 4.