The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

**doncoryell** · 08-01-2009, 11:33 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings & Leaders as of September 3, 1978

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American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York           80  56  .588  --     St.Louis           83  54  .606  --
Boston             73  64  .533   7.5   Philadelphia       80  57  .584   3
Milwaukee          72  64  .529   8     New York           68  69  .496  15
Cleveland          71  68  .511  10.5   Montreal           66  72  .478  17.5
Detroit            67  68  .496  12.5   Pittsburgh         63  74  .460  20
Baltimore          61  78  .439  20.5   Chicago            62  74  .456  20.5
Toronto            61  79  .436  21

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Kansas City        70  65  .519  --     Cincinnati         80  57  .584  --
California         69  67  .507   1.5   Houston            70  66  .515   9.5
Minnesota          69  69  .500   2.5   Los Angeles        66  71  .482  14
Chicago            68  69  .496   3     San Diego          64  73  .467  16
Texas              66  68  .493   3.5   San Francisco      64  73  .467  16
Oakland            66  71  .482   5     Atlanta            55  81  .404  24.5
Seattle            65  72  .474   6


Oakland 10, Boston 8                    San Francisco 8-7, Philadelphia 7-6
California 9, Toronto 6                 Houston 12-3, Chicago 1-2
New York 10, Seattle 4                  St.Louis 6, Cincinnati 4  13inn
Chicago 10, Baltimore 3                 Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 3
Detroit 5, Kansas City 2                Los Angeles 4, New York 3
Milwaukee 6, Texas 3                    only games scheduled
Cleveland 11, Minnesota 8  10inn


Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Carew,MIN          .379               D.Parker,PIT         .353
L.Bostock,CAL        .330               G.Templeton,STL      .351
B.Bochte,SEA         .328               R.Knight,SD          .341
G.Brett,KC           .323               T.Puhl,HOU           .337
L.Johnson,CHI        .321               P.Rose,CIN           .336
L.Roberts,SEA        .318               J.Cruz,HOU           .334
A.Griffin,CLE        .315               T.Simmons,STL        .330

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
B.Bonds,CHI            34               W.Stargell,PIT         40
L.Hisle,MIL            33               M.Schmidt,PHI          35
R.Jackson,NY           30               O.Gamble,SD            34
F.Lynn,BOS             29               B.Horner,ATL           32
J.Rice,BOS             27               J.Morrison,PHI         30
G.Roenicke,BAL         27               D.Parker,PIT           30
A.Thornton,CLE         25               R.Smith,LA             30

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
F.Lynn,BOS             96               O.Gamble,SD           105
R.Jackson,NY           94               C.Summers,CIN         105
D.Porter,KC            93               T.Simmons,STL          97
J.Rice,BOS             91               M.Schmidt,PHI          96
L.Roberts,SEA          89               W.Stargell,PIT         96
M.Ivie,TEX             87               J.Ferguson,HOU         94
J.Orta,CHI             87               J.Morrison,PHI         91

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
G.Brett,KC             97               D.Parker,PIT          104
B.Bonds,CHI            92               M.Schmidt,PHI         104
J.Remy,BOS             91               J.Mumphrey,STL         96
M.Page,OAK             90               R.Smith,LA             96
B.Molinaro,CHI         88               O.Gamble,SD            94
B.Wills,TEX            88               K.Hernandez,STL        93
W.Wilson,KC            87               K.Griffey Sr,CIN       86

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
W.Randolph,NY          77               E.Miller,ATL           58
W.Wilson,KC            57               J.Cruz,HOU             52
J.Sexton,TOR           56               I.DeJesus,CHI          51
J.Cruz,SEA             48               B.McBride,PHI          50
B.Wills,TEX            47               O.Moreno,PIT           50
M.Rivers,NY            44               R.Scott,CHI            50
B.Molinaro,CHI         41               D.Lopes,LA             48

