With two out in the seventh inning, the A's erupted for all their runs to gain a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox, whose lead in the A. L. East was cut to 5½ games when the Yankees beat the Mariners. In the A's outburst, Dave Revering doubled for one run, Mitchell Page singled for another and Bruce Robinson then drove in a pair with a single.

The Red Sox came back with two runs in their half of the seventh on an error, a double by Fred Lynn and single by George Scott. But after Jim Rice singled and eventually scored on a wild pitch by Elias Sosa in the eighth, Dave Heaverlo pitched the last 1 1/3 innings and saved the game for A's starter Rick Langford. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 2, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   4 11  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   3  7  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alston rf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Revering 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Brohamer 2b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Woodard pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Rice rf               3   1   3   0     1   0   .327
  Newman 1b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .292
  Dilone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Fisk c                4   1   0   0     0   0   .293
  Gross 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Lynn cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .298
Carty dh              3   1   1   0     2   1   .299      Scott 1b              4   0   1   2     0   1   .253
Page lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .287      Hobson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .252
  Essian c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Bailey dh             2   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Robinson c            3   0   2   2     1   0   .341        Remy pr,dh          0   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Armas cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .215        Evans ph,dh         1   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .283        Hancock pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Duncan 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wallis cf,lf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Edwards 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .274
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  11   4     4   3             Totals               34   3   7   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 33,051
Left on Base: A's 9, Red Sox 8
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Newman, Fisk 2
Doubles: Wallis (13), Revering (19), Newman (5), Lynn (27)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (27)
Caught Stealing: Rice (5)
GIDP: Essian (11)
Hit by Pitch: Burleson (3,by Langford), Bailey (1,by Sosa)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(7-10)        6     4   2   1   1   4   0  24   3.01
Sosa                    1.2   2   1   0   1   0   0   9   2.60
Heaverlo SV(10)         1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.13
Totals                  9     7   3   1   2   5   0  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(15-8)          9    11   4   3   4   3   0  40   4.01
Totals                  9    11   4   3   4   3   0  40

Passed Balls: Essian (3)
Hit by Pitch: Langford (3), Sosa (1)
Wild Pitches: Sosa (2)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to right; Revering grounded out
(first unassisted); Carty singled; Page singled [Carty to
second]; Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Brohamer
flied out to center; Rice singled; Yastrzemski lined to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Duncan flied out to right; Wallis walked; Edwards singled
[Wallis to second]; Alston flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Lynn popped to
left; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red
Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering popped to catcher in foul territory;
Carty struck out; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson struck out; Bailey struck out; Burleson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Robinson walked; Guerrero singled [Robinson to
second]; Duncan forced Robinson (pitcher to third) [Guerrero to
second]; Wallis made an out to shortstop; Edwards singled to
shortstop [Guerrero out at home (shortstop to third), Duncan to
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Brohamer was called out on strikes; Rice singled;
Rice was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Yastrzemski
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Alston grounded out (second to first); Revering
grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk flied out to left; Lynn lined to right; Scott
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page grounded out (second to first); Robinson
singled; Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Hobson singled; Bailey made an out to shortstop;
Burleson was hit by a pitch [Hobson to second]; Brohamer flied
out to center; Rice walked [Hobson to third, Burleson to
second]; Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis doubled; Edwards reached on a fielder's
choice [Wallis out at third (catcher to third)]; Alston flied
out to center; Edwards stole second [Edwards to third (error by
Fisk)]; Revering doubled [Edwards scored]; WOODARD RAN FOR
REVERING; Carty walked; Page singled [Woodard scored, Carty to
third]; Page was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Fisk [Page to second]; Robinson singled [Carty scored, Page
scored (unearned)]; Guerrero lined to right; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: NEWMAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING 1B); ESSIAN
REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); ARMAS REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING
CF); WALLIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Fisk reached on an
error by Newman (assist by Duncan); Lynn doubled [Fisk to
third]; SOSA REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Scott singled [Fisk
scored (unearned), Lynn scored]; Hobson forced Scott (third to
second); Bailey was hit by a pitch [Hobson to second]; REMY RAN
FOR BAILEY; Burleson flied out to right; Brohamer flied out to
left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: REMY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Duncan was
called out on strikes; Wallis flied out to center; Edwards made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice singled; Yastrzemski flied out to right [Rice
to second]; Essian allowed a passed ball [Rice to third]; Fisk
made an out to first; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Rice scored
(unearned)]; Lynn walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING);
Scott forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston made an out to shortstop; Newman doubled;
DILONE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Carty was walked intentionally; Essian
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Carty
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: GROSS REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 1B); Hobson struck
out; EVANS BATTED FOR REMY; Evans singled; HANCOCK RAN FOR
EVANS; Burleson forced Hancock (second to shortstop); Brohamer
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Red Sox 3.