Tightening their grip on first place in A.L. East, the Red Sox swept a doubleheader from the Twins, 5-3 and 3-2. The first game was tied, 3-3, going into the last of the seventh when Jack Brohamer led off with a double, advanced to third on an infield hit by Jim Rice and scored on a single up the middle by Carl Yastrzemski. Brohamer also drove in Frank Duffy with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. The Twins had knotted the contest in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Rod Carew.

Fred Lynn knocked in all three Bosox runs in the nightcap. He had an RBI single in the first inning and a two-run homer in the sixth. The Twins' runs came on a solo homer by Willie Norwood in the fifth and a double by Norwood and single by Rob Wilfong in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      16, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 13  1
Red Sox      2  0  1    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   5 11  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   1   2   0     1   0   .238      Remy 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Smalley ss            5   1   3   1     0   0   .279      Brohamer 3b           2   3   1   1     2   0   .294
Carew 1b              5   0   3   2     0   0   .355      Rice dh               5   1   3   1     0   1   .318
Ford cf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Yastrzemski lf        5   0   3   1     0   2   .307
Cubbage 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .317      Fisk c                1   0   0   1     2   0   .292
Adams dh              4   0   1   0     0   2   .239      Lynn cf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .330
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Chiles lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .277
Wilfong 2b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .269      Duffy ss              4   1   2   0     0   1   .276
Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   3  13   3     1   5             Totals               33   5  11   4     5   7

Time of Game: 2:59
Left on Base: Twins 10, Red Sox 11
DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Wilfong
Doubles: Smalley (16), Carew 2 (12), Rice 2 (13), Lynn (19), Brohamer (9), Duffy (4)
Triples: Powell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (4), Brohamer (4)
GIDP: Brohamer (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum                   4     6   3   3   2   3   0  20   3.52
Harrison L(0-1)         3.2   5   2   2   3   3   0  19   6.75
Holly                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8    11   5   5   5   7   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(11-2)       7    11   3   3   1   3   0  32   3.41
Campbell SV(4)          2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   4.74
Totals                  9    13   3   3   1   5   0  40

Wild Pitches: Serum (3)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan


TWINS 1ST: Powell walked; Smalley grounded out (first
unassisted) [Powell to second]; Carew grounded out (first
unassisted) [Powell to third]; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy made an out to shortstop; Brohamer walked;
Rice doubled to left [Brohamer scored]; Yastrzemski singled to
center [Rice to third]; Serum threw a wild pitch [Rice scored,
Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk flied out to center; Lynn struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 2ND: Cubbage struck out; Adams singled to center; Wynegar
flied out to left; Chiles made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott reached on an error by Wilfong; Evans flied
out to center; Duffy struck out; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Powell
tripled to right; Smalley doubled to right [Powell scored];
Carew doubled to left [Smalley scored]; Ford flied out to right;
Cubbage made an out to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Brohamer walked; Rice was called out on strikes;
Yastrzemski singled to right [Brohamer to third]; Fisk hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Brohamer scored]; Lynn doubled to
center [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott made an out to first; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 4TH: Adams struck out; Wynegar made an out to shortstop;
Chiles singled to right; Wilfong singled to right [Chiles to
third]; Powell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Duffy singled
to right; Remy singled to center [Duffy to second]; Brohamer
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Remy
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley flied out to right; Carew doubled to left;
Ford flied out to right [Carew to third]; Cubbage flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: HARRISON REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Rice singled to
right; Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; Fisk walked [Rice
to second]; Lynn lined to right; Scott grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 6TH: Adams grounded out (second to first); Wynegar lined
to first; Chiles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans struck out; Duffy grounded out (third to
first); Remy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 7TH: Wilfong singled to right; Powell flied out to right;
Smalley singled to right [Wilfong to third, Smalley out at
second (right to first)]; Carew singled to right [Wilfong
scored]; Ford singled to center [Carew to third]; Cubbage lined
to first; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Brohamer doubled to left; Rice grounded out (first
unassisted) [Brohamer to third]; Yastrzemski singled to center
[Brohamer scored]; Fisk walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn
walked [Yastrzemski to third, Fisk to second]; Scott popped to
first in foul territory; Evans struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Twins 3, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Adams struck
out; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Chiles grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox
4.

RED SOX 8TH: Duffy doubled to left; Remy grounded out (first
unassisted) [Duffy to third]; Brohamer hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Duffy scored]; Rice doubled to center; HOLLY REPLACED
HARRISON (PITCHING); Yastrzemski struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 9TH: Wilfong struck out; Powell singled to center; Smalley
singled [Powell to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first)
[Powell to third, Smalley to second]; Ford lined to pitcher; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 5.