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1978 BOSTON RED SOX
It was a lazy pop fly off the bat of their
indomitable captain,
Carl Yastrzemski
with two outs and the tying run on base in the bottom of
the ninth inning on October 2nd. When the ball landed in
the glove of Yankees' third baseman, Graig Nettles, it was
as if a giant meteor plummeted into Fenway Park. It had
the same devastating effect. It gave the hated Yankees a
championship that the Sox had all but wrapped up early in
the summer.
Yes, the 1978
Red Sox
won 12 of their last 14, to force a one game playoff. But
they had a gaudy 57-26 record and a 14 1/2 game lead over
the Yankees in mid-July. Then suddenly, like a cheap
baseball that had been used too often, the Sox began to
unwind.
The 1978 Boston Red Sox were coming off a
strong year in ’77, one in which they won 97 games. But
the New
York Yankees won
100 and won a World Series title, so in Boston that meant some changes were necessary.
Following the season, the Yawkey Trust sold
the team to a group headed by Buddy LeRoux
and Haywood Sullivan. Jean Yawkey added herself to the
group and general manager, Dick O’Connell, was
released and replaced by Sullivan.
MIKE TORREZ
Sullivan raided the Bronx for free-agent
starting pitcher, Mike Torrez, who’d won two World Series
games for New York in October. Free agents Dick Drago, Tom
Burgmeier and Jack Brohamer were also signed. Then
Sullivan made two more significant deals. He acquired
second baseman
Jerry Remy from the Angels for Don Aase and
Rick Miller. He also packaged
Rick Wise, Mike Paxton, Ted
Cox and Bo Diaz into a deal with Cleveland that brought
them Dennis Eckersley at the end of spring training.
The Sox were loaded and had the potential
to be one of the best teams in franchise history. The
pitching staff was made considerably stronger.
Eckersley
won 20 games with a 2.99 ERA, Torrez won 16 games, while
Luis Tiant and
Bill Lee filled out the rotation in what was an era when
teams relied on only four starters. The bullpen was
stronger with Bill Campbell,
Bob Stanley (2.60 ERA), Drago and Burgmeier. But the Sox now lacked young players and any
depth.
Jim Rice (.315 BA) symbolized the power of the Sox
offense, emerging as one of the most dangerous sluggers in
the game. He batted .361 at Fenway in 1978 and led the
American League with 213 hits, 46 homers, 139 RBIs and 15
triples. He also had 406 total bases, becoming the first
AL player to accomplish that since 1937. With
Remy and
shortstop Rick Burleson shoring up both the middle infield
and the top of the order,
Rice had the monster year that
would eventually win him the MVP.
Carlton Fisk was behind
the plate and the legendary
Carl Yastrzemski still was in
good form. This team could score runs by the bushel.
The Sox played decent, but not spectacular,
at the start of the season. They only won one game in
their opening set in Chicago. In that game, on April 9th,
Jim Rice blasted an upper deck home run along with a pair
of singles to help
Bill Lee, as he shutout the Whites Sox,
5 to 0.
After losing
a game in Cleveland
they then ripped off eight consecutive
wins. On April 12th,
Rice and
Fred Lynn homered to give Mike
Torrez his first Sox victory, 6 to 3.
In the home
opener at windy Fenway Park, on
April 14th, Claudell
Washington, the rightfielder for the Texas Rangers, lost
three fly balls to the sun and wind. The last was a
slicing line drive from the bat of
Rice that ended the
game, because
Butch
Hobson was on third. Washington
started in and then had to reverse course, only to see the
ball drop at the foot of the Rangers bullpen, giving the
Sox a 5 to 4 walk-off win.
The next game
saw the Sox bury the Rangers, 12 to 4.
Hobson and Bernie
Carbo drove in four runs apiece, while
Rice slammed his
third homer of the young season, bringing in three more
runs. In the finale,
Hobson drilled a single off the wall
in left center to snap a tie game, and give the Sox an
eventual 8 to 6 sweep of the Rangers.
The Brewers
next came to Fenway and
Hobson continued his hot
hitting, by smacking a homer and a double to drive in
three runs, as the Sox smacked Milwaukee, 9 to 2 on April
17th.
JERRY REMY & FRED LYNN
Luis Tiant
who started the season on the disabled list, having
dislocated his finger in spring training, came off it on
April 18th and got his
first win of the year, in relief, against the Brewers.
Carlton Fisk's two-out run scoring double in the ninth
inning, gave
Tiant and the Sox a 7-6 walk-off victory. To
make room on the roster for "El Tiante" the Sox sold
Reggie Cleveland to the Texas Rangers.
Bill Lee
(3-0) pitched his second complete game on April 20th, to
complete a sweep of the Brewers in a 10-4 romp.
Hobson's
three-run homer and
Fred Lynn's
two-run shot led the Sox hitting attack.
Carlton Fisk
got another game winning hit against the Indians, who
visited Fenway Park on April 21st. His two-run homer in
the seventh inning broke up a tie game as the Sox beat
Cleveland, 9 to 7, for their eighth consecutive win. But
the Sox ended up splitting the series with Cleveland,
including splitting a doubleheader on April 23rd. In the
first game it was again,
Fisk,
who doubled in one of three eighth inning runs, that gave
the Sox a 6 to 2 win.
The Sox
slumped during their road trip at the end of April. They
split two games with the Brewers and then lost three
straight in Texas. They ended the month with an 11-9
record, in second place, three games behind the Tigers.
On May 1st
against the Orioles,
Jim Rice belted a pair of two-run
homers to lead the Sox in a 9 to 6 win. After losing the
next game with the Orioles, the Sox then went on another
winning streak, winning nine of their next ten games.
