Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Baltimore Orioles 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Brohamer 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 1
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 1 0
  Remy pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 4 0 1 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Harlow pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0
May dh 3 1 1 1
Mora lf 3 0 0 0
  Dimmel pr,lf 0 1 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 2
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Lopez cf,rf 3 0 1 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Boston 010 000 000153
Baltimore 000 000 22x461
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sprowl  L (0-1) 7.0 5 4 3 3 5
  Drago   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (18-12) 8.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Stanhouse  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6

  E–Burleson (13), Hobson 2 (35), Lopez (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Boston Evans (24,off Palmer), Baltimore Crowley (2,off Drago).  HR–Baltimore May (22,7th inning off Sprowl 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Brohamer (3,off Palmer).  CS–Burleson (8,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey).  SB–Garcia (5,2nd base off Sprowl/Fisk).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:58.  A–15,644.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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