The rampaging Red Sox increased their lead in A.L. East to 9½ games by defeating the Yankees, 4-1. The Sox were stymied until the fifth inning when Yankee infielders Fred Stanley and Damaso Garcia collided chasing Butch Hobson's pop in shallow left field and the ball dropped for a two-base error. After an out, Jim Rice lined the ball into the right field bleachers. In the sixth stanza, Fred Lynn singled and scored on a double by Carlton Fisk. Fisk hit a solo home run in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  2  1    0  1  0  -   4  7  0
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   0   0   0     0   2   .249      White lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .255
Remy 2b               3   0   0   0     2   0   .265      Nettles 3b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .248
Rice dh               5   1   2   2     0   1   .324      Munson c              5   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Chambliss 1b          2   0   2   1     1   0   .301
Fisk c                4   2   2   1     0   1   .292      Piniella rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .323
Lynn cf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .316      Jackson dh            3   0   1   0     1   1   .264
Scott 1b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .280      Thomasson cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .286      Stanley ss            3   0   2   0     0   1   .302
Hobson 3b             3   1   0   0     1   2   .258        Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .223
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Blair 2b,ss,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .429
                                                            Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .151
                                                            Doyle ss,2b,ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                          Messersmith p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   7   4     5   9             Totals               33   1   7   1     5   8

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 52,124
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Yankees 11
DP: Red Sox 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Garcia
Doubles: Scott (4), Fisk (23)
Home Runs: Rice (23), Fisk (9)
Stolen Bases: White (5)
GIDP: Evans (10), White (3)
Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (2,by Eckersley)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(8-2)        7.2   7   1   1   4   7   0  34   3.12
Campbell SV(3)          1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   5.50
Totals                  9     7   1   1   5   8   0  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(0-2)      6.1   6   3   1   4   6   1  29   4.71
Gossage                 2.2   1   1   1   1   3   1  10   2.32
Totals                  9     7   4   2   5   9   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Eckersley (3)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Remy made
an out to catcher; Rice singled to left; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Rice to third]; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: White singled to first; Nettles struck out while
White stole second; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss singled to second [White scored]; Piniella walked
[Chambliss to second]; Jackson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn walked; Scott walked [Lynn to second]; Evans
struck out; Hobson was called out on strikes; Burleson forced
Scott (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Thomasson made an out to third; Stanley struck out;
Garcia singled to third; White walked [Garcia to second];
Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Remy made an out to second; Rice struck out;
Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson flied out to left; Chambliss was hit by a
pitch; Piniella lined to right; Jackson walked [Chambliss to
second]; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk popped to second in foul territory; Lynn
grounded out (first unassisted); Scott doubled to left; Evans
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Stanley singled to center; On a bunt Garcia forced
Stanley (catcher to shortstop); White grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Garcia out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Hobson reached on an error by Garcia [Hobson to
second]; Burleson flied out to center; Remy flied out to right
[Hobson to third]; Rice homered (unearned) [Hobson scored
(unearned)]; Yastrzemski lined to second; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Munson
lined to third; Chambliss walked; Piniella flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk doubled to left; Lynn singled to right [Fisk
scored]; Scott flied out to center; Evans grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Thomasson
grounded out (third to first); Stanley singled to center; Garcia
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson walked; Burleson was called out on strikes;
Remy walked [Hobson to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED MESSERSMITH
(PITCHING); Rice flied out to right [Hobson to third];
Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Nettles flied out to right;
Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Yankees 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Fisk homered; Lynn grounded out (second to first);
Scott was called out on strikes; Evans grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss singled to right; Piniella struck out;
Jackson singled to right [Chambliss to third]; Thomasson flied
out to right; SPENCER BATTED FOR STANLEY; CAMPBELL REPLACED
ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Spencer walked [Jackson to second];
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR GARCIA; Johnstone grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 2B); DOYLE REPLACED
JOHNSTONE (PLAYING SS); Hobson was called out on strikes;
Burleson struck out; BLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); DOYLE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Remy walked; BLAIR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); DOYLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Rice grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to left; Nettles popped to third in
foul territory; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Yankees 1.