Fred Lynn
drilled three hits, including a tie-breaking two-run
single in the sixth inning, to lead the Sox to an 11-9
defeat of the Minnesota Twins on May 3rd. The next night
Rice clouted a pair of triples and knocked in three runs,
as the Sox beat up the Twins, 8 to 1, to give
Dennis Eckersley his first Red Sox win.
Rice belted his eighth home run of the season and drove in five
runs as the Red Sow swept the White Sox in a doubleheader on
May 6th. They won the opener 6 to
4 and also the nite cap, by a sore of 3 to 0, behind the pitching of
rookie, Jim Wright, making his first major league start.
The Red Sox rallied to win the first game on
Dwight Evans' two-run
homer, with one out, in the 10th inning.
Rice's two-out single
in the ninth inning drove in the tying run, setting the stage for the
Evans game-winning liner into the left field screen, following a
single by
Fisk, the next inning.
Rice drove in three runs in
the first game and in the second game, he hit a two-run homer and
later added a double. His five RBIs pushed his total for the year to
30.
Jim
Wright, a 27-year old righthander then scattered seven hits in the
second game, earning his first major league victory. He struck out
three and didn't issue a walk, becoming the first Red Sox rookie to
throw a shutout since Billy Rohr blanked the Yankees in 1967.
The next night Mike Torrez pitched his first complete-game victory
with the Red Sox, in a 5-0 decision over the White Sox.
Rice and
Carl Yastrzemski each belted two-run homers. Against Kansas City, who
next visited Fenway,
Yaz slammed a three-run home run in the seventh
inning as the Sox blasted the Royals, 8 to 4.
Eckersley pitched his second complete game on May 9th, against
the Royals, beating them 4 to 3.
Rice's two run homer in the seventh
inning extended the Sox winning streak to seven games. The Sox
winning streak was stopped by the Orioles the next day, but they
rebounded on May 11th to beat the O's 5 to 4, behind
Rice, who
slugged his 11th homer of the season and the sixth in his last eleven
games.
In Minnesota, on May 13th, the Sox moved into first place by beating
the Twins, 4 to 2. The next night,
Lynn blasted a three-run
homer and
Eckersley won his third straight game, as they beat the
Twins again, 6 to 2.
Lynn batted .545 including three homers, three
doubles and a triple, collecting 12 hits in 22 at bats and driving in
five runs to be named AL Player of the Week on May 15th.
On May 17th,
Bill Lee scattered six hits in beating the Royals, 3 to
2, in Kansas City, staying undefeated with a 6-0 record. In Detroit,
the Sox and Tigers split a series, and the two teams were tied for
first place in the AL East. On May 21st in the final game,
Luis Tiant
scattered eight hits and Bob Montgomery drove in four runs with three
singles and a triple, in a 9 to 3 win.
It wasn’t until May 22nd that the Sox took
the lead in the AL East alone and kept it for an extended
period, as they beat the Blue Jays in Toronto, 5 to 4.
Yastrzemski sealed the deal with an eight inning,
three-run homer.
Now
the Sox took off, and became the hottest thing going,
winning eight straight games. On May 24th, homers by
Fisk and Jack Brohamer beat the Jays, 8 to 2.
Homers by Rice and
Dwight Evans led the Sox to a 9 to
5 victory over the Jays in the series finale.
The Sox
returned home to face the Tigers on May 26th. It was
Rice
and
Evans, who once again teamed up, each slamming home
runs, to beat Detroit, 6 to 3. The following night,
Rice
rifled a solo shot into the left field screen, accounting
for the only Sox run in a 1 to 0 win.
Luis Tiant scattered
seven hits, recording his second shutout and third win of
the year. Finally,
Rice's 10th inning walk-off homer led
the Sox to a 4 to 3 win in the first game of a
doubleheader with the Tigers on
May 28th. Then in the second game,
Evans
hit a two-run homer, while
Jerry Remy tripled and scored
the tie-breaking run, in another 4 to 3 win and a four
game sweep.
Rice had now hit a MLB leading, 18 homers in 46 games
with 50 RBIs.
With the Blue
Jays visiting Fenway Park on May 29th,
Evans'
eighth inning homer lifted the Sox to a 5 to 4 victory.
The next game solo homers by
Evans
and
Rick Burleson,
backed
Dennis Eckersley's 4-0 shutout of the Jays.
Eck struck out five
and didn't walk a batter, giving up only one hit over the
final four innings.
Jim Clancy
and the Jays beat the Sox on the final day of the month,
halting the Sox homer streak of 17 in the last 10 games.
Rice fell one short of
Jackie Jensen's club record of
14 homers in a month, set in June, 1959 and won the
American League Player of the Month.
Rice drove in 33
runs, with a .760 slugging percentage, and had six
game-winning hits. The Sox headed out to the west coast
with a 3 1/2 game lead over the Yankees.
In Anaheim on
June 2nd, Butch Hobson drove in four runs, three with a
fourth inning homer to propel the Sox past the Angels and
Nolan Ryan, 6 to 1.
Fred Lynn hit a ninth inning home run
the next night, that gave the Sox a 5 to 4 edge over the
Angels.
In Seattle on
June 9th,
Luis Tiant (6-0) remained undefeated when he
beat the Mariners, 3 to 2.
Rick Burleson's bases loaded
triple highlighted an eight-run fourth inning, in the next
game, as the Sox clobbered the Mariners, 13 to 1. Mike
Torrez (9-2) won his fourth straight, allowing just four
hits and one run.
