While Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn took care of the batting, Bob Stanley turned in a superb relief performance as the Red Sox defeated the A's, 11-6. Stanley replaced Jim Wright with one out in the third inning and pitched the rest of the way, yielding only four hits and one run.

Rice drove in four runs with a single and homer, Fisk accounted for three with a pair of singles and Lynn produced two with a double. With the score tied, 5-5, in the fourth, Jack Brohamer walked, Lynn singled and Rice belted his 37th homer of the season to smash the deadlock. The Red Sox iced the victory in the eighth when Fisk drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and a third run scored on the same play on an error by Mario Guerrero. Rico Carty hit a two-run homer for the A's. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 11, Oakland Athletics 6
Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park
A's          2  0  3    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   6 11  1
Red Sox      3  2  0    3  0  0    0  3  x  -  11 13  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alston rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Burleson ss           5   2   2   0     0   0   .249
  Newman ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Lynn cf               3   2   2   2     2   0   .301
  Armas rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Rice lf               5   3   3   4     0   0   .330
Revering 1b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .274      Yastrzemski dh        5   2   2   0     0   1   .293
Carty dh              5   2   1   2     0   0   .298      Fisk c                3   0   2   3     2   1   .295
Page lf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .289      Scott 1b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Robinson c            4   1   1   2     0   0   .333      Evans rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Hancock rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Duncan 3b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .262      Hobson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .249
Wallis cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .276      Brohamer 2b           3   2   1   0     1   1   .251
Edwards 2b            4   0   2   1     0   1   .276      Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  11   6     1   3             Totals               37  11  13   9     5   7

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 29,029
Left on Base: A's 6, Red Sox 7
DP: A's 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Guerrero, Scott
Doubles: Wallis 2 (15), Page (22), Robinson (3), Duncan (14), Lynn (28)
Triples: Evans (2)
Home Runs: Carty (27), Rice (37)
Stolen Bases: Page (21)
GIDP: Newman (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   1.1   6   5   5   0   0   0  10   4.09
Broberg L(9-11)         6.1   5   5   5   5   7   1  29   4.80
Lacey                   0     1   1   0   0   0   0   1   3.02
Sosa                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.59
Totals                  8    13  11  10   5   7   1  42

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright                  2.1   6   5   3   0   2   1  14   3.12
Stanley W(13-2)         6.2   5   1   1   1   1   0  25   2.76
Totals                  9    11   6   4   1   3   1  39

Balks: Renko (1)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alston flied out to right; Revering singled;
Carty homered [Revering scored]; Page struck out; Robinson flied
out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled; Lynn grounded out (third to
first) [Burleson to second]; Rice singled [Burleson scored];
Yastrzemski singled [Rice to third]; Fisk singled to third [Rice
scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Yastrzemski to third, Fisk to second]; Renko balked
[Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third]; Evans grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red
Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to right; Duncan singled;
Wallis doubled [Duncan to third]; Edwards struck out; Alston
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Hobson lined to right; Brohamer singled; Burleson
singled [Brohamer to second]; BROBERG REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING);
Lynn doubled [Brohamer scored, Burleson scored]; Rice grounded
out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski made an out to third; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering reached on an error by Scott; Carty
forced Revering (shortstop to second); Page doubled [Carty to
third]; Robinson doubled [Carty scored (unearned), Page scored];
STANLEY REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Duncan walked; Wallis doubled [Robinson
scored (unearned), Duncan to third]; Edwards grounded out (third
to first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 3RD: Fisk walked; Scott struck out; Evans grounded out
(third to first) [Fisk to third]; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alston grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering struck out; Carty made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Brohamer walked; Burleson flied out to right; Lynn
singled [Brohamer to third]; Rice homered [Brohamer scored, Lynn
scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Fisk walked; Scott
flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox
8.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page lined to second; Robinson grounded out
(first unassisted); Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; Hobson
was called out on strikes; Brohamer popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan doubled; Wallis flied out to right [Duncan
to third]; Edwards singled to second [Duncan scored]; NEWMAN
BATTED FOR ALSTON; Newman grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Edwards out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 6TH: ARMAS REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING RF); Burleson flied
out to left; Lynn walked; Rice made an out to shortstop;
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red
Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering grounded out (first to pitcher); Carty
grounded out (third to first); Page singled; Page stole second;
Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk struck out; Scott grounded out (second to
first); Evans tripled; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Duncan grounded out (third to first); Wallis grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Brohamer struck out; Burleson flied out to left;
Lynn walked; Rice singled [Lynn to second]; LACEY REPLACED
BROBERG (PITCHING); Yastrzemski singled to second [Lynn to
third, Rice to second]; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Fisk
singled [Lynn scored (RBI), Rice scored (RBI), Yastrzemski
scored (error by Guerrero) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Scott made an
out to second; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red
Sox 11.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HANCOCK REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING RF); Edwards
singled; Armas grounded out (third to first) [Edwards to
second]; Revering flied out to right; Carty grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 11.