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New York Yankees 5 Boston Red Sox 4

October 2,1978

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (100-63)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (99-64)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

32,925

Time of Game

2:52

Umpires

[HP]: Don Denkinger [1B]: Jim Evans [2B]: Al Clark [3B]: Steve Palermo

New York Yankees 5 Boston Red Sox 4

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	100-63		0	0	0		0	0	0		4	1	0			5	8	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	99-64		0	1	0		0	0	1		0	2	0			4	11	0		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	29.337	L	2	1	1	0		2	0	.265		141	873
	Paul Blair	ph-cf	34.243	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.176		75	1858
2	Thurman Munson	c	31.117	R	5	0	1	1		0	3	.297		154	1326
3	Lou Piniella	rf	35.035	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.314		130	1256
4	Reggie Jackson	dh	32.137	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.274		139	1650
5	Graig Nettles	3b	34.043	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.276		159	1533
6	Chris Chambliss	1b	29.280	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.274		162	1139
7	Roy White	lf	34.279	B	3	1	1	0		1	1	.269		102	1799
8	Brian Doyle	2b	23.249	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.192		39	39
	Jim Spencer	ph	31.064	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.227		71	1237
	Fred Stanley	2b	31.050	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.219		81	543
9	Bucky Dent	ss	26.311	R	4	1	1	3		0	1	.243		123	790
Totals

2B: Mickey Rivers (25), Thurman Munson (27)

HR: Reggie Jackson (27), Bucky Dent (5)

RBI: Thurman Munson (71), Reggie Jackson (97), Bucky Dent 3 (40)

SB: Mickey Rivers 2 (25)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Burleson	ss	27.156	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.248		145	722
2	Jerry Remy	2b	25.328	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.278		148	592
3	Jim Rice	rf	25.208	R	5	0	1	1		0	1	.315		163	644
4	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	39.041	L	5	2	2	2		0	1	.277		144	2715
5	Carlton Fisk	c	30.280	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.284		157	855
6	Fred Lynn	cf	26.241	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.298		150	570
7	Butch Hobson	dh	27.046	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.250		147	384
8	George Scott	1b	34.193	R	4	0	2	0		0	2	.233		120	1928
9	Jack Brohamer	3b	28.218	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.234		81	666
	Bob Bailey	ph	35.354	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.191		43	1901
	Dwight Evans	ph	26.333	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.247		147	764
Totals

2B: Rick Burleson (32), Jerry Remy (24), George Scott (16)

HR: Carl Yastrzemski (17)

RBI: Jim Rice (139), Carl Yastrzemski 2 (81), Fred Lynn (82)

SH: Jerry Remy (14), Jack Brohamer (4)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Guidry	L	W 25-3	6.1	6	2	2	1	5	1		1.74	0.95		35	83
2	Rich Gossage	R	SV 27	2.2	5	2	2	1	2	0		2.01	1.09		63	323
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ron Guidry (0-0-0), Rich Gossage (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Torrez	R	L 16-13	6.2	5	4	4	3	4	1		3.96	1.48		36	318
2	Bob Stanley	R		0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1		2.60	1.24		52	93
3	Andy Hassler	L		1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0		3.87	1.71		24	152
4	Dick Drago	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.03	1.33		37	384
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Torrez (0-0-0), Bob Stanley (0-0-0), Andy Hassler (0-0-0), Dick Drago (0-0-0)