The New York Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox, 7 to 5, on August 2, 1978.

1978 New York Yankees

Final

BOS

Red Sox

66-39

7

NYY

Yankees

59-47

5

1

0

0

2

0

4

3

0

1

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

0

0

14

0

0

15

0

0

16

0

0

17

2

0

R

7

5

H

11

12

E

1

0

Bottom 2nd

BOS

NYY

Yankees

Chris Chambliss fly ball; Error by Jim Rice; Lou Piniella scored.

0

1

Yankees

Single by Graig Nettles; Reggie Jackson and Chris Chambliss scored.

0

3

Yankees

Double by Willie Randolph; Graig Nettles scored.

0

4

Bottom 3rd

BOS

NYY

Yankees

Single by Chris Chambliss; Lou Piniella scored.

0

5

Top 4th

BOS

NYY

Red Sox

Jim Rice grounded out; Rick Burleson scored.

1

5

Red Sox

Single by Carlton Fisk; Jerry Remy scored.

2

5

Top 6th

BOS

NYY

Red Sox

Carl Yastrzemski walked; Rick Burleson scored.

3

5

Red Sox

Jack Brohamer walked; Jerry Remy scored.

4

5

Top 8th

BOS

NYY

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski; Jim Rice scored.

5

5

Top 17th

BOS

NYY

Red Sox

Single by Rick Burleson; Dwight Evans scored.

6

5

Red Sox

Single by Jim Rice; Butch Hobson scored.

7

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Burleson SS 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Jerry Remy 2B 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Rice LF 7 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 3
Carl Yastrzemski 1B 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
George Scott 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlton Fisk C 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Fred Lynn CF 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jack Brohamer DH 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Duffy PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Hancock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Evans RF 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Butch Hobson 3B 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Totals 60 7 11 7 0 5 9 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Hassler 1.2 4 4 2 1 3 0
Tom Burgmeier 4.2 4 1 1 1 3 0
Bill Campbell 5.2 2 0 0 2 6 0
Dick Drago 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0
Bob Stanley (W) 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 17.0 12 5 3 5 15 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Willie Randolph 2B 5 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
Thurman Munson DH 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
Lou Piniella LF 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Reggie Jackson RF 7 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1B 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
Graig Nettles 3B 7 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
Cliff Johnson C 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jay Johnstone PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Doyle SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy White PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Fred Stanley SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 62 5 12 4 0 5 15 2 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Tidrow 5.0 4 4 4 2 3 0
Rich Gossage 7.0 2 1 1 3 5 0
Sparky Lyle 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ken Clay (L) 3.0 4 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 17.0 11 7 7 5 9 0

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0 0
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0 0
Yankees Yankees
0 0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
0 0
Rays Rays
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3/28
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@
HOU HOU
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@
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1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
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AL East W L PCT GB
1
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2
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AL Central W L PCT GB
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SDP SDP
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LAD LAD
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Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
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BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
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MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
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TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
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