A home run by Dwight Evans in the seventh inning broke a 2-2 tie and produced a 3-2 Red Sox victory over the Royals. Veteran lefty Bill Lee, upping his record to 6-0, pitched out of a ninth-inning jam when the first two Royal batters, Hal McRae and John Wathan, singled.

After the Royals got runs in each of the first two innings, the Bosox tied the game in the fifth. A walk to Fred Lynn, single by Evans and sacrifice fly by Bob Bailey produced the first run. Frank Duffy moved Evans to second on a sacrifice bunt and Rick Burleson plated Evans with a single to left. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, May 16, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  1
Royals       1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .194      Wilson lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .271
Remy 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Terrell 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Rice lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .361      Otis cf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .301
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   0   0     0   1   .303      McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .292
Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .248      Wathan c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Lynn cf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .322      Hurdle 1b             3   1   0   0     1   2   .244
Evans rf              3   2   2   1     0   0   .257      Zdeb rf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .227
Bailey dh             2   0   0   1     0   1   .095      Patek ss              4   0   2   0     0   1   .260
Duffy 3b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .231      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   8   3     1   2             Totals               34   2   9   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 23,474
Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Royals 6
DP: Red Sox 0, Royals 3
Errors: Remy, Patek
Doubles: Zdeb (1)
Home Runs: Evans (3)
Stolen Bases: Wilson 2 (14)
Caught Stealing: Wilson (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bailey (2)
GIDP: Remy (3), Lynn (2), Yastrzemski (4)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(6-0)              9     9   2   2   1   4   0  35   2.52
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   4   0  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(4-3)       9     8   3   3   1   2   1  33   2.69
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   2   1  33

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson reached on an error by Patek; Remy
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Burleson out at second]; Rice singled to right; Yastrzemski
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson stole second; Terrell
popped to second; Wilson stole third; Otis grounded out (third
to first) [Wilson scored]; McRae flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk singled to center; Lynn grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Fisk out at second]; Evans
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (third to first); Hurdle walked;
Zdeb doubled to center [Hurdle scored, Zdeb out at third (center
to shortstop to third)]; Patek singled to left; White grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals
2.

RED SOX 3RD: Bailey lined to third; Duffy popped to second;
Burleson singled to left; Remy lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson popped to catcher in foul territory; On a
bunt Terrell reached on an error by Remy; Otis singled to left
[Terrell to second]; Terrell was picked off second (pitcher to
shortstop); McRae forced Otis (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice lined to center; Yastrzemski lined to center;
Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Wathan grounded out (third to first); Hurdle was
called out on strikes; Zdeb struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Royals 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn walked; Evans singled to center [Lynn to
third]; Bailey hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lynn scored]; Duffy
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Evans to second];
Burleson singled to left [Evans scored, Burleson out at second
(left to second)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to left; White popped to third;
Wilson singled to center; Wilson was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy singled to right; Rice singled to center [Remy
to second]; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Remy to third, Rice out at second]; Fisk
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Terrell flied out to center; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); McRae singled to left; Wathan lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn popped to second; Evans homered; Bailey was
called out on strikes; Duffy popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle lined to second; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop
to first); Patek singled to right; White forced Patek (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson popped to shortstop; Remy popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Rice lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Wilson flied out to right; Terrell popped to first
in foul territory; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski popped to second; Fisk popped to
second; Lynn grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae singled to left; Wathan singled to right
[McRae to second]; Hurdle struck out; Zdeb popped to first;
Patek struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 2.

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