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Monday October 2, 1978
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New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Game Played on Monday, October 2, 1978 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    4  1  0  -   5  8  0
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4 11  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .265      Burleson ss           4   1   1   0     1   1   .248
  Blair ph,cf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .176      Remy 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .278
Munson c              5   0   1   1     0   3   .297      Rice rf               5   0   1   1     0   1   .315
Piniella rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .314      Yastrzemski lf        5   2   2   2     0   1   .277
Jackson dh            4   1   1   1     0   0   .274      Fisk c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .284
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Lynn cf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .298
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Hobson dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
White lf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .269      Scott 1b              4   0   2   0     0   2   .233
  Thomasson lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Brohamer 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Doyle 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .192        Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .191
  Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Duffy 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Stanley 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Dent ss               4   1   1   3     0   1   .243      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hassler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   8   5     3   6             Totals               36   4  11   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 32,925
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Red Sox 9
DP: Yankees 0, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Rivers (25), Munson (27), Scott (16), Burleson (32), Remy (24)
Home Runs: Dent (5), Jackson (27), Yastrzemski (17)
Stolen Bases: Rivers 2 (25)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (4), Remy (14)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(25-3)          6.1   6   2   2   1   5   1  26   1.74
Gossage SV(27)          2.2   5   2   2   1   2   0  14   2.01
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   7   1  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(16-13)         6.2   5   4   4   3   4   1  28   3.97
Stanley                 0.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   3   2.60
Hassler                 1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.87
Drago                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.03
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   6   2  38

Passed Balls: Munson (8)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Steve Palermo


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers walked; Rivers stole second; Munson struck
out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Jackson flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson struck out; Remy flied out to left; Rice
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles made an out to shortstop; Chambliss made an
out to first; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski homered; Fisk flied out to left; Lynn
flied out to center; Hobson grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Doyle made an out to second; Dent flied out to
right; Rivers doubled to right; Munson struck out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Scott doubled to center; Brohamer out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Scott to third]; Burleson
grounded out (third to first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella singled to shortstop; Jackson flied out to
right; Nettles made an out to shortstop; Chambliss forced
Piniella (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski
struck out; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 5TH: White walked; Doyle grounded out (second to first)
[White to second]; Dent made an out to shortstop; Rivers reached
on a fielder's choice [White out at third (shortstop to third)];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Hobson
singled to third; Scott struck out; Brohamer flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson struck out; Piniella flied out to center;
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson doubled to left; Remy out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Burleson to third]; Rice singled to
center [Burleson scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted) [Rice to second]; Fisk was walked intentionally;
Lynn flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles flied out to right; Chambliss singled to
left; White singled to center [Chambliss to second]; SPENCER
BATTED FOR DOYLE; Spencer flied out to left; Dent homered
[Chambliss scored, White scored]; Rivers walked; STANLEY
REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Rivers stole second; Munson doubled
to center [Rivers scored]; Piniella flied out to right; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING 2B); Hobson
struck out; Scott singled to right; GOSSAGE REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); BAILEY BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Munson allowed a passed
ball [Scott to second]; Bailey struck out; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox
2.

YANKEES 8TH: DUFFY REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING 3B); Jackson
homered; HASSLER REPLACED STANLEY (PITCHING); Nettles struck
out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); White grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox
2.

RED SOX 8TH: Remy doubled to right; Rice flied out to right;
Yastrzemski singled to center [Remy scored]; Fisk singled to
center [Yastrzemski to second]; Lynn singled to left
[Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to second]; Hobson flied out to right;
Scott struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Dent struck
out; BLAIR BATTED FOR RIVERS; Blair singled to left; DRAGO
REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Munson forced Blair (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON
REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); EVANS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Evans flied
out to left; Burleson walked; Remy singled to right [Burleson to
second]; Rice flied out to right [Burleson to third];
Yastrzemski popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Red Sox 4.



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