Bill Lee, back in the good graces of the Red Sox after his one-day walkout over the sale of teammate Bernie Carbo, scattered eight hits and defeated the Orioles, 5-2, for his first victory since May 26. The Red Sox beat Jim Palmer, snapping his seven-game winning streak.

The Orioles' ace had allowed only three earned runs in his streak, but the Red Sox wrecked that showing in the first inning when Carlton Fisk smashed a homer with two men on base. Carl Yastrzemski added a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and the Red Sox completed their scoring against Palmer with a double by Rick Burleson and single by Jim Rice in the seventh. Andres Mora homered in the ninth for one of the Orioles' runs off Lee. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 2

Game Played on Friday, June 23, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  0
Red Sox      3  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .201      Burleson ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .251
Dauer 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Remy 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .274
Singleton rf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .294      Rice dh               4   0   3   1     0   1   .329
Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Yastrzemski lf        2   1   1   1     1   0   .293
May dh                4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Fisk c                4   1   1   3     0   0   .284
Mora lf               4   2   3   1     0   0   .247      Lynn cf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .317
DeCinces 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .235      Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Lopez cf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .225      Evans rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .284
Dempsey c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .209      Hobson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     2   0             Totals               31   5  10   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 34,582
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Red Sox 7
DP: Orioles 2, Red Sox 2
Errors: Hobson
Doubles: Lopez (2), Rice (9), Burleson (20)
Home Runs: Mora (3), Fisk (7)
Caught Stealing: Burleson (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (6)
GIDP: Dempsey (7), DeCinces (6), Hobson 2 (7)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(10-5)          8    10   5   5   4   3   1  36   2.05
Totals                  8    10   5   5   4   3   1  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(8-3)              9     8   2   2   2   0   1  36   2.74
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   0   1  36

Wild Pitches: Palmer (4)

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Dauer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to center;
Murray grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to center; On a bunt Remy singled
[Burleson to second]; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski forced Remy
(shortstop to second) [Burleson to third]; Fisk homered
[Burleson scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Lynn walked; Scott popped
to first in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Red Sox 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: May flied out to right; Mora singled to left;
DeCinces walked [Mora to second]; Lopez singled to center [Mora
scored, DeCinces to third]; Dempsey grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Lopez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans walked; Hobson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; Burleson
singled to second; Burleson was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to center; Dauer walked;
Singleton flied out to right; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to left; Rice doubled to left;
Yastrzemski walked; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to
second) [Rice to third]; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: May made an out to third; Mora singled to left;
DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Mora out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott singled to left; Evans struck out; Hobson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Scott
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez grounded out (pitcher to first); Dempsey
singled to right; Belanger flied out to center; Dauer grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox
3.

RED SOX 5TH: On a bunt Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Remy struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Rice
singled to left [Remy to third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Remy scored]; Fisk forced Rice (third to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton flied out to left; Murray flied out to
center; May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn flied out to left; Scott grounded out
(shortstop to first); Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Mora reached on an error by Hobson; DeCinces forced
Mora (second to shortstop); Lopez popped to catcher in foul
territory; Dempsey forced DeCinces (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson flied out to center; Burleson doubled to
left; Remy flied out to right; Rice singled to left [Burleson
scored]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice to second]; Fisk
made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox
5.

ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer
grounded out (second to first); Singleton singled to left;
Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Lynn walked; Scott made an out to second; Evans
forced Lynn (third to second); Hobson made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Red Sox 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: May grounded out (third to first); Mora homered;
DeCinces popped to catcher in foul territory; Lopez doubled to
left; Dempsey flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
2, Red Sox 5.

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