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
R.Guidry,NY          2.20               T.John,LA            2.79
M.Caldwell,MIL       2.51               G.Perry,SD           2.94
N.Ryan,CAL           2.78               B.Forsch,STL         2.98
M.Fidrych,DET        2.92               J.Richard,HOU        3.08
J.Matlack,TEX        3.21               L.Christenson,PHI    3.38
S.Renko,OAK          3.24               B.Blyleven,PIt       3.39
G.Zahn,KC            3.39               T.Dixon,HOU          3.43

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
R.Guidry,NY            19               J.Richard,HOU          18
N.Ryan,CAL             18               B.Blyleven,PIT         17
J.Bibby,NY             17               B.Forsch,STL           17
M.Caldwell,MIL         16               S.Rogers,MON           17
F.Jenkins,TEX          15               T.Dixon,HOU            15
D.Eckersley,BOS        14               K.Kobel,NY             15
K.Kravec,CHI           14               C.Swan,NY              15



Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Farmer,MIL           36               D.Tomlin,CIN           40
E.Sosa,OAK             36               S.Lockwood,NY          34
R.Hinton,CHI           35               B.Sutter,CHI           33
J.Kern,CLE             35               G.Garber,PHI           32
V.Cruz,TOR             34               G.Lavelle,SF           31
R.Gossage,NY           31               M.Littell,STL          31
E.Romo,SEA             31               T.Forster,LA           30
                                         

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
N.Ryan,CAL            279               J.Richard,HOU         220
R.Guidry,NY           227               B.Blyleven,PIT        165
F.Tanana,CAL          173               S.Rogers,MON          151
D.Gullett,NY          166               S.Carlton,PHI         150
D.Leonard,KC          166               S.Sanderson,MON       146
K.Kravec,CHI          159               J.Montefusco,SF       143
J.Bibby,NY            143               E.Halicki,SF          136

MLB News

Weekly Awards
Boston's Dwight Evans was named AL Player of the Week after piling up 12 hits in 24 at bats, 1 home run and 5 RBIs while hitting .500
San Diego's Ray Knight was voted NL Player of the Week after he ripped 15 hits in 25 at bats, compiling a .600 average with no home runs and 1 RBI

**doncoryell** · 08-01-2009, 11:36 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Followed Teams

Los Angeles Dodgers

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1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Leaders
Thru September 3, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
S.Garvey         .300         T.John            2.79
R.Smith          .292         B.Hooton          3.59
D.Lopes          .280         R.Rhoden          3.76
R.Monday         .276         D.Rau             3.96
D.Baker          .264         B.Welch           5.09


Home Runs                     Wins
R.Smith            30         T.John              14
R.Monday           20         R.Rhoden            11
D.Baker            19         B.Hooton             9
R.Cey              16         B.Welch              7
S.Garvey           15         D.Sutton             6


Runs Batted In                Saves
S.Garvey           83         T.Forster           30
R.Smith            82         B.Castillo           2
D.Baker            66         
R.Monday           61         
L.Lacy             58


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
D.Lopes            48         T.John             132
R.LeFlore          33         R.Rhoden           118
V.Davalillo        17         B.Hooton           116
S.Garvey           16         B.Welch            107
J.Simpson          13         D.Rau               87

Philadelphia Phillies

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1978 Philadelphia Phillies Leaders
Thru September 3, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
B.Boone          .303         L.Christenson     3.38
R.Hebner         .302         S.Carlton         4.23
L.Bowa           .288         J.Kaat            4.36
J.Morrison       .284         R.Burris          4.54
B.McBride        .283         


Home Runs                     Wins
M.Schmidt          35         L.Christenson       14
J.Morrison         30         S.Carlton           10
G.Luzinski         25         J.Kaat               9
R.Hebner           20         W.Brusstar           8
B.McBride          18         R.Burris             8