Burleson and
Evans clobbered homers in
the final game of the series, leading the Sox to a 5 to 3
win. The win stretched the Sox lead over the Yankees to
six games.
Back at
Fenway on June 12th,
Carlton Fisk grounded a single inside
the third base bag, with the bases loaded in the ninth
inning, to drive in the winning run in a 10-9 walk-off
victory against the Angels. The next night, Jim Wright, pitched his second shutout for the Sox. This
one was a 5 to 0, two-hit gem, with only three Angels
baserunners making it as far as second base.
Luis Tiant
followed that up with a 9 to 0 shutout of the Oakland A's
on June 14th. Loooie struck out six, without walking a
man, and allowed only four hits.
Jim Rice banged out his
major league-leading 20th homer. Then in the next game, on
June 15th,
Rice
unloaded a game-tying two-run homer and then tripled home
the two go-ahead runs, powering the Sox to another win
against Oakland, 7 to 3.
Rice also led the majors with 61
RBIs.
The differences between
Don Zimmer and his
young players was still simmering in the background. On
June 15th, the popular Bernie Carbo
was sold to the Indians and
Bill Lee reacted like they had
given away his best friend and walked out, threatening to
quit the team.
Lee hated
Zimmer and his pitching
performance after that, reflected his animosity.
Seattle came
in the next day and
Fred Lynn's double in the eight
inning, drove in two runs to beat the Mariners, 6 to 3.
Yaz came through in the ninth inning of the next game, on
June 17th, to cap off a 5 to 4 walk-off win. He
grounded a bases-loaded single to finish off the two-run
come-from-behind last at bat win.
On June 19th, the Sox enjoyed a 6 1/2 game lead in the AL
East over the Yankees, who started a series with them at
Fenway Park. In the first game the Yanks KO'd
Luis Tiant
for a 4-1 fourth inning lead, but it vanished by the end
of that inning and then it became a battle of the
bullpens. The Sox went on to beat up Rich Gossage and
Sparky Lyle, with six runs in the eighth inning, for a 10
to 4 victory.
In the second game, light-hitting Fred Stanley finished
off a seven-run fourth inning with a grandslam homer, to
knock down the Sox in a Yankees, 10 to 4 win.
In the series finale on June 21st,
Yastrzemski and
Fisk keyed a six-run third inning with consecutive
doubles.
Hobson,
Lynn and
George Scott homered,
as the Sox whipped the Yankees, 9 to 2, behind the six-hit
pitching of
Dennis Eckersley.
Against the Orioles on June 23rd at Fenway,
Fisk's
three-run first inning homer, along with two spectacular
catches on foul pops near the first base box seats,
highlighted a Sox 5 to 1 victory, that snapped Jim
Palmer's seven game winning streak.
Fisk slugged
another homer in the second game of the series and
Hobson
drove in two runs with a homer and a single, to lead the
Sox to an 8 to 3 win over the Orioles.
Tiant (7-0)
remained undefeated, winning his sixth victory in his last
seven starts. The Sox swept the Orioles by winning the
final game, 4 to 1, as Mike Torrez worked out of constant
trouble to hang on.
The Sox finished their 11-2 homestand and left for New
York to face the Yankees again, with an 8 1/2 game lead.
In the first game of the Yankees series on June 26th,
Rice extended his American League home run lead by belting
his 23rd homer, a two-run shot in the fifth inning.
Lynn added an RBI sixth inning single to give the Sox a 4
to 1 victory.
Eckersley got the win and pitched the
Sox fifth consecutive complete game. The second game went
14 innings, with the Yankees coming out on top, 6 to 4, on Graig Nettles walk-off two run homer.
In Baltimore on June 29th,
Dwight Evans slugged a ninth
inning homer to give the Sox a 4 to 3 win. But the Sox
ended June, by losing to the Orioles in 11 innings, giving
Tiant, who had won 11 games in a row, his first loss
of the season.
After losing 2-of-3 in Baltimore, the Sox came back to
Fenway and blasted the Yankees, 9 to 5, on July 3rd.
Yaz
keyed a Sox barrage of base hits with a double and a pair
of singles. He and
Fisk, who had a double and a
single, each had 3 RBIs.
Rice and
Fisk were voted as starters for the American
League All Stars for the game played in San Diego. All
Star manager, Billy Martin, later added
Yaz,
Lynn,
Evans and
Jerry Remy to the roster.
On July 5th, the Red Sox traveled to Chicago and beat the
White Sox, 9 to 2.
Lynn drove in three runs with a pair of
homers and
Yaz capped a six-run seventh inning with a two
run blast.
Lynn's tie-breaking homer in the 10th inning of
the next night's game, lifted the Red Sox past the White
Sox, 7 to 6, giving them a 10 game lead in the AL East.
In Cleveland on July 8th,
Evans drilled a
tie-breaking RBI single to give the Sox a 3-2 victory and
a sweep of a doubleheader.
Fisk had a three-run
homer and a two-run double in the opener to give the Sox a
12 to 5 win.
After the All Star break, the Sox lost two to the Rangers,
but then swept four straight from the Twins at Fenway. On
July 15th,
Yaz sparked the Sox to a 5 to 4 win with a key
home run.
Bill Lee (10-3) got the win. In a doubleheader
on July 16th,
Lynn
had an RBI single and a two-run homer to carry the Sox
past the Twins, 3 to 2, for a sweep.
Yaz had three singles
in the opener, including the game-winner, for a 5 to 3
win. In the last game of the series on
July 17th,
Fisk's two-out 10th inning walk-off single, gave the Sox a
come-from-behind 3 to 2 win, as they were losing by a run
when they came to bat.
