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.

In the nightcap, the Red Sox took advantage of a throwing error by Bell and scored two unearned runs in the second. The Indians pulled even with run-scoring singles by Bell and Andre Thornton in the fifth. The Red Sox had only one hit off David Clyde going into the sixth when Jim Rice tripled and Dwight Evans drove in the deciding run with a single. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 12, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, July      8, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Red 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.