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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 23, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 23, 1978 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 23, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 23, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Waits |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Dale Ford 2B: Nick Bremigan 3B: Russ Goetz |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Paul Dade | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Grubb | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
| Larvell Blanks | Shortstop |
| Willie Horton | DH |
| Ron Pruitt | Catcher |
| Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
| Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
| Jeff Torborg | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Remy | Second Baseman |
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| Jim Rice | Left Fielder |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| George Scott | First Baseman |
| Fred Lynn | Center Fielder |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
| Bob Bailey | DH |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 23, 1978
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Tiant
Dade hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Tiant
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Tiant
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Waits
Remy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Waits
Burleson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Waits
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell juggles the ball. That's an error on Bell. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Waits
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Waits fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Tiant
Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Tiant
Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Tiant
Horton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pruitt vs. Tiant
Pruitt hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Waits
Scott hits a popup towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Waits
Lynn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Waits
Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hobson vs. Waits
Hobson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Waits
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks misplays the ball. That's an error on Blanks. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Waits
Remy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Remy reaches second base with a double. Bailey goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burleson vs. Waits
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Waits fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Tiant
Manning hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Tiant
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Tiant
Dade hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Waits
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Waits
Fisk hits a popup towards short. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Waits
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Waits
Lynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Waits
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Tiant
Grubb strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Tiant
Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Tiant
Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanks vs. Tiant
There goes Thornton. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Remy applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Tiant
Blanks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Waits
Hobson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Waits
Bailey hits a popup towards short. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Waits
Remy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Remy for the out. Hobson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burleson vs. Waits
Burleson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Tiant
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pruitt vs. Tiant
Pruitt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Tiant
Manning takes first base on ball four. Pruitt moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuiper vs. Tiant
Kuiper strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dade vs. Tiant
Dade strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Waits
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks misplays the ball. That's an error on Blanks. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Waits
There's a wild pitch. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fisk vs. Waits
Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Waits
Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lynn vs. Waits
Lynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Waits
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks misplays the ball. That's an error on Blanks. Rice moves to third. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hobson vs. Waits
Hobson hits a line drive into right field. Dade settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Drago
Dick Drago now pitching.
Grubb hits a popup into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Drago
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Drago
Thornton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Waits
Bailey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Waits
Remy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Waits
Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Remy moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Waits
Rice hits a popup into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fisk vs. Waits
Fisk takes first base on ball four. Remy moves to third. Burleson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Scott vs. Waits
Scott hits a line drive into right field. Dade settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Drago
Blanks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Drago
Horton bunts towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out. Blanks moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pruitt vs. Drago
Pruitt strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Drago
Manning hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Kinney
Dennis Kinney now pitching.
Lynn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pruitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Kinney
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Kinney
Hobson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pruitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Drago
Kuiper is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Drago
Dade strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Drago
Grubb hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Drago
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Campbell
Bill Campbell now pitching.
Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Kinney
Bailey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Kinney
Frank Duffy pinch runs for Bob Bailey.
Remy bunts towards the mound. Kinney juggles the ball. That's an error on Kinney. Duffy moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burleson vs. Kern
Jim Kern now pitching.
Burleson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Kern
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fisk vs. Kern
Fisk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Fisk reaches second base with a double. Duffy scores. Remy moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Scott vs. Kern
Scott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dade. Scott reaches second base with a double. Remy scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lynn vs. Kern
Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Campbell
Blanks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Campbell
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. Blanks moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pruitt vs. Campbell
Pruitt strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Campbell
Manning hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/23/1978, game 1 -- Cleveland at Boston (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Dade P, rf 4 0 0 0 Remy J, 2b 4 1 2 1
Grubb J, lf 4 1 1 1 Burleson R, ss 5 0 1 0
Bell B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Rice J, lf 5 0 0 0
Thornton A, 1b 4 0 1 0 Fisk C, c 4 1 1 1
Blanks L, ss 3 0 1 0 Scott G, 1b 5 0 2 2
Horton W, dh 3 1 1 1 Lynn F, cf 4 0 1 0
Pruitt R, c 3 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 4 1 1 0
Manning R, cf 3 0 0 0 Hobson B, 3b 3 1 1 2
Kuiper D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Bailey B, dh 3 1 0 0
Duffy F, pr 0 1 0 0
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31 3 6 3 37 6 9 6
Cleveland 010 100 010 -- 3
Boston 030 000 03x -- 6
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Waits R 6.0 7 3 2 3 4
Kinney D (L)* 1.0 0 2 0 1 0
Kern J 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant L 5.0 3 2 2 2 4
Drago D 2.2 3 1 1 0 4
Campbell B (W) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Bell B, Blanks L 3, Kinney D
LOB -- Cleveland 5, Boston 12
2B -- Remy J, Fisk C, Scott G
HR -- Horton W, Hobson B, Bell B, Grubb J
CS -- Thornton A
SH -- Horton W, Remy J
WP -- Waits R
T -- 2:53
A -- 0
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