In Milwaukee
on July 19th, Frank Duffy's single broke a 2-2 tie as
George Scott slid home with the go-ahead run, in a game
the Sox would win 8 to 2. But this would be the high
water mark for the Red Sox, who lost nine of the next ten
games.
The Sox record was 62-28 and the Yankees
(48-42) were in fourth place, 14 games behind, and in turmoil. They seemed like a non-factor
in the AL East.
On July 24th, angered at the Yankees' .500
start, George Steinbrenner fired manager Billy Martin and
replaced him with Bob Lemon. Reggie Jackson referred to
himself as “the straw that stirred the drink”, insulting
to the veterans like Yankees captain, Thurman Munson. They
added Rich Gossage to their
bullpen and Sparky Lyle felt disrespected by losing his
closers role.
Willie Randolph, Mickey Rivers and Bucky Dent were all
playing hurt. Only Ron Guidry, who had been so frustrated
with his progress a few years before and thought about
quitting baseball, was having the kind of the
year for the Yankees, that
Jim Rice was having for the Red
Sox.
The
same kind of injury problems that had hit the Yankees
earlier in the season, hit the Red Sox.
Rick Burleson
strained left ankle ligaments sliding into second in the
first inning of a game on July 9th. On July 26th
Yaz
hurt his back on a swing and missed five games. He missed
13 games with a right wrist sprain on August 10th and
played thereafter with his wrist heavily taped to protect
his torn ligaments. Every swing, especially the missed
ones, was painful for
Yaz,
and so was every throw to second agony for
Fisk,
who had a cracked rib.
The Yankees
then flipped the switch, and as
the Sox cooled down, the Yanks became scorching hot.
On
August 1st, the Yankees pushed past the Orioles.
The Sox lead over the second place Brewers had shrunk to
only 5 games and 6 1/2 games over the third place Yankees.
The Sox then seemed to put the Yankees in their place by
sweeping two games in Yankee Stadium. In the first game on
August 2nd, after 14 innings the game was suspended
because of a 1AM curfew. The score was tied, 5 to 5. The
Sox, who trailed 5-0 after 5 innings, scored two in the
fourth, two in the sixth and tied it in the eight an a
double by Rice, a wild pitch from Gossage, and a
sac fly by
Yaz. The next day,
Rice and
Burleson
delivered run-scoring singles in the 17th inning to give
the Sox a 7 to 5 win.
The Sox then
cruised past the Yankees in the next game, 8 to 1, on
homers by
Rice,
Lynn and Bob Bailey, in a rain-shortened
six inning match-up.
The Red Sox lead was 6 games as the Yankees and Sox would
match each other over the rest of the month.
After the
series in New York, the Sox then moved on to Milwaukee and
took 2-of-3 from the Brewers. On August 5th,
Remy
and Dwight Evans lined two-run homers and
Yaz added a solo
homer and an RBI single, in an 8 to 1 romp.
Eckersley
(13-4) allowed six scattered hits. In the next game,
Tiant shut-out the Brewers, 4 to 0.
Back at
Fenway, the Sox took 2-of-3 from the Indians. On August
8th,
Rice hit two homers as the Sox beat Cleveland, 9
to 7. On August 10th,
it took 13 innings, but the Sox came from behind to win 6
to 5, with a two-run rally.
The Brewers lost 3-of-5 to
the Sox when they then came to Fenway Park. On August
13th,
Rice pounded out four hits including a two-run
homer as the Sox crushed the Brewers, 11 to 4, to complete
the sweep of a doubleheader. The Sox won the first game
behind Jim Wright, 7 to 2. The next day,
Fisk's
bases-loaded grounder, past 3rd base in the 10th inning,
scored
Jerry Remy with the winning run, for a 4 to 3
walk-off. The Sox still held an 8 game lead over the
Yankees.
A west coast trip next gave
the Sox 2-of-3 over the California Angels.
Luis Tiant won
his 200th game on August 16th, beating the Angels, 4 to 2.
The next night
Bob Stanley (10-1) beat the Angels, 8 to 6.
Next, they traveled up to
Oakland and took 2-of-3 from the A's.
Rice blasted his
30th home run and Mike Torrez won his 15th game in a 6 to
3 victory on August 18th. But the the next
Bill Lee lost
his seventh straight game, 8-4. In the finale,
Remy's three-run homer was the difference in the 4 to 2
win.
DENNIS ECKERSLEY
Back in Boston, the Sox
tore off seven straight wins. In the first game on August
25th
Rice's
32nd homer and
Eckersley's four-hit
shutout, beat the Angels, 6 to 0.
Rice hit his 33rd homer
in the next game, for a 7 to 1 win. The Sox swept the
Angels when, in the 12th inning of the third game, on
August 27th,
Remy
sprinted home from second base on a two-out throwing error
and
Hobson scored
Lynn with a base hit for a
4-3 victory.
Against the Mariners on
August 28th,
Hobson
doubled home two runs to finish a three-run ninth inning,
giving the Red Sox a 10-9 see-saw victory over the Seattle
Mariners.
FLynn went 5-for-5
and scored four runs, in game marred by the beaning of
Dwight Evans.
George Scott's grand slam homer highlighted
a 10 to 5 Sox victory over the Mariners in the next game.
On August 30th, the Blue Jays played the Sox at Fenway and
worked a doubleheader split.
Rice smashed his 35th and
36th home runs as
Eckersley pitched a five hitter
to gain his 16th win.
Eck's Fenway record was a perfect
9-0.
The Sox finished the month of August pretty much as they
had started the month, with a seven game lead over
the Yankees. But September then spelled the beginning of
the end.
Remy
went down on with a chipped bone in his left wrist.