Runs Batted In                Saves
M.Schmidt          96         G.Garber            32
J.Morrison         91         W.Brusstar           4
G.Luzinski         84         R.Lerch              2
R.Hebner           73         J.Lonborg            1
B.McBride          67         D.Patterson          1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
B.McBride          50         S.Carlton          150
J.Morrison         21         L.Christenson       89
L.Bowa             20         J.Kaat              60
M.Schmidt          16         R.Burris            58
R.Hebner            6         D.Roberts           56

Saint Louis Cardinals

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1978 St.Louis Cardinals Leaders
Thru September 3, 1978


Batting Average               Earned Run Average
G.Templeton      .351         B.Forsch          2.98
T.Simmons        .330         J.Urrea           3.66
K.Hernandez      .325         R.Dressler        3.99
J.Mumphrey       .312         E.Rasmussen       5.64
G.Adams          .305


Home Runs                     Wins
T.Simmons          26         B.Forsch            17
K.Hernandez        12         E.Rasmussen         11
G.Adams            11         R.Dressler           9
J.Dwyer             7         J.Urrea              9
S.Ontiveros         7         J.Denny              6


Runs Batted In                Saves
T.Simmons          97         M.Littell           31
K.Hernandez        84         D.O'Brien            6
G.Templeton        63         B.Schultz            5
G.Adams            60         G.Frazier            2
J.Mumphrey         58         S.Martinez           1


Stolen Bases                  Strikeouts
G.Templeton        40         B.Forsch           101
J.Mumphrey         37         E.Rasmussen         85
K.Hernandez        22         J.Urrea             82
T.Scott            22         R.Dressler          70
J.Dwyer             9         A.Lopez             57

**doncoryell** · 08-01-2009, 11:37 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Team Statistics as of September 3, 1978

Code:

1978 Boston Red Sox


                         Week of August 28-Sept 3
PO  Batters              BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB  SO SB CS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1b  George Scott       .192  26  5  1  0   2  0  | .226  .361  .278 443 53 100 13  1 15  45 30  98  2  0
2b  Jerry Remy         .333  30 10  5  0   3  1  | .289  .376  .342 537 91 155 17  9  4  46 45  42 19 13
2b  Jack Brohamer     1.000   1  1  0  0   0  0  | .171  .205  .247 146 12  25  2  0  1   7 14  12  1  0
3b  Butch Hobson       .296  27  8  3  2   6  0  | .230  .412  .268 447 52 103 20  2 19  61 23 105  0  0
ss  Rick Burleson      .323  31 10  4  2   7  0  | .247  .337  .280 558 59 138 31  2  5  45 25  59  4  4
ss  Frank Duffy        .---   0  0  1  0   0  0  | .200  .271  .240  70 10  14  3  1  0   3  5  14  0  0
lf  Carl Yastrzemski   .360  25  9  5  2   6  0  | .312  .505  .376 414 61 129 18  1 20  77 41  51  3  2
cf  Fred Lynn          .310  29  9  7  3   8  0  | .285  .534  .355 474 73 135 27  2 29  96 51  60  0  5
cf  Sam Bowen          .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .222   7  1   0  0  0  0   0  1   0  0  0
rf  Dwight Evans       .500  24 12  7  1   5  1  | .282  .463  .353 408 55 115 21  1 17  58 45  97  6  5
rf  Garry Hancock      .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .232  .357  .306  56  6  13  2  1  1   3  6   9  0  0
dh  Jim Rice           .194  31  6  4  0   1  0  | .307  .533  .353 508 82 156 30  2 27  91 31  79  7  3
dh  Bob Bailey         .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .190  .310  .236  84 11  16  1  0  3   7  5  20  1  0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PO  Catchers             BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    SLG   OBA  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB  SO SB CS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C   Carlton Fisk       .267  30  8  6  0   3  0  | .260  .363  .319 438 47 114 23  2  6  60 32  79  3  3
C   Bob Montgomery     .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .241  .329  .277  79  8  19  4  0  1   7  4  20  0  0
C   Fred Kendall       .---   0  0  0  0   0  0  | .306  .469  .333  49  4  15  3  1  1   2  2   4  0  0



