| Home runs by Jack Brohamer and Carlton Fisk highlighted the attack as the Red Sox rolled over the Blue Jays, 8-2. Brohamer blasted his round-tripper for a 2-0 lead in the second. Jerry Remy, hitting in his 10th straight game, made it 3-0 with an RBI single in the third. The homer by Fisk came in the sixth after a walk to Fred Lynn. [The Sporting News] |
Boston Red Sox 8, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Red Sox 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 8 8 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .205 Bosetti cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .290 Remy 2b 5 0 1 2 0 1 .294 Bailor rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Rice lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .348 Howell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 Lynn cf 2 2 1 0 2 0 .293 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .239 Fisk c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .248 Hutton lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .245 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Upshaw dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Brohamer dh 3 2 2 2 1 0 .286 Cerone c 3 0 0 1 1 0 .234 Evans rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .264 McKay 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Kendall 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ault ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Johnson ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 8 8 4 4 Totals 32 2 7 2 5 1 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 28,825 Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 8 DP: Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1 Doubles: Burleson (10), Brohamer (3) Home Runs: Brohamer (1), Fisk (4) Stolen Bases: Remy 2 (10) GIDP: Evans (4) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez W(6-2) 9 7 2 2 5 1 0 37 4.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 5 1 0 37 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(1-8) 6 5 5 5 3 1 2 25 8.34 Coleman 2 3 3 2 1 2 0 11 2.08 Willis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.08 Totals 9 8 8 7 4 4 2 39 Passed Balls: Cerone (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy grounded out (second to first); Rice made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor lined to third; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 2ND: Lynn walked; Fisk flied out to center; Hobson flied out to center; Brohamer homered [Lynn scored]; Evans grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Hutton made an out to shortstop; Upshaw walked; Cerone walked [Upshaw to second]; McKay forced Cerone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 3RD: Kendall made an out to shortstop; Burleson doubled to right; Remy singled to right [Burleson scored]; Rice flied out to right; Lynn singled to right [Remy to third]; Fisk flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez flied out to left; Bosetti singled to center [Bosetti out at second (center to shortstop)]; Bailor singled to center; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 4TH: Hobson flied out to center; Brohamer walked; Evans grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brohamer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry walked; Hutton made an out to shortstop; Upshaw forced Mayberry (second to shortstop); Cerone popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 5TH: Kendall flied out to center; Burleson struck out; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: McKay flied out to center; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 6TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn walked; Fisk homered [Lynn scored]; Hobson lined to center; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor singled; Howell singled to left [Bailor to second]; Mayberry walked [Bailor to third, Howell to second]; Hutton walked [Bailor scored, Howell to third, Mayberry to second]; Upshaw struck out; Cerone forced Hutton (third to second) [Howell scored, Mayberry to third]; McKay made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2. RED SOX 7TH: COLEMAN REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Evans walked; Kendall grounded out (third to first) [Evans to second]; Burleson struck out but Evans advanced to third and Burleson advanced to first on a passed ball; Remy forced Burleson (second to shortstop) [Evans scored (unearned)]; Remy stole second; Remy stole third; Rice struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: AULT BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ault grounded out (second to first); Bosetti singled to left; Bailor grounded out (first unassisted) [Bosetti to second]; Howell singled to left [Bosetti out at home (left to catcher to shortstop)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 2. RED SOX 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED AULT (PLAYING SS); Lynn grounded out (third to first); Fisk singled to left; Hobson flied out to right; Brohamer doubled to right [Fisk to third]; Evans singled to center [Fisk scored, Brohamer scored, Evans to second (on throw to home)]; Kendall flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); Hutton grounded out (first to pitcher); Upshaw flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 2. RED SOX 9TH: WILLIS REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Burleson flied out to left; Remy struck out; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); McKay singled to center; Johnson grounded out (first unassisted) [McKay to second]; Bosetti flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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