Dwight Evans
came back but got dizzy when he ran, the result of the
beaning, and hit .161 (9 for 56) in September with one
home run and three RBIs.
The Yankees made up 10 games in a little
over a month and trailed the Sox by only four games when they
came to Fenway Park for a four-game showdown in early
September. The Sox saw it as a chance to put the pennant
race away and get healthy for the playoffs. But what
followed would become known in New York, as the "Boston
Massacre."
The Yanks made a quick statement in
the first game, on September 7th, by bombarding former
teammate Mike Torrez while Catfish Hunter was on cruse
control. After three innings, the score was 7-0 and the
Yankees had knocked out 13 hits. By the end of the fourth,
the Sox were down 12-0 and lost 15 to 3.
In the series finale, on September 10th,
the Yankees incredibly had an opportunity to tie for first
place, an idea that seemed inconceivable only a few weeks
before.
Zimmer refused to let
Lee pitch and gave the
ball to rookie southpaw Bobby Sprowl, for only his second
career start. He didn’t make it out of the first inning.
By the end of the fourth, the Yankees held a 6-0 lead. The
final score was 7-3, and the Yankees were officially tied
for first place. The Yankees outscored the Red Sox 42-9
and out-hit them 67-21, averaging 10.5 runs and 16.75 hits
per game, all at Fenway Park.
The Sox spiraled to 3 1/2 games back by
September 16th, losing two more in Yankee Stadium before
rebounding on September 17th with a Sunday afternoon win
in the Bronx behind
Eckersley (17-8).
Things began to change the following week
though. The Sox began to chip away at the Yankee lead. On
September 18th,
Remy's RBI single in the 11th inning
gave the Sox a 5 to 4 win in Detroit. The next day,
Yaz drove in five runs with a homer and a double
to power the Sox past the Tigers, 8 to 6. In the final
game of the Detroit series on September 21st,
Eckersley scattered six hits winning, 5 to 1.
The Sox next
took 2-of-3 in Toronto, to start an eight game winning
streak and cutting the Yankees lead to just one game on
September 23rd.
Rice belted his 43rd homer in a 3 to 1
Sox win over the Blue Jays. The next game on September
24th, went 14 innings when
Hobson base hit scored
Rice with the game winner, 7 to 6.
Back home,
against the Tigers, the Sox swept a three game series.
Eckersley shutout Detroit, while
Rice belted
his 44th homer in a 6 to 0 victory on September 26th. The
next night
Fisk's two-run triple and
Scott's two-run homer gave the Sox a 5 to 2 win.
Rice's
45th homer and a three-hit shutout by Mike Torrez, snapped
his slump and gave the Sox a 1 to 0 victory on September
28th.
Toronto came
in for the season finale on September 29th. The Yankees
had kept pace and matched the Sox win-for-win and still
held that one game advantage over the Sox. The Sox
won the first game 11-0.
Jim Rice became the first
American Leaguer to reach 400 total bases since Joe
DiMaggio did it in 1937.
Lynn drove in five runs with
a triple and two singles. The Yankees beat the Indians, 3
to 1.
On September
30th,
Dennis Eckersley won his 20th game by allowing the
Jays five hits and winning, 5 to 1, but the Yankees kept
the Sox on their treadmill, by beating Cleveland, 7 to 0.
The Sox finally caught the Yankees on,
October 1st, the final day of the regular season.
Luis Tiant shutout the Toronto Blue Jays, with a two-hitter, 5
to 0. He was supported by
Burleson's two-run homer
and a solo shot by
Rice, his 46th. Then the
Fenway Faithful watching the scoreboard and got the good
word that the Yankees lost in Cleveland 2 to 0.
And so, after 162 games, both teams had an
identical record of 99-63. A coin flip earlier had
determined that a one-game playoff would take place at
Fenway Park on Monday, October 2nd. It would become one
of the legendary battles in MLB history.
Both clubs were hot. The Sox had won 12 of
their last 14 and the Yankees had gone 52-21 since July
19th.
With the Sox leading 2-0, Bucky Dent
stepped to the plate and blooped a three-run homer just
over the left field wall into the screen to give the
Yankees a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning. That was
followed with a drama-packed final three innings with the
Yankees holding on 5-4 in the ninth inning.,
Burleson
was on third base,
Remy on first and
Yaz, who had
homered off Ron Guidry earlier in the game, at bat against
The season was a noble effort, one that
marked the Red Sox as the team that had no quit in them.
But now the lasting Sox memory, was not
Fisk waving his dramatic home run fair
over the left field wall,
it was of the “Bleepin’ Bucky Dent's” home run just clearing it.