                   Week of August 28-Sept 3
Starting Pitchers   W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G GS   IP    H ER HR BB  SO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Torrez         0  1  0  0  3.0 15.00  | 10 11  5.15  1.49 26 26 160.2 180 92 19 60  58
Dennis Eckersley    2  0  0 11 15.0  3.00  | 14  8  3.40  1.08 29 29 206.2 202 78 30 21 134
Bill Lee            0  0  0  0  7.2  3.52  |  7 12  4.01  1.13 27 24 172.2 171 77 28 24  39
Luis Tiant          1  0  0  4 10.0  0.00  | 13  9  3.46  1.20 25 24 169.0 174 65 27 29  82
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Relief Pitchers     W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L  ERA   WHIP  G SV   IP    H ER HR BB  SO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Stanley         0  0  0  0  6.2  6.75  |  8  1  3.28  1.28 49  6 118.0 129 43  7 22  22
Dick Drago          0  0  0  1  4.1  2.08  |  5  2  1.98  1.10 37  9  68.1  62 15  2 13  40
Bill Campbell       0  0  0  2  2.0  0.00  |  2  2  3.25  1.07 36  9  63.2  49 23  5 19  47
Tom Burgmeier       0  0  0  0  2.2  0.00  |  2  5  4.52  1.20 36  2  71.2  71 36 14 15  30
Allen Ripley        0  0  0  0  0.0  ----  |  3  7  5.42  1.38 16  0  73.0  86 44 12 15  33
Ken Holtzman        0  1  0  1  3.1 13.50  |  2  1  4.64  1.50  6  0  21.1  26 11  2  6   8
Jim Rooker          1  0  0  3  6.2  1.35  |  1  0  2.70  1.28  2  0  13.1  13  4  1  4   4
Bobby Sprowl        0  1  0  1  2.2 23.63  |  0  1 23.63  3.38  1  0   2.2   6  7  1  3   1

Team Batting Stats                                            Team Pitching Stats
                          Xtra BASE
 AVG  OBP  SLG  RUNS  HITS  HITS   HR   BB    K  SB            ERA   RA   HA   OAVG   HRA   BB    K
---------------------------------------------------           -------------------------------------
.265 .321 .415   642  1276   394  151  385  771  46           3.98  584 1279   .266   167  257  529
  10   11    5     7    10     4    2   10   13  14 AL Rank      5    4    5      3    14    1   14

**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 04:09 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Game #138: September 4, 1978 - @ Baltimore

Top 1st: Dennis Martinez pitching. Burleson grounds out (4-3). Remy reaches 1b on error (E1) [1]. Rice grounds out (5-3) [2]. Yastrzemski grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error - Boston 0, Baltimore 0

Bottom 1st: Tiant pitching. Bumbry singles [1]. Sofield singles [1,2]. Murray grounds out (4-3) [2,3]. DeCinces triples [3]. Bumbry and Sofield score. Foote singles [1]. DeCinces scores. Crowley grounds out,FC (1-6) [1]. Garcia singles [1,2]. Asselstine walks [1,2,3]. Smith grounds out (1-3).
3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 3

Top 2nd: Fisk strikes out. Lynn flies out (9). Scott grounds out (5-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 3

Bottom 2nd: Bumbry walks [1]. Sofield grounds out,FC (4u) [1]. Murray flies out (7) [1]. DeCinces flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 3

Top 3rd: Evans grounds out (5-3). Hobson flies out (7). Burleson doubles [2]. Remy grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 3

Bottom 3rd: Foote walks [1]. Crowley singles [1,2]. Garcia pops out (4) [1,2]. Asselstine grounds out,DP (4-6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 3

Top 4th: Rice homers. Rice scores. Yastrzemski homers. Yastrzemski scores. Fisk grounds out (6-3). Lynn strikes out. Scott grounds out (1-3).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 2, Baltimore 3

