Snapping out of their slump, the Red Sox not only won the completion of the previous night's suspended game, 7-5, by scoring two runs in the 17th inning, but then proceeded to beat the Yankees in the regularly-scheduled contest that followed, 8-1. The August 2 game was halted after 14 innings with the score tied, 5-5. The Yankees once held a 5-0 lead before the Red Sox rallied to pull even. Two of their runs came on passes with the bases loaded and the tying tally counted in the eighth on a double by Jim Rice, a wild pitch by Rich Gossage and a sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski. In the 17th, Dwight Evans, Butch Hobson, Rick Burleson and Rice hit singles to provide the Red Sox with their winning pair.

Playing the regularly-scheduled game, Rice homered with a man on base in the fifth inning, and Fred Lynn connected with a man aboard in the third -- his first homer ever in Yankee Stadium. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    3, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  0  2    0  2  0    4  -   8 11  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  1    x  -   1  6  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Rivers cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Remy 2b               2   1   1   1     2   0   .267      Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .258
Rice lf               3   2   2   3     1   0   .309      Munson c              2   1   1   0     1   1   .306
Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   2   0     0   2   .295      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Chambliss 1b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Lynn cf               4   1   1   3     0   0   .319      Nettles 3b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .267
Brohamer dh           2   0   0   0     0   0   .262      White dh              2   0   0   0     1   0   .258
  Bailey ph,dh        2   1   1   1     0   0   .227      Johnstone lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .194
Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   1   .251
Hobson 3b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .243        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .221
                                                          Beattie p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   8  11   8     3   2             Totals               24   1   6   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 53,379
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Yankees 8
DP: Red Sox 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Yastrzemski, Randolph, Beattie
Home Runs: Rice (25), Lynn (18), Bailey (4)
Stolen Bases: Fisk (5)
Caught Stealing: Remy (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (5)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(13-6)          6     6   1   0   2   5   0  27   3.72
Totals                  6     6   1   0   2   5   0  27

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beattie L(2-6)          4.2   7   4   4   2   2   1  23   4.04
Lindblad                2.1   4   4   4   1   0   2  12   4.29
Totals                  7    11   8   8   3   2   3  35

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


RED SOX 1ST: Beattie dropped a foul fly hit by Burleson for an
error; Burleson flied out to right; Remy walked; Remy was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rice flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
struck out; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to right; Fisk forced
Yastrzemski (third to second); Lynn grounded out (first
unassisted) [Fisk to second]; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
flied out to center; Nettles singled to left; White flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans grounded out (third to first); Hobson singled
to left; Burleson singled to right [Hobson to second]; Remy
singled to right [Hobson scored, Burleson to third, Remy to
second (on throw)]; Rice singled to third [Burleson scored, Remy
stayed at second]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk forced Rice
(third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Johnstone flied out to left; Dent struck out;
Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); Brohamer
flied out to center; Evans reached on an error by Randolph;
Hobson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph struck out; Munson walked; Jackson struck
out; Chambliss singled to left [Munson to second]; Nettles flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson lined to shortstop; Remy walked; Rice
homered [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk singled to
shortstop; LINDBLAD REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Fisk stole
second; Lynn flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: White walked; Johnstone flied out to center; Dent
flied out to left; Rivers singled to center [White to second];
Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 6TH: BAILEY BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Bailey made an out to
shortstop; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson
singled to center; Burleson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to left; Jackson reached on an error
by Yastrzemski [Munson to second]; Chambliss singled to left
[Munson to third, Jackson to second]; Nettles hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Munson scored (unearned)]; White flied out to
left; Johnstone singled to pitcher [Jackson to third, Chambliss
to second]; THOMASSON BATTED FOR DENT; Thomasson lined to
shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING SS); Remy
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice walked; Yastrzemski
singled to right [Rice to second]; Fisk flied out to center;
Lynn homered [Rice scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Bailey homered;
Evans flied out to right; game callled after 1:29 rain delay
at 12:51am; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Yankees 1.