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| GAME LOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DATE | RECORD | PLACE | GB/GF | OPPONENT | SCORE | PITCHER | W/L | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/07/1978 | 0-1 | 5th | -1 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 6-5 | Dick Drago | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/08/1978 | 0-2 | 6th | -2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 6-5 | Bill Campbell | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/09/1978 | 1-2 | 5th | -2 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 5-0 | Bill Lee | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/10/1978 | 1-3 | 6th | -2 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 5-4 | Reggie Cleveland | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/11/1978 | 1-3 | 4th | -3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/12/1978 | 2-3 | 4th | -3 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 6-3 | Mike Torrez | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/13/1978 | 2-3 | 4th | -3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/14/1978 | 3-3 | 3rd | -2 | Texas Rangers | W | 5-4 | Dick Drago | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/15/1978 | 4-3 | 3rd | -1 | Texas Rangers | W | 12-4 | Bill Lee | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/16/1978 | 5-3 | 3rd | -1 | Texas Rangers | W | 8-6 | Bob Stanley | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/17/1978 | 6-3 | 2nd | -1 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 9-2 | Mike Torrez | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/18/1978 | 7-3 | 2nd | -1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 7-6 | Luis Tiant | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/19/1978 | 7-3 | 2nd | -1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/20/1978 | 8-3 | 1st | - | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 10-4 | Bill Lee | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/21/1978 | 9-3 | 1st | +1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 9-7 | Dick Drago | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/22/1978 | 9-4 | 2nd | -1/2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 13-4 | Allen Ripley | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/23/1978 | 10-4 | 2nd | -1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 6-3 | Bill Campbell | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10-5 | 2nd | -1/2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 10-7 | Bob Stanley | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/24/1978 | 10-5 | 2nd | -1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/25/1978 | 11-5 | 2nd | -1 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 4-3 | Bill Lee | 4-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/26/1978 | 11-6 | 2nd | -1 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 6-4 | Mike Torrez | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/27/1978 | 11-6 | 2nd | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/28/1978 | 11-7 | 2nd | -2 | at Texas Rangers | L | 5-4 | Bill Campbell | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/29/1978 | 11-8 | 2nd | -3 | at Texas Rangers | L | 4-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/30/1978 | 11-9 | 2nd | -3 | at Texas Rangers | L | 2-1 | Bill Campbell | 1-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/01/1978 | 12-9 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 9-6 | Mike Torrez | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/02/1978 | 12-10 | 3rd | -3 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-1 | Allen Ripley | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/03/1978 | 13-10 | 3rd | -3 1/2 | Minnesota Twins | W | 11-9 | Tom Burgmeier | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/04/1978 | 14-10 | 2nd | -3 | Minnesota Twins | W | 8-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/05/1978 | 14-10 | 3rd | -2 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/06/1978 | 15-10 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | W | 6-4 | Bob Stanley | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16-10 | 2nd | -2 | W | 3-0 | Jim Wright | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/07/1978 | 17-10 | 2nd | -2 | Chicago White Sox | W | 5-0 | Mike Torrez | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/08/1978 | 18-10 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 8-4 | Bob Stanley | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/09/1978 | 19-10 | 2nd | -1/2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 4-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/10/1978 | 19-11 | 2nd | -1 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-2 | Tom Burgmeier | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/11/1978 | 20-11 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 5-4 | Bill Lee | 5-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/12/1978 | 20-11 | 1st | - | at Minnesota Twins | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/13/1978 | 21-11 | 1st | +1 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 4-2 | Mike Torrez | 5-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/14/1978 | 22-11 | 1st | +1 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 6-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/15/1978 | 22-12 | 1st | - | at Kansas City Royals | L | 3-1 | Allen Ripley | 0-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/16/1978 | 23-12 | 1st | - | at Kansas City Royals | W | 3-2 | Bill Lee | 6-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/17/1978 | 23-12 | 2nd | -1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/18/1978 | 23-12 | 1st | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/19/1978 | 23-13 | 2nd | -1 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 7-5 | Mike Torrez | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/20/1978 | 24-13 | 1st | - | at Detroit Tigers | W | 6-5 | Bill Campbell | 2-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/21/1978 | 24-14 | 1st | - | at Detroit Tigers | L | 2-1 | Bill Lee | 6-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25-14 | 1st | - | W | 9-3 | Luis Tiant | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/22/1978 | 26-14 | 1st | +1/2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 5-4 | Allen Ripley | 1-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/1978 | 26-15 | 1st | +1/2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | L | 2-1 | Bill Campbell | 2-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/24/1978 | 27-15 | 1st | +1 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 8-2 | Mike Torrez | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/25/1978 | 28-15 | 1st | +1 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 9-5 | Dennis Eckersley | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/26/1978 | 29-15 | 1st | +1 | Detroit Tigers | W | 6-3 | Bill Lee | 7-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/27/1978 | 30-15 | 1st | +2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 1-0 | Luis Tiant | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/28/1978 | 31-15 | 1st | +2 | Detroit Tigers | W | 4-3 | Bob Stanley | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32-15 | 1st | +2 | W | 4-3 | Jim Wright | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/29/1978 | 33-15 | 1st | +2 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 5-4 | Mike Torrez | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/30/1978 | 34-15 | 1st | +3 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 4-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 5-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/31/1978 | 34-16 | 1st | +3 | Toronto Blue Jays | L | 6-2 | Bill Lee | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/01/1978 | 34-16 | 1st | +3 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/02/1978 | 35-16 | 1st | +3 1/2 | at California Angels | W | 6-1 | Luis Tiant | 4-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/03/1978 | 36-16 | 1st | +4 1/2 | at California Angels | W | 5-4 | Mike Torrez | 8-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/04/1978 | 36-17 | 1st | +4 1/2 | at California Angels | L | 4-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/05/1978 | 36-18 | 1st | +4 1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | L | 9-7 | Allen Ripley | 1-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/06/1978 | 36-19 | 1st | +4 1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | L | 7-1 | Bill Lee | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/07/1978 | 36-19 | 1st | +4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/08/1978 | 36-19 | 1st | +4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/09/1978 | 37-19 | 1st | +4 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 3-2 | Luis Tiant | 5-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/10/1978 | 38-19 | 1st | +5 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 13-1 | Mike Torrez | 9-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/11/1978 | 39-19 | 1st | +6 | at Seattle Mariners | W | 5-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/12/1978 | 40-19 | 1st | +6 | California Angels | W | 10-9 | Bill Campbell | 3-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/13/1978 | 41-19 | 1st | +6 | California Angels | W | 5-0 | Jim Wright | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/1978 | 42-19 | 1st | +6 | Oakland Athletics | W | 9-0 | Luis Tiant | 6-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/1978 | 43-19 | 1st | +6 | Oakland Athletics | W | 7-3 | Mike Torrez | 10-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/1978 | 44-19 | 1st | +7 | Seattle Mariners | W | 6-3 | Bill Campbell | 4-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/1978 | 45-19 | 1st | +7 | Seattle Mariners | W | 5-4 | Bob Stanley | 5-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/18/1978 | 45-20 | 1st | +6 1/2 | Seattle Mariners | L | 3-2 | Jim Wright | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/19/1978 | 46-20 | 1st | +7 | New York Yankees | W | 10-4 | Tom Burgmeier | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/20/1978 | 46-21 | 1st | +6 | New York Yankees | L | 10-4 | Mike Torrez | 10-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/21/1978 | 47-21 | 1st | +7 | New York Yankees | W | 9-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/22/1978 | 47-21 | 1st | +6 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/23/1978 | 48-21 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 5-2 | Bill Lee | 8-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/24/1978 | 49-21 | 1st | +8 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 8-3 | Luis Tiant | 7-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/25/1978 | 50-21 | 1st | +8 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 4-1 | Mike Torrez | 11-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/26/1978 | 51-21 | 1st | +9 1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 4-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 8-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/27/1978 | 51-22 | 1st | +8 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 6-4 | Dick Drago | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/28/1978 | 51-22 | 1st | +8 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/29/1978 | 52-22 | 1st | +9 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 4-3 | Allen Ripley | 2-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/30/1978 | 52-23 | 1st | +8 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-2 | Luis Tiant | 7-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/01/1978 | 52-24 | 1st | +7 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-2 | Mike Torrez | 11-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/02/1978 | 52-24 | 1st | +7 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/03/1978 | 53-24 | 1st | +8 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 9-5 | Dennis Eckersley | 9-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/04/1978 | 53-24 | 1st | +9 | New York Yankees | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/05/1978 | 54-24 | 1st | +10 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 9-2 | Bill Lee | 9-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/06/1978 | 55-24 | 1st | +10 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 7-6 | Bill Campbell | 5-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/07/1978 | 55-25 | 1st | +9 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 10-9 | Bill Campbell | 5-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/08/1978 | 56-25 | 1st | +9 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 12-5 | Dennis Eckersley | 10-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 57-25 | 1st | +10 | W | 3-2 | Jim Wright | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/09/1978 | 57-26 | 1st | +9 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 7-1 | Allen Ripley | 2-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/10/1978 | All Star Game Break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/11/1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/12/1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/13/1978 | 57-27 | 1st | +8 | Texas Rangers | L | 12-7 | Luis Tiant | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/14/1978 | 57-28 | 1st | +8 | Texas Rangers | L | 4-3 | Mike Torrez | 11-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/15/1978 | 58-28 | 1st | +8 | Minnesota Twins | W | 5-4 | Bill Lee | 10-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/16/1978 | 59-28 | 1st | +8 | Minnesota Twins | W | 5-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 11-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60-28 | 1st | +8 1/2 | W | 3-2 | Jim Wright | 5-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/17/1978 | 61-28 | 1st | +8 1/2 | Minnesota Twins | W | 3-2 | Bill Campbell | 6-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/18/1978 | 61-28 | 1st | +8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/19/1978 | 62-28 | 1st | +9 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 8-2 | Mike Torrez | 12-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/20/1978 | 62-29 | 1st | +8 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 8-6 | Bill Lee | 10-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/21/1978 | 62-30 | 1st | +7 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 9-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 11-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/1978 | 62-31 | 1st | +6 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 6-5 | Dick Drago | 2-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/23/1978 | 62-32 | 1st | +5 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 7-3 | Jim Wright | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/24/1978 | 62-33 | 1st | +5 1/2 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 5-4 | Dick Drago | 2-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 63-33 | 1st | +5 1/2 | W | 4-2 | Andy Hassler | 2-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/25/1978 | 63-34 | 1st | +5 1/2 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 5-2 | Bill Lee | 10-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/26/1978 | 63-35 | 1st | +5 1/2 | at Texas Rangers | L | 2-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 11-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/27/1978 | 63-36 | 1st | +4 1/2 | at Texas Rangers | L | 3-1 | Luis Tiant | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/28/1978 | 63-37 | 1st | +4 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | L | 4-0 | Mike Torrez | 12-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/29/1978 | 64-37 | 1st | +5 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 1-0 | Jim Wright | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/30/1978 | 64-38 | 1st | +4 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | L | 2-1 | Bill Lee | 10-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/31/1978 | 65-38 | 1st | +5 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | W | 9-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 12-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/01/1978 | 65-39 | 1st | +5 | Chicago White Sox | L | 5-2 | Luis Tiant | 7-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/02/1978 | 66-39 | 1st | +5 | at New York Yankees | W | 7-5 | Bob Stanley | 6-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/03/1978 | 67-39 | 1st | +6 | at New York Yankees | W | 8-1 | Mike Torrez | 13-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/04/1978 | 67-40 | 1st | +5 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 6-2 | Bill Lee | 10-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/05/1978 | 68-40 | 1st | +6 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 