Bottom 4th: Smith strikes out. Bumbry grounds out (4-3). Sofield grounds out (5-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 2, Baltimore 3

Top 5th: Evans strikes out. Hobson strikes out. Burleson flies out (8).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 2, Baltimore 3

Bottom 5th: Murray flies out (8). DeCinces grounds out (2-3). Foote strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 2, Baltimore 3

Top 6th: Remy grounds out (4-3). Rice flies out (9). Yastrzemski singles [1]. Fisk flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 2, Baltimore 3

Bottom 6th: Crowley walks [1]. Garcia strikes out [1]. Asselstine grounds out (4-3) [2]. Smith strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 2, Baltimore 3

Top 7th: Lynn walks [1]. Scott lines out (5) [1]. Evans singles [1,2]. Hobson doubles [2,3]. Lynn scores. Burleson grounds out (5-3) [2,3]. Remy strikes out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Baltimore 3

Bottom 7th: Bumbry flies out (7). Sofield strikes out. Murray homers. Murray scores. Holtzman pitching. DeCinces grounds out (5-3).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Baltimore 4

Top 8th: Rice doubles [2]. Yastrzemski grounds out (4-3) [3]. Fisk singles [1]. Rice scores. Lynn grounds out,FC (4-6) [1]. Scott walks [1,2]. Stoddard pitching. Evans pops out (5).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 4, Baltimore 4

Bottom 8th: Foote flies out (9). Crowley pops out (4). Garcia singles [1]. Money batting for Asselstine. Money lines out (4).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 4, Baltimore 4

Top 9th: Sofield replaces Asselstine in RF, batting 2nd. Money replaces Sofield in LF, batting 8th. Hobson singles [1]. Burleson grounds out (3u) [2]. Remy singles [1,3]. Rice grounds out,DP (5-4-3).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 4, Baltimore 4

Bottom 9th: Lopez batting for Smith. Lopez singles [1]. Dimmel running for Lopez. Bumbry reaches 2b on error (E2) [2,3]. Cash batting for Sofield. Cash pops out (4) [2,3]. Murray intentionally walked [1,2,3]. DeCinces singles. Dimmel scores.
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error - Boston 4, Baltimore 5

Code:

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
       Boston         0  0  0  2  0  0  1  1  0  -  4 10  1
       Baltimore      3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  -  5 10  1

                 One out when winning run scored


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Burleson,ss      5  0  1  0  0  0  .247
Remy,2b          5  0  1  0  0  1  .288
Rice,lf          5  2  2  1  0  0  .308
Yastrzemski,dh   4  1  2  1  0  0  .313
Fisk,c           4  0  1  1  0  1  .260
Lynn,cf          3  1  0  0  1  1  .283
Scott,1b         3  0  0  0  1  0  .224
Evans,rf         4  0  1  0  0  1  .282
Hobson,3b        4  0  2  1  0  1  .233
                37  4 10  4  2  5


2B: Rice (31), Hobson (21), Burleson (32)
HR: Rice (28), Yastrzemski (21)
GIDP: Rice
LOB: 9


FIELDING
Errors: Fisk (8,throw)
Double Plays: 1 (Remy-Burleson-Scott)




                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Bumbry,cf        4  1  1  0  1  0  .297
Sofield,lf-rf    4  1  1  0  0  1  .275
d-Cash,ph        1  0  0  0  0  0  .248
Murray,1b        4  1  1  1  1  0  .296
DeCinces,3b      5  1  2  3  0  0  .261
Foote,c          3  0  1  1  1  1  .209
Crowley,dh       3  0  1  0  1  0  .257
Garcia,2b        4  0  2  0  0  1  .262
Asseltine,rf     2  0  0  0  1  0  .182
a-Money,ph-lf    1  0  0  0  0  0  .267
Smith,ss         3  0  0  0  0  2  .256
b-Lopez,ph       1  0  1  0  0  0  .272
c-Dimmel,pr      0  1  0  0  0  0  .000
                35  5 10  5  5  5

a-batted for Asseltine in 8th
b-batted for Smith in 9th
c-ran for Lopez in 9th
d-batted for Sofield in 9th


