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Saturday July 8, 1978
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Boston Red Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, July 8, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Red Sox      0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  4  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Dade rf               3   1   0   0     0   1   .276
Duffy 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .293        Manning cf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Rice lf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .324      Kuiper 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .259
Evans rf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .286      Bell 3b               3   0   2   1     1   0   .299
Bailey dh             4   1   2   0     0   2   .240      Thornton 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .266
Montgomery c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Carbo dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Kendall 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Alexander c           4   0   1   0     0   1   .232
Brohamer 3b           2   0   0   1     0   0   .306      Speed cf,rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Bowen cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Norris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cox lf                2   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grubb ph,lf         1   0   0   0     1   0   .235
                                                          Veryzer ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
                                                          Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   4   2     2   5             Totals               34   2   7   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 41,859
Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Indians 8
DP: Red Sox 0, Indians 0
Errors: Bell
Doubles: Alexander (8)
Triples: Rice (13)
Caught Stealing: Bailey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Brohamer (3)
Hit by Pitch: Thornton (4,by Wright)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(4-1)           8.1   7   2   2   2   4   0  35   2.89
Stanley SV(5)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.98
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   4   0  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(4-5)            9     4   3   1   2   5   0  33   3.84
Totals                  9     4   3   1   2   5   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Wright (3)
Wild Pitches: Clyde (5)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim McKean


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Duffy
lined to left; Rice lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade made an out to shortstop; Kuiper grounded out
(first unassisted); Bell walked; Thornton was hit by a pitch
[Bell to second]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans walked; Bailey singled to left [Evans to
third, Bailey to second (on throw to 3b)]; Montgomery grounded
out (second to first); Kendall reached on a fielder's choice
[Evans scored (error by Bell) (unearned) (no RBI), Bailey to
third, Kendall to second]; Brohamer hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Bailey scored (unearned)]; Bowen struck out; 2 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (third to first); Speed was
called out on strikes; Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to center; Duffy grounded out
(third to first); Rice walked; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Rice to
second]; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (second to first); Dade struck
out; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Indians 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Bailey was called out on strikes; Montgomery struck
out; Kendall made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell singled to left; Thornton made an out to
second; Carbo singled [Bell to third]; Alexander was called out
on strikes; Speed forced Carbo (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Brohamer flied out to right; Bowen grounded out
(third to first); Burleson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
singled to left; Dade forced Veryzer (shortstop to second);
Kuiper singled [Dade to second]; Bell singled to left [Dade
scored, Kuiper to second]; Thornton singled to left [Kuiper
scored, Bell to third]; Carbo flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Rice tripled
to center; Evans singled to right [Rice scored]; Bailey was
called out on strikes; Montgomery grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Alexander doubled to center; Speed grounded out
(shortstop to first); GRUBB BATTED FOR COX; Grubb lined to
shortstop; Veryzer made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Indians 2.

RED SOX 7TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MANNING REPLACED
DADE (PLAYING CF); SPEED CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Kendall
grounded out (second to first); Brohamer grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bowen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: On a bunt Manning grounded out (second to first);
Kuiper flied out to left; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson flied out to left; Duffy flied out to
right; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton flied out to left; Carbo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Alexander grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Evans lined to third; Bailey singled to center;
Bailey was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Montgomery grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: NORRIS BATTED FOR SPEED; Norris grounded out
(second to first); Grubb walked; STANLEY REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); Veryzer forced Grubb (third to second); Manning
forced Veryzer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Indians 2.



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