The Red Sox won the opening game of a twi-night doubleheader, 2-1, but lost the second game, 7-6, when the Blue Jays scored two unearned runs in the eighth inning. The first run in the lidlifter came in the fifth on a triple by George Scott and groundout by Butch Hobson. The winning marker came across in the sixth when Garry Hancock drew a two-out walk, Scott singled and Hobson doubled.

After Jim Rice's second homer of the game in the seventh stanza gave the Red Sox a 6-5 lead in the nightcap, the Jays counted their tainted tallies after Rick Cerone reached first base safely on an error by Hobson and advanced to second on a single by Al Woods. After a forceout, a two-out double by Bob Bailor for his fourth hit of the game scored both Woods and Luis Gomez. Rookie Victor Cruz pitched three scoreless innings of relief to get the win. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 30, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   2  8  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .269      Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .247
Bailor 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
A. Woods lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Duffy pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Rice lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .322
Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   1     0   1   .263      Yastrzemski dh        4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Velez rf              3   0   0   0     0   3   .280      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   0   .294
Ashby c               3   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Lynn cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .299
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Hancock rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .222
Johnson ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Scott 1b              4   1   3   0     0   1   .251
Kirkwood p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hobson 3b             3   0   1   2     0   0   .257
                                                          Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   5   1     0   9             Totals               32   2   8   2     3   5

Time of Game: 2:15
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 9
DP: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Mayberry
Doubles: Hobson (20)
Triples: Scott (4)
Home Runs: Mayberry (21)
Caught Stealing: McKay (3)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirkwood L(3-2)         8     8   2   2   3   5   0  35   3.71
Totals                  8     8   2   2   3   5   0  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(16-5)       9     5   1   1   0   9   1  31   3.12
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   9   1  31

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti struck out; Bailor flied out to right; A.
Woods flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson was called out on strikes; Brohamer flied
out to left; Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Horton struck out; Mayberry homered; Velez struck
out; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: On a bunt Yastrzemski singled; On a bunt Fisk made
an out to catcher; Lynn forced Yastrzemski (second to
shortstop); Hancock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay struck out; Johnson grounded out (first to
pitcher); Bosetti singled; Bailor popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Scott singled; Hobson flied out to left; Burleson
was called out on strikes; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods made an out to third; Horton struck out;
Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski flied out to left;
Fisk walked; Lynn singled [Fisk to second]; Hancock grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez struck out; Ashby singled; McKay forced
Ashby (third to second); McKay was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Scott tripled; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Scott scored]; Burleson singled; Brohamer grounded out
(second to first) [Burleson to second]; Rice was walked
intentionally; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Johnson popped to third in foul territory;
Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn struck
out; Hancock walked; Scott singled [Hancock to second]; Hobson
doubled [Hancock scored, Scott to third]; Burleson flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Horton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry grounded out (pitcher
to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Brohamer reached on an error by Mayberry; DUFFY RAN
FOR BROHAMER; Rice flied out to left; Yastrzemski lined into a
double play (second to first) [Duffy out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Velez struck
out; Ashby singled; McKay forced Ashby (first to shortstop);
Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Fisk flied out to center; Lynn flied out to center;
Hancock singled; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bosetti singled; Bailor was called out on
strikes; A. Woods popped to third in foul territory; Horton
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 2.

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