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The Red Sox outlasted the Tigers, 5-4, in 11 innings to remain 2½ games behind the division-leading Yankees in the A. L. East. With the score 4-4, Butch Hobson drew a leadoff walk to begin the Sox' winning rally. Frank Duffy ran for Hobson and reached third on a pinch-single by Jack Brohamer. Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRed Sox 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 8 0
Tigers 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 1
Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .245 LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .295
Remy 2b 6 1 2 1 0 0 .269 Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .291
Rice dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .319 Staub dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .279
Yastrzemski lf,1b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .280 Thompson 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .292
Fisk c 3 1 0 1 1 0 .284 Kemp lf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .279
Lynn cf 4 1 2 2 1 1 .292 Parrish c 5 0 1 0 0 2 .225
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 1 3 .243 Wockenfuss rf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .282
Duffy pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .229 Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270
Brohamer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Hancock pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .215 Mankowski ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .287
Evans rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .253 Trammell ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263
Sprowl p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262
Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dillard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Baker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 5 8 5 7 8 Totals 40 4 10 4 4 8
Time of Game: 3:22 Attendance: 13,849
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Tigers 7
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 1
Errors: LeFlore
Home Runs: Evans (24), Lynn (22), Wockenfuss (6), Staub (22), Kemp (14)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (16), Dillard (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (5)
GIDP: Fisk (10), Trammell (11)
Hit by Pitch: Burleson (4,by Billingham)
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Sprowl 5 6 3 3 3 5 2 22 6.39
Stanley 4.1 3 1 1 1 0 1 16 2.79
Hassler W(3-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 3.94
Totals 11 10 4 4 4 8 3 44
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Billingham 5.2 6 4 4 3 3 2 26 3.89
Baker L(1-3) 4.1 1 1 1 4 5 0 18 3.90
Hiller 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.62
Totals 11 8 5 5 7 8 2 47
Hit by Pitch: Billingham (8)
Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Dale Ford
RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Whitaker
walked; Staub grounded out (second to first) [Whitaker to
second]; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0,
Tigers 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Fisk grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second];
Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red
Sox 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Kemp walked; Parrish struck out; Wockenfuss homered
[Kemp scored]; Rodriguez flied out to center; Trammell walked;
LeFlore was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red
Sox 0, Tigers 2.
RED SOX 3RD: Hobson struck out; Scott grounded out (shortstop to
first); Evans singled to left; Burleson flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker was called out on strikes; Staub grounded
out (second to first); Thompson singled to center; Kemp made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.
RED SOX 4TH: On a bunt Remy singled; Rice singled to center
[Remy to third]; Yastrzemski struck out; Fisk lined out on a
sacrifice fly to center [Remy scored]; Lynn singled [Rice to
third, Lynn to second (on throw to 3b)]; Hobson struck out; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 4TH: Parrish singled to center; Wockenfuss singled to
center [Parrish to third]; Rodriguez reached on a fielder's
choice [Parrish out at home (third to catcher), Wockenfuss to
second]; Trammell grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Wockenfuss out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1,
Tigers 2.
RED SOX 5TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
homered; Burleson was hit by a pitch; Remy grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Burleson to second]; Rice grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore singled to shortstop; LeFlore was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
first); Whitaker was called out on strikes; Staub homered;
Thompson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2,
Tigers 3.
RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
walked; Lynn homered [Fisk scored]; Hobson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Scott walked; BAKER REPLACED BILLINGHAM
(PITCHING); Evans struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4,
Tigers 3.
TIGERS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED SPROWL (PITCHING); Kemp singled to
center; On a bunt Parrish forced Kemp (pitcher to shortstop);
Wockenfuss grounded out (second to first) [Parrish to second];
Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.
RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Remy
grounded out (third to first); Rice flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.
TIGERS 7TH: Trammell grounded out (pitcher to first); LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); Whitaker grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.
RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Fisk
made an out to second; Lynn walked; Hobson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.
TIGERS 8TH: Staub made an out to shortstop; Thompson grounded
out (second to first); Kemp homered; Parrish flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 4.
RED SOX 9TH: Scott struck out; Evans walked; Burleson flied out
to right; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox
4, Tigers 4.
TIGERS 9TH: CORCORAN BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Corcoran flied out
to left; MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski lined to
third; MAY BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; May walked; DILLARD RAN FOR MAY;
Dillard was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 4.
RED SOX 10TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MANKOWSKI
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WAGNER REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING
SS); Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk
forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); Lynn struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 4.
TIGERS 10TH: LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitaker
singled to right; HASSLER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Staub
singled to right [Whitaker to third]; Thompson struck out; Kemp
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4,
Tigers 4.
RED SOX 11TH: Hobson walked; DUFFY RAN FOR HOBSON; BROHAMER
BATTED FOR SCOTT; Brohamer singled to right [Duffy to third];
HANCOCK RAN FOR BROHAMER; HILLER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING);
Evans grounded out (third to first) [Hancock to second];
Burleson reached on a fielder's choice [Duffy out at home (first
to catcher)]; Remy singled to center [Hancock scored (RBI),
Burleson out at home (error by LeFlore) (center to second to
catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.
TIGERS 11TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HANCOCK STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); YASTRZEMSKI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Parrish struck out; STANLEY BATTED FOR CORCORAN; Stanley
struck out; Mankowski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.
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