A crowd of 36,463, the largest in two years in Oakland, saw the A's score eight runs in the first four innings and hold on for a 9-7 decision over the Red Sox. A single by Mitchell Page drove in two of the A's runs in the first frame and Dave Revering, with a double, and Wayne Gross, with a single, each added an RBI. The A's got four tallies in the fourth with a single by Gary Thomasson plating two of them.

Jim Rice hit his 19th homer with a mate aboard in the seventh and had a chance to tie the game in the ninth when he came to bat after Jerry Remy beat out a bunt for a single. But the Bosox slugger struck out and Remy was caught stealing for a game-ending double play. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 9, Boston Red Sox 7
Game Played on Monday, June      5, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  1  0    5  0  0  -   7 14  0
A's          4  0  0    4  0  0    1  0  x  -   9 13  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   1   2   0     0   0   .216      Dilone cf             1   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Remy 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .282        Murphy cf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .125
Rice lf               5   2   3   2     0   1   .336      Thomasson rf          2   1   1   2     2   0   .203
Yastrzemski 1b        2   0   0   0     1   0   .281      Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  Kendall 1b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Page lf               4   2   2   2     0   1   .277
Fisk c                4   1   2   2     0   1   .261        Armas lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Lynn cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .309      Revering 1b           4   2   2   1     0   0   .264
Scott dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Essian c              3   0   1   1     0   2   .231
Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .271      Gross 3b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .229
Hobson 3b             4   1   1   1     0   3   .261      Alexander dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Ripley p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards 2b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .237
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  14   6     1   6             Totals               31   9  13   9     3   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 36,463
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, A's 4
DP: Red Sox 1, A's 3
Errors: Thomasson
Doubles: Evans 2 (6), Dilone (4), Revering 2 (6), Gross (6), Edwards (5), Page (8)
Triples: Rice (5)
Home Runs: Hobson (11), Rice (19), Fisk (5)
Stolen Bases: Page (8)
Caught Stealing: Remy (5), Edwards (8), Dilone (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (8), Essian (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Remy (3)
GIDP: Scott (4), Remy (6)
Hit by Pitch: Edwards (2,by Wright)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ripley L(1-4)           1     4   4   4   1   1   0   7   4.97
Wright                  5     7   4   4   2   3   0  23   3.25
Drago                   2     2   1   1   0   0   0   7   1.66
Totals                  8    13   9   9   3   4   0  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg W(6-4)          6.2  11   5   5   1   4   2  30   3.29
Sosa SV(8)              2.1   3   2   2   0   2   1   9   1.77
Totals                  9    14   7   7   1   6   3  39

Hit by Pitch: Wright (2)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to left; Remy grounded out
(second to first); Rice singled; Yastrzemski flied to left in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: On a bunt Dilone doubled to left; Thomasson
walked; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Dilone to third, Thomasson to second]; Page singled [Dilone
scored, Thomasson scored]; Page stole second; Revering doubled
[Page scored]; Essian was called out on strikes; Gross singled
to right [Revering scored, Gross out at second (right to catcher
to shortstop)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 4.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk lined to left; Lynn flied out to center; Scott
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: WRIGHT REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); Alexander was
called out on strikes; Edwards was hit by a pitch; Edwards was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Dilone walked;
Dilone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 4.

RED SOX 3RD: MURPHY REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING CF); Evans doubled;
Hobson struck out; Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Remy made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson grounded out (second to first);
Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Page made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice tripled to right [Rice scored (error by
Thomasson) (no RBI)]; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk singled
[Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn singled [Yastrzemski to third,
Fisk to second]; Scott grounded into a double play (third to
catcher to first) [Fisk to third, Lynn to second, Yastrzemski
out at home]; Evans struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering doubled; Essian out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Revering to third]; Gross doubled [Revering
scored]; Alexander flied out to center; Edwards singled to
shortstop [Gross to third]; Murphy singled [Gross scored,
Edwards to third, Murphy to second (on throw)]; Thomasson
singled [Edwards scored, Murphy scored]; Guerrero made an out to
shortstop; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 8.

RED SOX 5TH: Hobson homered; Burleson singled; Remy grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Burleson out at second];
Rice flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page struck out; Revering grounded out (pitcher
to first); Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Athletics 8.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski made an out to second; Fisk was called
out on strikes; Lynn singled; Scott grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: KENDALL REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 1B); Gross
singled; Alexander popped to first in foul territory; Edwards
doubled [Gross to third]; Murphy reached on a fielder's choice
[Gross out at home (first to catcher), Edwards to third];
Thomasson walked [Murphy to second]; Guerrero forced Thomasson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Athletics 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans doubled; Hobson struck out; Burleson singled
[Evans to third]; Remy lined out on a sacrifice fly to center
[Evans scored]; Rice homered [Burleson scored]; SOSA REPLACED
BROBERG (PITCHING); Kendall singled; Fisk homered [Kendall
scored]; Lynn flied out to center; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 7, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DRAGO REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Page doubled;
Revering grounded out (first unassisted) [Page to third]; Essian
singled [Page scored]; Gross lined into a double play (right to
first) [Essian out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Athletics 9.

RED SOX 8TH: ARMAS REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Scott grounded
out (third to first); Evans flied out to left; Hobson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Alexander grounded out (third to first); Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Athletics 9.

RED SOX 9TH: Burleson flied out to left; Tony Armas robbed
Rick Burleson of a home run; On a bunt Remy singled; Rice
struck out while Remy was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Athletics 9.