The Red Sox kept one game on the heels of the Yankees in the East division race by bombing the Blue Jays, 11-0, for their sixth straight victory. Fred Lynn knocked in five runs with two singles and a triple. Jim Rice doubled in the first inning and singled in the second to become the first A. L. player to reach 400 total bases for a season since Joe Dimaggio accomplished the feat in 1937.

Bob Stanley, making only his second start of the year, limited the Blue Jays to two hits in seven innings before yielding the mound to Dick Drago, who have up one more hit in the last two frames. Stanley's .882 winning percentage on a 15-2 record was the best in Red Sox history for pitchers with at least 15 victories in one season. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 11, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Friday, September 29, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Red Sox      3  3  2    0  0  0    0  3  x  -  11 16  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   0   .263      Burleson ss           5   2   2   0     0   0   .249
Bailor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Remy 2b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .274
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Rice rf               4   2   2   1     1   1   .315
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Yastrzemski lf        4   2   2   1     1   0   .278
A. Woods lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Fisk c                3   2   1   1     2   0   .284
Upshaw dh             2   0   0   0     1   0   .239      Lynn cf               5   1   3   5     0   0   .296
Ashby c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Hobson dh             4   0   3   2     1   0   .250
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Scott 1b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .233
Gomez ss              2   0   1   0     1   0   .223      Brohamer 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stanley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wiley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     2   0             Totals               38  11  16  11     6   2

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 29,626
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 9
DP: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1
Doubles: Rice (25), Hobson 2 (26)
Triples: Lynn (3)
GIDP: Bailor (8), Brohamer 2 (6)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(10-12)         1.2   7   6   6   1   1   0  13   4.09
Wiley                   0.2   3   2   2   1   0   0   6   6.10
Garvin                  2.2   2   0   0   2   1   0  11   5.60
Lemanczyk               3     4   3   3   2   0   0  14   6.26
Totals                  8    16  11  11   6   2   0  44

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanley W(15-2)         7     2   0   0   1   0   0  23   2.55
Drago                   2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   3.04
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   0   0  31

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor
grounded out (second to first); Howell popped to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); Remy
singled; Rice doubled [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski made an out to
second; Fisk walked; Lynn singled [Rice scored, Fisk to second];
Hobson doubled [Fisk scored, Lynn to third]; Scott struck out; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 3.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to center; A. Woods grounded
out (second to first); Upshaw lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Brohamer lined to third; Burleson singled; Remy
flied out to left; Rice singled [Burleson to second];
Yastrzemski singled [Burleson scored, Rice to third]; WILEY
REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Fisk walked [Yastrzemski to second];
Lynn singled [Rice scored, Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third];
Hobson lined to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red
Sox 6.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby grounded out (second to first); McKay
grounded out (second to first); Gomez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 3RD: Scott singled; Brohamer flied out to right [Scott
to second]; Burleson singled [Scott to third]; GARVIN REPLACED
WILEY (PITCHING); Remy singled [Scott scored, Burleson to
second]; Rice made an out to second; Yastrzemski walked
[Burleson to third, Remy to second]; Fisk singled to shortstop
[Burleson scored, Remy to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn
lined to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 8.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor
grounded out (first unassisted); Howell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 4TH: Hobson walked; Scott made an out to third; Brohamer
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Hobson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red
Sox 8.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry flied out to center; A. Woods flied out
to right; Upshaw walked; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson flied out to center; Remy lined to
shortstop; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Red Sox 8.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); Gomez
singled; Bosetti singled [Gomez to third]; Bailor grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosetti out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 6TH: LEMANCZYK REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
lined to center; Fisk grounded out (third to first); Lynn
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Red Sox 8.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
made an out to first; A. Woods lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson doubled; Scott walked; Brohamer grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Hobson to
third, Scott out at second]; Burleson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 8.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: DRAGO REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Upshaw popped
to left; Ashby grounded out (second to first); McKay grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red
Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Remy grounded out (second to first); Rice walked;
Yastrzemski singled [Rice to third]; Fisk reached on a fielder's
choice [Rice out at home (pitcher to third), Yastrzemski to
second]; Lynn tripled [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk scored]; Hobson
singled [Lynn scored]; Scott flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 11.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Gomez walked; Bosetti singled [Gomez to second];
Bailor forced Bosetti (shortstop to second) [Gomez to third];
Howell made an out to third; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 11.