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Yankees 5 @ Red Sox 4
Fenway Park
October 2, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on October 2, 1978 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateOctober 2, 1978 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 4 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Ron Guidry  
Losing Pitcher—Mike Torrez  
Save—Rich Gossage  
Game Winning RBI—Bucky Dent 

Game Info

DateOctober 2, 1978 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Guidry  
Home Starting PitcherMike Torrez  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance32,925 
Time of Game2 hours 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Don Denkinger
1B: Jim Evans
2B: Al Clark
3B: Steve Palermo

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Lou Piniella  Right Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  DH 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Brian Doyle  Second Baseman 
Bucky Dent  Shortstop 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Burleson  Shortstop 
Jerry Remy  Second Baseman 
Jim Rice  Right Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  Left Fielder 
Carlton Fisk  Catcher 
Fred Lynn  Center Fielder 
Butch Hobson  DH 
George Scott  First Baseman 
Jack Brohamer  Third Baseman 
Don Zimmer  Manager 

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2 Re: Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees - October 2, 1978 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Jonathan R – 11/19/2013 at 9:41 PM
This game was on a Monday during the afternoon--locally broadcast on radio in the NY Metropolitan area. I got home from HS just in time to turn on the game, but Mom had other plans for me--I had to go to the store to buy a new pair of slacks "or else". I switched off the car (and its radio) just as the Yankees put 2 on with 2 out in the 7th. The radio in the store was tuned to the news station--it announced "fireworks at Fenway" and I had no idea what that meant until I got back into the car. Got home in time to watch the rest of the game on TV. Great game no matter what you thought of the result.
1 Re: Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees - October 2, 1978 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Erik – 05/04/2013 at 8:11 PM
Heartbreaker for Boston fans.

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Yankees 5 @ Red Sox 4
Fenway Park
October 2, 1978

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         Game of 10/2/1978 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Rivers M, cf          2  1  1  0   Burleson R, ss        4  1  1  0   
Blair P, ph-cf        1  0  1  0   Remy J, 2b            4  1  2  0   
Munson T, c           5  0  1  1   Rice J, rf            5  0  1  1   
Piniella L, rf        4  0  1  0   Yastrzemski C, lf     5  2  2  2   
Jackson R, dh         4  1  1  1   Fisk C, c             3  0  1  0   
Nettles G, 3b         4  0  0  0   Lynn F, cf            4  0  1  1   
Chambliss C, 1b       4  1  1  0   Hobson B, dh          4  0  1  0   
White R, lf           3  1  1  0   Scott G, 1b           4  0  2  0   
Thomasson G, lf       0  0  0  0   Brohamer J, 3b        1  0  0  0   
Doyle B, 2b           2  0  0  0   Bailey B, ph          1  0  0  0   
Spencer J, ph         1  0  0  0   Duffy F, 3b           0  0  0  0   
Stanley F, 2b         1  0  0  0   Evans D, ph           1  0  0  0   
Dent B, ss            4  1  1  3                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  8  5                        36  4 11  4

New York         000 000 410 --  5
Boston           010 001 020 --  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Guidry R (W)          6.1  6  2  2  1  5
Gossage R (S)         2.2  5  2  2  1  2

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Torrez M (L)          6.2  5  4  4  3  4
Stanley B*            0.1  2  1  1  0  0
Hassler A             1.2  1  0  0  0  2
Drago D               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

LOB -- New York 6, Boston 9
2B -- Rivers M, Scott G, Burleson R, Munson T, Remy J
HR -- Yastrzemski C, Dent B, Jackson R
SB -- Rivers M 2
SH -- Brohamer J, Remy J
PB -- Munson T
T -- 2:52
A -- 32925

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