Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
August 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 3 1 0 0
Remy 2b 4 0 1 0
Rice cf,lf 5 0 2 2
Fisk lf,c 5 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 1
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Bailey dh 1 1 1 0
  Brohamer ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Kendall ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Yastrzemski pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Montgomery c 2 0 0 0
  Hancock ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf,rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Alston rf,lf 5 2 3 1
  Burke rf 0 0 0 0
Page lf 3 1 1 0
  Essian c 2 0 0 0
Carty dh 3 1 2 2
Duncan 3b 4 1 2 1
Revering 1b 3 0 1 0
  Woodard pr 0 1 0 0
  Gross 1b 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
  Armas rf,cf 1 0 1 0
Robinson c 3 0 2 1
  Picciolo pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 3 1 1 1
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 6
Boston 000 101 200482
Oakland 022 001 03x8141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (10-10) 5.1 10 5 5 1 0
  Campbell   2.2 4 3 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
6
1
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (10-6) 5.0 3 1 1 3 6
  Norris   1.1 2 3 3 1 3
  Lacey  SV (5) 2.2 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
12

  E–Fisk (11), Campbell (1), Edwards (20).  2B–Boston Scott (11,off Johnson), Oakland Alston (2,off Lee); Duncan (13,off Lee).  3B–Boston Rice (15,off Lacey).  HR–Boston Evans (23,6th inning off Norris 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Carty (22,2nd inning off Lee 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Edwards (11,off Campbell).  IBB–Carty (6,by Lee).  SB–Bailey (2,2nd base off Johnson/Robinson); Alston (5,2nd base off Campbell/Fisk).  CS–Dilone (20,2nd base by Lee/Montgomery).  WP–Johnson (2).  IBB–Lee (2,Carty).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:41.  A–11,806.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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