The Red Sox slugged their way to a 12-5 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader and then completed the sweep by edging the Indians in the second game, 3-2. Carlton Fisk led the attack in the opener, driving in five runs with a homer and a double, but the Red Sox catcher had productive company. George Scott accounted for three RBIs with a double and a grounder, while Carl Yastrzemski hit the 375th homer of his career and also batted in a run with a single. The Indians had a two-run double by Johnny Grubb and a two-run homer by Buddy Bell. Boston Red Sox 12, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, July 8, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumRed Sox 4 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 - 12 14 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 - 5 9 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Remy 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .263 Manning cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .270 Brohamer 3b 5 2 2 1 0 1 .312 Grubb lf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .236 Rice dh 5 2 2 0 0 2 .324 Bell 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .295 Yastrzemski lf 3 2 2 2 1 1 .297 Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Bowen cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Carbo dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Fisk c 5 2 3 5 0 1 .290 Norris rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Lynn cf 2 2 1 0 2 1 .327 Speed rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Bailey lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Kuiper 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .259 Scott 1b 5 0 1 3 0 2 .256 Blanks ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Diaz c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Duffy ss 3 0 2 1 1 1 .324 Alexander ph,c 2 1 0 0 1 2 .232 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 12 14 12 6 10 Totals 35 5 9 5 2 9 Time of Game: 2:41 Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Indians 6 DP: Red Sox 0, Indians 2 Doubles: Fisk (26), Scott (7), Bailey (3), Manning (15), Grubb (9) Triples: Brohamer (1), Rice (12) Home Runs: Fisk (11), Yastrzemski (9), Bell (4) Sacrifice Hits: Evans (4) Sacrifice Flies: Manning (1) GIDP: Scott (10) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(10-2) 9 9 5 5 2 9 1 38 3.39 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 9 1 38 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(6-5) 4 5 6 6 3 5 2 18 3.86 Hood 5 9 6 6 3 5 0 26 5.22 Totals 9 14 12 12 6 10 2 44 Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney RED SOX 1ST: Remy walked; Brohamer tripled to center [Remy scored]; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Fisk homered [Brohamer scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Lynn walked; Scott grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to right; Grubb forced Manning (second to shortstop); Bell flied out to center; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 0. RED SOX 2ND: Evans grounded out (third to first); Duffy was called out on strikes; Remy grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Norris flied out to left; Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 0. RED SOX 3RD: Brohamer grounded out (second to pitcher); Rice struck out; Yastrzemski homered; Fisk struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Blanks struck out; Diaz singled to center; Manning forced Diaz (second to shortstop); Grubb walked [Manning to second]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Indians 0. RED SOX 4TH: Lynn singled to right; Scott was called out on strikes; Evans out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lynn to second]; Duffy singled to left [Lynn scored, Duffy out at second (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton flied out to left; Carbo struck out; Norris made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Indians 0. RED SOX 5TH: HOOD REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Remy was called out on strikes; Brohamer lined to right; Rice tripled to right; Yastrzemski singled to left [Rice scored]; Fisk singled to center [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper singled to right; On a bunt Blanks grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kuiper to second]; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR DIAZ; Alexander struck out; Manning was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Indians 0. RED SOX 6TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SPEED REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING RF); Scott was called out on strikes; Evans flied out to right; Duffy singled to right; Remy lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Grubb flied out to center; Bell made an out to second; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Indians 0. RED SOX 7TH: Brohamer singled to right; Rice singled to center [Brohamer to third]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk doubled to center [Brohamer scored, Rice scored]; Lynn walked; Scott doubled to right [Fisk scored, Lynn scored]; Evans hit into a double play (shortstop to second) [Scott out at third]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: BOWEN REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING CF); BAILEY REPLACED LYNN (PLAYING LF); Carbo flied out to left; Speed struck out; Kuiper singled to center; Blanks forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Indians 0. RED SOX 8TH: Duffy walked; Remy flied out to center; Brohamer was called out on strikes; Rice lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 11, Indians 0. INDIANS 8TH: Alexander walked; Manning doubled to right [Alexander to third]; Grubb doubled to right [Alexander scored, Manning scored]; Bell homered [Grubb scored]; Thornton struck out; Carbo struck out; Speed grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Indians 4. RED SOX 9TH: Bowen walked; Fisk made an out to shortstop; Bailey doubled to center [Bowen to third]; Scott grounded out (third to first) [Bowen scored]; Evans grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 12, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper singled to right; Blanks singled to center [Kuiper to third]; Alexander struck out; Manning hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kuiper scored]; Grubb made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 12, Indians 5. |
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