3B: DeCinces (4)
HR: Murray (25)
SH: Bumbry
GIDP: Asselstine
LOB: 8


FIELDING
Errors: D.Martinez (4,bobble)
Double Plays: 1 (DeCinces-Garcia-Murray)








Boston
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Tiant            6.2  7  4  4  4  5  3.54
Holtzman (L,2-2) 1.2  3  1  1  1  0  3.74



Baltimore
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
D.Martinez       7.2  8  4  4  2  5  4.50
Stoddard (W,3-6) 1.1  2  0  0  0  0  2.60



IBB: Murray (by Holtzman)
Time: 2:57
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Attendance: 17,081

**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 04:12 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings as of September 4, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (17)      81  57  .587  --     St.Louis (23)      83  56  .597  --
Boston             73  65  .529   8     Philadelphia       82  57  .590   1
Milwaukee          72  66  .522   9     New York           68  71  .489  15
Cleveland          71  69  .507  11     Montreal           66  73  .475  17
Detroit            68  69  .496  12.5   Pittsburgh         65  74  .468  18
Baltimore          62  78  .443  20     Chicago            63  74  .460  19
Toronto            62  79  .440  20.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Kansas City (25)   70  66  .515  --     Cincinnati (16)    81  57  .587  --
California         70  67  .511   0.5   Houston            70  67  .511  10.5
Minnesota          70  69  .504   1.5   Los Angeles        66  72  .478  15
Chicago            68  70  .493   3     San Francisco      65  73  .471  16
Texas              66  69  .489   3.5   San Diego          64  74  .464  17
Oakland            67  71  .486   4     Atlanta            56  81  .409  24.5
Seattle            67  72  .482   4.5


Baltimore 5, Boston 4                   Pittsburgh 9-7, New York 3-6
New York 7-4, Detroit 1-11              Philadelphia 6-13, St.Louis 5-5
Seattle 6-5, Milwaukee 4-3              Chicago 5, Montreal 4  12inn
Minnesota 5, Chicago 1                  San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 2
Toronto 7, Cleveland 6  11inn           Atlanta 4, San Diego 3
Oakland 14, Kansas City 6               Cincinnati 6, Houston 4
California 6, Texas 5

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**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 08:05 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Game #139: September 5, 1978 - @ Baltimore

Top 1st: McGregor pitching. Burleson singles [1]. Burleson caught stealing (2-6). Remy grounds out (4-3). Rice grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 0

Bottom 1st: Torrez pitching. Bumbry bunt singles [1]. Sofield grounds out (4-3) [2]. Murray singles [2]. Bumbry scores. DeCinces flies out (8). Money reaches 1b on error (E5) [1,3]. Dempsey fouls out (4).
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error - Boston 0, Baltimore 1

Top 2nd: Yastrzemski fouls out (5). Fisk singles [1]. Lynn grounds out,FC (1-6) [1]. Wild pitch [2]. Scott strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 1

Bottom 2nd: Garcia flies out (8). Asselstine doubles [2]. Smith flies out (7) [2]. Bumbry doubles [2]. Asselstine scores. Sofield grounds out (4-3).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 2

Top 3rd: Evans walks [1]. Hobson grounds out,DP (6,6-3). Burleson strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 2

Bottom 3rd: Murray flies out (7). DeCinces grounds out (6-3). Money pops out (4).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 2

Top 4th: Remy pops out (6). Rice flies out (7). Yastrzemski flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 2

Bottom 4th: Dempsey grounds out (5-3). Garcia grounds out (1-3). Asselstine singles [1]. Smith singles [1,2]. Bumbry doubles [2]. Asselstine and Smith score. Sofield grounds out (4-3).
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Baltimore 4

