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Saturday September 30, 1978
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Boston Red Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Blue Jays    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Red Sox      4  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Burleson ss           4   1   0   0     0   1   .248
Bailor rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .266      Remy 2b               3   1   1   0     1   1   .275
Howell 3b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .271      Rice rf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .314
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .250      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   1     0   0   .278
A. Woods lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Fisk c                4   2   2   2     0   0   .285
Upshaw dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Lynn cf               4   0   3   0     0   0   .300
Ashby c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Hobson dh             2   0   0   1     0   1   .250
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Gomez ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .224      Brohamer 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     1   9             Totals               29   5   7   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 32,659
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 4
DP: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 2
Errors: Howell
Doubles: Remy (22), Yastrzemski (21)
Home Runs: Howell (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Hobson (8)
GIDP: A. Woods (5), Ashby (10), Hobson (15)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(7-16)       8     7   5   3   3   3   0  33   4.38
Totals                  8     7   5   3   3   3   0  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(20-8)       9     5   1   1   1   9   1  31   3.02
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   9   1  31

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti struck out; Bailor struck out; Howell
homered; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson reached on an error by Howell; Remy
doubled [Burleson to third]; Rice walked; Yastrzemski grounded
out (first unassisted) [Burleson scored (unearned), Remy to
third, Rice to second]; Fisk singled [Remy scored, Rice scored];
Lynn singled [Fisk to third]; Hobson hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Fisk scored (unearned), Lynn to second]; Scott made an out to
second; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Upshaw
flied out to right; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 2ND: Brohamer flied out to left; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Remy walked; Rice walked [Remy to second];
Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays
1, Red Sox 4.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay made an out to shortstop; Gomez singled;
Bosetti popped to third in foul territory; Bailor flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Fisk singled; Lynn singled [Fisk to third]; Hobson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fisk
scored (no RBI), Lynn out at second]; Scott flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
singled; A. Woods grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Burleson was called
out on strikes; Remy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Upshaw grounded out (first unassisted); Ashby
struck out; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice flied out to right; Yastrzemski lined to
center; Fisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Gomez made an out to first; Bosetti struck out;
Bailor walked; Howell singled [Bailor to second]; Mayberry made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox
5.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn singled; Hobson struck out; Scott forced Lynn
(third to second); Brohamer forced Scott (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: A. Woods flied out to right; Upshaw singled;
Ashby grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Upshaw out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
1, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy
lined to shortstop; Rice grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay made an out to second; Gomez struck out;
Bosetti flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski doubled; Fisk grounded out (second to
first) [Yastrzemski to third]; Lynn reached on a fielder's
choice that turned into a double play [Yastrzemski out at home
(pitcher to catcher to third), Lynn out at second (third to
shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor popped to first in foul territory; Howell
struck out; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Red Sox 5.



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