Scattering nine hits, Luis Tiant raised his record to 5-0 when the Red Sox edged the Mariners, 3-2. Jerry Remy knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning and Carl Yastrzemski plated a tally with a single in the eighth before the Mariners nicked Tiant for a tally in their half of the eighth on a triple by Julio Cruz and an infield out by Craig Reynolds.

Fred Lynn walked in the ninth, stole second and counted what proved to be the deciding run on a single by Dwight Evans to enable Tiant to survive a homer by Bruce Bochte in the Mariners' half. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Seattle Mariners 2
Game Played on Friday, June      9, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  6  1
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  9  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .216      Cruz 2b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .265
Remy 2b               2   0   0   1     1   0   .274      Reynolds ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .335
Rice lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .330      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   1   0     0   0   .251
Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   1   1     1   0   .281      Stanton dh            4   0   0   0     0   2   .206
Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Bochte lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .257
Lynn cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .304      Meyer 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .182
Scott dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .274      Hale rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .187
Evans rf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .272      Bernhardt 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Hobson 3b             2   1   2   0     1   0   .268      xStinson c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Duffy pr,3b         1   1   0   0     0   0   .261      Mitchell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   3   6   3     6   5             Totals               34   2   9   2     0   2

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 11,677
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Mariners 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Mariners 2
Errors: Fisk
Doubles: Lynn (9), Bochte (12), Hale 2 (5)
Triples: Cruz (1)
Home Runs: Bochte (4)
Stolen Bases: Remy (13), Lynn (2), Ruppert Jones (9)
Caught Stealing: Bochte (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Remy (4)
GIDP: Burleson (8), Stinson (3)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(5-0)            9     9   2   2   0   2   1  35   2.78
Totals                  9     9   2   2   0   2   1  35

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mitchell L(2-6)         7.2   5   2   2   5   4   0  31   3.50
Romo                    1.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   3.59
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   5   0  37

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


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Remy
walked; Remy stole second; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds
made an out to third; Ruppert Jones grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Lynn doubled to
right; Scott lined into a double play (third to second) [Lynn
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton lined to left; Bochte doubled to left;
Meyer singled to right [Bochte to third]; Hale made an out to
third; Bochte was caught stealing home (catcher to second to
catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans struck out; Hobson singled; Burleson singled
to right [Hobson to third]; Remy hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Hobson scored]; Rice forced Burleson (shortstop to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Bernhardt flied out to center; Stinson flied out
to right; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Fisk
popped to right; Lynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Reynolds singled to right; Ruppert Jones grounded
out (first unassisted) [Reynolds to second]; Stanton grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Reynolds to third]; Bochte made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Scott walked; Evans forced Scott (third to second);
Hobson singled to left [Evans to second]; Burleson grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hobson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer flied out to center; Hale doubled to right;
Bernhardt made an out to second; Stinson reached on catcher's
interference by Fisk; Cruz made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy flied out to center; Rice grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yastrzemski walked; Fisk flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds made an out to first; Ruppert Jones
singled to second; Ruppert Jones stole second; Stanton struck
out; Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn lined to center; Scott struck out; Evans
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: Meyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Hale
doubled to right; Bernhardt singled to right [Hale to third];
Stinson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Bernhardt out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Hobson walked; DUFFY RAN FOR HOBSON; Burleson out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Duffy to second]; Remy
flied out to right; Rice walked; Yastrzemski singled to center
[Duffy scored, Rice to third]; ROMO REPLACED MITCHELL
(PITCHING); Fisk struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Cruz tripled to
left; Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cruz scored];
Ruppert Jones flied out to center; Stanton struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Mariners 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Lynn walked; Lynn stole second; Scott lined to
center; Evans singled [Lynn scored]; Duffy grounded out (third
to first) [Evans to second]; Burleson flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte homered; Meyer flied out to left; Hale
flied out to left; Bernhardt grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 2.