8-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 13-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/06/1978 | 69-40 | 1st | +7 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 4-0 | Luis Tiant | 8-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/07/1978 | 69-40 | 1st | +7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/08/1978 | 70-40 | 1st | +8 | Cleveland Indians | W | 9-7 | Bob Stanley | 7-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/09/1978 | 70-41 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 5-1 | Bill Lee | 10-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/10/1978 | 71-41 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 6-5 | Bob Stanley | 8-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/11/1978 | 71-42 | 1st | +6 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | L | 10-5 | Luis Tiant | 8-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/12/1978 | 72-42 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 3-1 | Jim Wright | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 73-42 | 1st | +8 | W | 11-4 | Bob Stanley | 9-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/13/1978 | 74-42 | 1st | +9 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 4-3 | Mike Torrez | 14-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/14/1978 | 74-43 | 1st | +8 | Milwaukee Brewers | L | 4-3 | Bill Lee | 10-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/15/1978 | 74-44 | 1st | +7 | at California Angels | L | 5-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 13-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/16/1978 | 75-44 | 1st | +7 | at California Angels | W | 4-2 | Luis Tiant | 9-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/17/1978 | 76-44 | 1st | +7 1/2 | at California Angels | W | 8-6 | Bob Stanley | 10-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/18/1978 | 77-44 | 1st | +7 1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 6-3 | Mike Torrez | 15-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/19/1978 | 77-45 | 1st | +7 1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | L | 8-4 | Bill Lee | 10-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/20/1978 | 78-45 | 1st | +8 1/2 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 4-2 | Dennis Eckersley | 14-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/21/1978 | 78-45 | 1st | +8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/22/1978 | 78-46 | 1st | +7 | at Seattle Mariners | L | 5-2 | Luis Tiant | 9-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/23/1978 | 78-47 | 1st | +6 | at Seattle Mariners | L | 5-3 | Mike Torrez | 15-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/24/1978 | 78-47 | 1st | +6 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/25/1978 | 79-47 | 1st | +7 1/2 | California Angels | W | 6-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 15-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/26/1978 | 80-47 | 1st | +7 1/2 | California Angels | W | 7-1 | Jim Wright | 8-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/27/1978 | 81-47 | 1st | +7 1/2 | California Angels | W | 4-3 | Bob Stanley | 11-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/28/1978 | 82-47 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Seattle Mariners | W | 10-9 | Bob Stanley | 12-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/29/1978 | 83-47 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Seattle Mariners | W | 10-5 | Dick Drago | 3-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/30/1978 | 84-47 | 1st | +7 1/2 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 2-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 84-48 | 1st | +7 | L | 7-6 | Bob Stanley | 12-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/01/1978 | 84-49 | 1st | +6 1/2 | Oakland Athletics | L | 5-1 | Luis Tiant | 9-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/02/1978 | 84-50 | 1st | +5 1/2 | Oakland Athletics | L | 4-3 | Mike Torrez | 15-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/03/1978 | 85-50 | 1st | +5 1/2 | Oakland Athletics | W | 11-6 | Bob Stanley | 13-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/04/1978 | 85-51 | 1st | +5 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 5-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/05/1978 | 85-52 | 1st | +4 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 4-1 | Bobby Sprowl | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/06/1978 | 86-52 | 1st | +4 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 2-0 | Luis Tiant | 10-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/07/1978 | 86-53 | 1st | +3 | New York Yankees | L | 15-3 | Mike Torrez | 15-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/08/1978 | 86-54 | 1st | +2 | New York Yankees | L | 13-2 | Jim Wright | 8-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/09/1978 | 86-55 | 1st | +1 | New York Yankees | L | 7-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/10/1978 | 86-56 | 1st | - | New York Yankees | L | 7-4 | Bobby Sprowl | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/11/1978 | 87-56 | 1st | +1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 5-4 | Bob Stanley | 14-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/12/1978 | 87-57 | 1st | +1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-2 | Mike Torrez | 15-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/13/1978 | 87-58 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 2-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 16-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/14/1978 | 87-59 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 4-3 | Jim Wright | 8-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/15/1978 | 87-60 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 4-0 | Luis Tiant | 10-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/16/1978 | 87-61 | 2nd | -3 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 3-2 | Mike Torrez | 15-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/17/1978 | 88-61 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 7-3 | Dennis Eckersley | 17-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/18/1978 | 89-61 | 2nd | -2 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 5-4 | Andy Hassler | 3-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/19/1978 | 90-61 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 8-6 | Bill Campbell | 7-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/20/1978 | 90-62 | 2nd | -2 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 12-2 | Mike Torrez | 15-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/21/1978 | 91-62 | 2nd | -2 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 5-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 18-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/22/1978 | 91-63 | 2nd | -2 | at Toronto Blue Jays | L | 5-4 | Andy Hassler | 3-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/23/1978 | 92-63 | 2nd | -1 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 3-1 | Luis Tiant | 11-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/24/1978 | 93-63 | 2nd | -1 | at Toronto Blue Jays | W | 7-6 | Dick Drago | 4-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/25/1978 | 93-63 | 2nd | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/26/1978 | 94-63 | 2nd | -1 | Detroit Tigers | W | 6-0 | Dennis Eckersley | 19-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/27/1978 | 95-63 | 2nd | -1 | Detroit Tigers | W | 5-2 | Luis Tiant | 12-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/28/1978 | 96-63 | 2nd | -1 | Detroit Tigers | W | 1-0 | Mike Torrez | 16-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/29/1978 | 97-63 | 2nd | -1 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 11-0 | Bob Stanley | 15-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/30/1978 | 98-63 | 2nd | -1 | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 5-1 | Dennis Eckersley | 20-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/01/1978 | 99-63 | 1st | - | Toronto Blue Jays | W | 5-0 | Luis Tiant | 13-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST PLAYOFF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10/02/1978 | 99-64 | 2nd | -1 | New York Yankees | L | 5-4 | Mike Torrez | 16-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 RED SOX BATTING & PITCHING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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