With Rick Wise getting credit for his third victory of the year over his former teammates, the Indians beat the Red Sox, 5-1. The score was 1-1 in the seventh inning when the Tribe went ahead on a single by Buddy Bell, a sacrifice and a double by Ted Cox. Andre Thornton hit a solo homer in the eighth and the Indians added a pair in the ninth on singles by Bo Diaz and Rick Manning, an error by third baseman Butch Hobson and a single by Johnny Grubb. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    9, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  1  2  -   5 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .265      Burleson ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .254
Veryzer ss            5   1   2   0     0   0   .289      Remy 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Grubb lf              4   0   1   1     1   0   .273      Rice lf               3   0   2   1     0   1   .314
Thornton 1b           5   1   1   1     0   0   .272      Yastrzemski dh        3   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Alexander dh          3   0   2   1     1   1   .236      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .297
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .301      Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Cox rf                3   0   1   1     0   0   .230      Scott 1b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .230
  Speed rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Hancock pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Diaz c                4   1   1   0     0   0   .232        Kendall 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hobson 3b             2   1   1   0     1   0   .243
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   4     2   2             Totals               29   1   6   1     4   5

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 33,285
Left on Base: Indians 8, Red Sox 6
DP: Indians 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: Diaz, Burleson, Hobson
Doubles: Alexander (15), Cox (5), Hobson (9)
Home Runs: Thornton (22)
Stolen Bases: Remy (19), Rice (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Rice (4)
GIDP: Evans (13), Yastrzemski (8)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(9-14)            6.2   4   1   1   4   3   0  27   3.47
Kern SV(9)              2.1   2   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.07
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   5   0  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee L(10-8)             8.2  10   5   3   2   2   1  39   3.38
Drago                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.52
Totals                  9    10   5   3   2   2   1  40

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger


INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
flied out to center; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to center; Remy singled to
right; Remy stole second; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski walked;
Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton flied out to left; Alexander struck out;
Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
grounded out (third to first); Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to right; Cox reached on an error
by Burleson; Diaz grounded out (second to first) [Cox to
second]; Manning grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson doubled to right; Burleson singled to right
[Hobson to third, Burleson to second (on throw to home)]; Remy
flied out to center; Rice lined out on a sacrifice fly to right
[Hobson scored, Burleson to third]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer singled to right; Grubb lined to shortstop;
Thornton made an out to first; Alexander walked [Veryzer to
second]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk walked; Lynn forced Fisk (second to
shortstop); Evans grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Cox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Diaz grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Hobson lined
to second; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning popped to third in foul territory; Veryzer
singled to center; Grubb walked [Veryzer to second]; Thornton
lined to left; Alexander doubled to left [Veryzer scored, Grubb
out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy grounded out (second to pitcher); Rice singled
to left; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Rice stole second [Rice
to third (error by Diaz)]; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell singled to left; Kuiper out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Bell to second]; Cox doubled to left
[Bell scored]; Diaz flied out to center [Cox to third]; Manning
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: SPEED REPLACED COX (PLAYING RF); Lynn was called
out on strikes; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
walked; HANCOCK RAN FOR SCOTT; Hobson walked [Hancock to
second]; KERN REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Burleson singled to
center [Hancock to third, Hobson out at second (center to
second)]; Buth Hobson rounded 2B too far, tagged out before
Gerry Hancock scored; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red
Sox 1.

INDIANS 8TH: KENDALL REPLACED HANCOCK (PLAYING 1B); Veryzer
lined to center; On a bunt Grubb made an out to pitcher;
Thornton homered; Alexander singled to third; Bell forced
Alexander (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Remy flied out to left; Rice singled to right;
Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to first) [Rice
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Speed
grounded out (shortstop to first); Diaz singled to center;
Manning singled to center [Diaz to third]; Veryzer reached on an
error by Hobson [Diaz scored (unearned) (no RBI), Manning to
second]; Grubb singled to center [Manning scored (unearned),
Veryzer to third]; DRAGO REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Thornton flied
out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Fisk was called out on strikes; Lynn flied out to
center; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Red
Sox 1.