Butch Hobson drove in four runs with a sacrifice fly and homer to lead the Red Sox to a 6-1 victory and ruin Jim Fregosi's debut as manager of the Angels. Fregosi, who replaced Dave Garcia, started Nolan Ryan but had to yank the fireballer after 4 1/3 innings.

Ryan gave up only five hits but walked six. The Angels committed three errors. Hobson accounted for his first RBI of the game with his sacrifice fly in the second inning and then hit his homer after Jack Brohamer and Dwight Evans drew passes in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, California Angels 1
Game Played on Friday, June      2, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Red Sox      0  2  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   0   2   1     0   1   .220      Grich 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .217
Remy 2b               5   0   2   0     0   2   .283      Lansford 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Rice lf               3   0   0   0     2   2   .338      Bostock cf            4   0   4   0     0   0   .228
Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     2   0   .288      Rudi lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .173
Fisk c                5   1   1   0     0   1   .249      Baylor dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Lynn cf               2   1   1   1     2   0   .310      Fairly 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .272
Brohamer dh           3   2   1   0     1   0   .303      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .381
Evans rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .277      Humphrey c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Hobson 3b             3   1   1   4     0   0   .266      Mulliniks ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Miller p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   6   8   6     8   6             Totals               32   1   7   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 31,324
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Angels 5
DP: Red Sox 2, Angels 1
Errors: Jackson, Humphrey, Ryan
Doubles: Burleson (14)
Triples: Fisk (2)
Home Runs: Hobson (9)
Stolen Bases: Burleson (6), Remy (11)
Caught Stealing: Lynn (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hobson (2)
GIDP: Rice (7), Baylor 2 (7)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(4-0)            6     6   1   1   1   3   0  23   2.93
Drago SV(6)             3     1   0   0   0   1   0  10   1.37
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   4   0  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(3-5)             4.1   5   6   5   6   5   1  24   3.66
D. Miller               4.2   3   0   0   2   1   0  17   2.22
Totals                  9     8   6   5   8   6   1  41

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to center; Remy struck out
(catcher to first); Rice walked; Yastrzemski walked [Rice to
second]; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Grich flied out to center; Lansford flied out to
left; Bostock singled to right; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn walked; Brohamer singled to center [Lynn to
third]; Evans popped to third in foul territory; Hobson hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Lynn scored, Brohamer to second (error
by Jackson)]; Burleson doubled to left [Brohamer scored
(unearned)]; Burleson stole third; Remy was called out on
strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Fairly walked; Jackson grounded
out (third to first) [Fairly to second]; Humphrey was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Rice walked; Rice was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Ryan [Rice to third]; Yastrzemski lined to
second; Fisk was called out on strikes; Lynn grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Mulliniks grounded out (second to first); Grich
flied out to center; Lansford popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Brohamer walked; Evans walked [Brohamer to second];
Hobson homered [Brohamer scored, Evans scored]; Burleson was
called out on strikes; Remy flied out to left; Rice struck out;
3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Bostock singled to center; Rudi flied out to center;
Baylor grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Bostock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Angels 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski flied out to center; Fisk tripled to
center; Lynn singled to right [Fisk scored]; D. MILLER REPLACED
RYAN (PITCHING); Brohamer popped to shortstop; Lynn was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Fairly singled to center; Jackson grounded out
(first unassisted) [Fairly to second]; Humphrey popped to
catcher in foul territory; Mulliniks grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans flied out to center; Hobson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Grich singled to left; Lansford flied out to center;
Bostock singled to center [Grich to third]; Rudi singled to
right [Grich scored, Bostock to third]; Baylor grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rudi out at second];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Remy singled to left; Remy stole second [Remy to
third (error by Humphrey)]; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski popped
to first in foul territory; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: DRAGO REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Fairly flied out to
left; Jackson grounded out (third to first); Humphrey grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Lynn walked; Brohamer popped to shortstop; Evans
grounded out (third to first) [Lynn to second]; Hobson popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Mulliniks grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich
struck out; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Burleson singled to right; Remy singled to right
[Burleson to second]; Rice grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Remy to second, Burleson out at third]; Yastrzemski was
walked intentionally; Fisk popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Bostock singled to right; Rudi flied out to right;
Baylor forced Bostock (shortstop to second); Fairly popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Angels 1.