Winning their sixth straight game, the Red Sox enjoyed a 9-0 romp over the A's as Luis Tiant tossed a four-hitter. Jim Rice hit his 20th homer of the season in the first inning with a mate aboard and drove in another tally with a single in the second when the Red Sox erupted for six runs, three coming on a homer by Carl Yastrzemski. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      14, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Red Sox      2  6  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   9 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Burleson ss           5   0   1   1     0   1   .234
Thomasson rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .201      Remy 2b               4   2   1   0     0   0   .269
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Duffy 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Guerrero ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Rice lf               5   2   2   3     0   0   .318
  Picciolo ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Yastrzemski cf        4   1   1   3     0   1   .288
  Duncan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .147      Fisk c                3   1   2   0     1   1   .278
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Scott 1b              1   1   0   0     3   0   .295
Armas cf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .245      Brohamer dh           4   0   1   1     0   0   .318
Alexander dh          3   0   0   0     0   2   .208      Evans rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .292
Essian c              2   0   2   0     0   0   .244      Hobson 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .258
  Edwards 2b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Staggs 2b             1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
  Newman ph,c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     0   6             Totals               35   9  11   9     4   3

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 29,690
Left on Base: A's 4, Red Sox 6
DP: A's 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Gross
Doubles: Armas (3), Fisk (16), Evans 2 (9)
Triples: Fisk (3)
Home Runs: Rice (20), Yastrzemski (4)
GIDP: Duffy (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(6-6)          1     5   4   4   1   0   1   9   4.04
Heaverlo                6     5   5   3   3   3   1  27   3.59
Johnson                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.64
Totals                  8    11   9   7   4   3   2  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(6-0)            9     4   0   0   0   6   0  31   2.39
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   6   0  31

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Dale Ford


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone made an out to third; Thomasson made an
out to catcher; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to center; Remy singled; Rice
homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop;
Fisk doubled; Scott walked; Brohamer forced Scott (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero popped to left; Gross was called out on
strikes; Armas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans doubled; Hobson singled [Evans to third];
HEAVERLO REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Burleson reached on an
error by Gross [Evans scored (RBI), Hobson to second]; Remy
forced Burleson (second to shortstop) [Hobson to third]; Rice
singled [Hobson scored, Remy to third]; Yastrzemski homered
[Remy scored, Rice scored (unearned)]; Fisk walked; Scott
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Fisk to second]; Brohamer
singled [Fisk scored (unearned)]; Evans popped to third in foul
territory; 6 R (4 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alexander made an out to third; Essian singled;
Staggs was called out on strikes; Dilone was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
was called out on strikes; Remy grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher);
Revering made an out to second; Guerrero flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 4TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Rice
grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk
tripled; Scott walked; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to center; Armas singled;
Alexander struck out; Essian singled [Armas to second]; NEWMAN
BATTED FOR STAGGS; Newman made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 5TH: NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); EDWARDS
REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING 2B); Evans flied out to right; Hobson
flied out to right; Burleson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone made an out to shortstop; Thomasson made
an out to shortstop; Revering grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy flied out to right; Rice grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DUFFY REPLACED REMY (PLAYING 2B); Picciolo flied
out to right; Gross flied out to right; Armas doubled; Alexander
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk was called out on strikes; Scott walked;
Brohamer made an out to shortstop; Evans doubled [Scott scored,
Evans to third (on throw to home)]; Hobson grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Edwards struck out; Newman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dilone grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Burleson
singled to second; Duffy grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Burleson out at second]; Rice flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 9.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted);
Revering flied out to center; DUNCAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Duncan
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 9.