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Kansas City Royals 4 Boston Red Sox 8

May 8,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (15-11)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (18-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

25,891

Time of Game

2:26

Umpires

[HP]: Mike Reilly [1B]: Bill Haller [2B]: Lou DiMuro [3B]: Ken Kaiser

Kansas City Royals 4 Boston Red Sox 8

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3rd inning: NP **Luis Tiant left with pulled hamstring**
3rd inning: 8/L **defensive shift for Jim Rice: 3B Jerry Terrell to LF**
3rd inning: 8/L **LF Tom Poquette to left-center; four outfielders**
5th inning: K/C **same defensive shift for Jim Rice; his popfly landed on the infield dirt**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	15-11		0	0	3		0	0	1		0	0	0			4	9	2		3	6	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	18-10		4	0	0		1	0	0		3	0	x			8	10	0		2	4	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Freddie Patek	ss	33.211	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.271		25	1305
2	Tom Poquette	lf	26.190	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.295		15	246
3	Hal McRae	dh	32.302	R	3	1	2	3		1	0	.276		26	963
4	Al Cowens	rf	26.195	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.276		25	569
5	Darrell Porter	c	26.111	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.337		25	691
6	Amos Otis	cf	31.012	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.274		24	1260
7	Clint Hurdle	1b	20.282	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.235		23	32
8	Jerry Terrell	3b	31.299	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.212		14	544
	Pete LaCock	ph	26.111	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.154		17	368
9	Frank White	2b	27.246	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.243		26	591
	Joe Lahoud	ph	31.024	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		7	785
Totals

Errors: Freddie Patek, Tom Poquette

2B: Hal McRae (8), Clint Hurdle (2)

RBI: Hal McRae 3 (18), Amos Otis (12)

SF: Amos Otis (2)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Burleson	ss	27.009	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.211		28	605
2	Jerry Remy	2b	25.181	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.312		27	471
3	Jim Rice	lf	25.061	R	3	2	2	0		1	0	.372		28	509
4	Carl Yastrzemski	1b	38.259	L	2	1	1	4		0	0	.305		27	2598
5	Carlton Fisk	c	30.133	R	4	1	0	0		0	0	.255		27	725
6	Fred Lynn	cf	26.094	L	4	2	2	1		0	1	.302		25	445
7	Butch Hobson	3b	26.264	R	3	0	2	0		1	1	.297		28	265
8	Dwight Evans	rf	26.186	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.278		25	642
9	Bernie Carbo	dh	30.276	L	1	1	0	0		2	0	.211		13	872
	Bob Bailey	ph	35.207	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.063		6	1864
Totals

2B: Jim Rice (6), Fred Lynn (6)

HR: Carl Yastrzemski (2), Fred Lynn (4)

RBI: Carl Yastrzemski 4 (18), Fred Lynn (16), Dwight Evans 2 (7)

SH: Rick Burleson (5)

SF: Carl Yastrzemski (2)

HBP: Carl Yastrzemski (2)

GDP: Rick Burleson (4), Bernie Carbo (3)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Leonard	R	L 3-5	6.2	7	4	4	4	2	1		3.71	1.37		8	118
2	Al Hrabosky	L		1.1	3	1	1	0	1	1		1.80	1.20		11	340
Totals				0.0

HB: Dennis Leonard (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luis Tiant	R		2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		4.91	1.32		5	476
2	Bob Stanley	R	W 3-1	7.0	7	3	3	1	0	0		3.38	1.47		12	53
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luis Tiant (0-0-0), Bob Stanley (0-0-0)