New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1978 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 5 2 3 1
Munson c 3 0 0 0
  Johnson c 1 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 1
Jackson dh 4 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 4 2 3 1
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Dent ss 1 1 1 2
Stanley ss 2 0 1 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 0 0
  Doyle 2b 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Kammeyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 2 1 0 1
Remy 2b 5 3 1 0
Rice dh 5 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 3 3
Fisk c 5 0 2 3
Lynn cf 5 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 1 2 0
Evans rf 1 2 1 1
Brohamer 3b 3 0 1 1
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 12 9
New York 101 100 0205101
Boston 102 321 00x9121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (7-6) 3.2 7 6 5 4 0
  Lyle   1.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Kammeyer   3.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
6
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (9-2) 8.0 10 5 5 1 5
  Burgmeier   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
6

  E–Garcia (2), Scott (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Nettles (10,off Eckersley); Thomasson (8,off Eckersley), Boston Remy (9,off Figueroa); Scott 2 (6,off Figueroa,off Lyle); Yastrzemski (14,off Figueroa); Brohamer (7,off Figueroa); Fisk (24,off Figueroa); Evans (13,off Lyle).  3B–Boston Rice (9,off Kammeyer).  HR–New York Nettles (15,1st inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out); Thomasson (8,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out); Dent (3,8th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Brohamer (1,off Lyle).  SF–Burleson (5,off Lyle).  IBB–Yastrzemski (5,by Figueroa).  IBB–Figueroa (3,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:54.  A–34,722.
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