Top 5th: Fisk singles [1]. Lynn grounds out (4-3) [2]. Scott strikes out [2]. Evans walks [1,2]. Hobson singles [1,2]. Fisk scores. Burleson flies out (8).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 4

Bottom 5th: Murray strikes out. DeCinces grounds out (6-3). Money walks [1]. Dempsey singles [1,3]. Garcia flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 4

Top 6th: Remy lines out (5). Rice strikes out. Yastrzemski doubles [2]. Fisk singles, Yastrzemski out at home (7-2).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 4

Bottom 6th: Asselstine walks [1]. Smith flies out (8) [1]. Bumbry grounds out,FC (6-4) [1]. Sofield singles [1,2]. Murray grounds out (3-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 4

Top 7th: Lynn singles [1]. Scott strikes out [1]. Evans grounds out,DP (4-6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 4

Bottom 7th: Holtzman pitching. DeCinces walks [1]. Money grounds out,FC (4-6) [1]. Dimmel running for Money. Dempsey sacrifices (6-4) [2]. Garcia reaches 2b on error (E5) [2]. Dimmel scores. Asselstine grounds out (1-3).
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error - Boston 1, Baltimore 5

Top 8th: Hobson grounds out (5-3). Burleson singles [1]. Remy singles [1,2]. Rice flies out (7) [1,2]. Yastrzemski walks [1,2,3]. Stoddard pitching. Fisk flies out (9).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 5

Bottom 8th: Smith strikes out. Bumbry singles [1]. Sofield grounds out (3-1) [2]. Murray grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 5

Top 9th: Lynn strikes out. Brohamer batting for Scott. Brohamer strikes out. Evans walks [1]. Hobson grounds out (1-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Baltimore 5

Code:

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
       Boston         0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  -  1  9  2
       Baltimore      1  1  0  2  0  0  1  0  x  -  5 10  0


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Burleson,ss      4  0  2  0  0  1  .249
Remy,2b          4  0  1  0  0  0  .288
Rice,lf          4  0  0  0  0  1  .306
Yastrzemski,1b   3  0  1  0  1  0  .314
Fisk,c           4  1  3  0  0  0  .265
Lynn,cf          4  0  1  0  0  1  .283
Scott,dh         3  0  0  0  0  3  .223
a-Brohamer,ph    1  0  0  0  0  1  .170
Evans,rf         1  0  0  0  3  0  .281
Hobson,3b        4  0  1  1  0  0  .233
                32  1  9  1  4  7

a-batted for Scott in 9th


2B: Yastrzemski (19)
GIDP: Hobson, Evans
LOB: 9


BASERUNNING
Caught Stealing: Burleson (5)


FIELDING
Errors: Hobson 2 (23,bobble,throw)




                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Bumbry,cf        5  1  4  3  0  0  .302
Sofield,lf       5  0  1  0  0  0  .274
Murray,1b        5  0  1  1  0  1  .295
DeCinces,3b      3  0  0  0  1  0  .259
Money,2b         3  0  0  0  1  0  .265
a-Dimmel,pr      0  1  0  0  0  0  .000
b-Dauer,2b       0  0  0  0  0  0  .311
Dempsey,c        3  0  1  0  0  0  .241
Garcia,dh        4  0  0  0  0  0  .259
Asseltine,rf     3  2  2  0  1  0  .200
Smith,ss         4  1  1  0  0  1  .256
                35  5 10  4  3  2

a-ran for Money in 7th
b-substituted for Dimmel in 8th


2B: Bumbry 2 (24), Asselstine (4)
SH: Dempsey
LOB: 10


FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Money-Smith-Murray,
Smith-Murray)








Boston
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Torrez (L,10-12) 6.0  9  4  4  2  1  5.18
Holtzman         2.0  1  1  0  1  1  3.53



Baltimore
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
McGregor (W,8-10)7.2  9  1  1  3  5  4.73
Stoddard (S,6)   1.1  0  0  0  1  2  2.54



WP: McGregor
Time: 2:38
Weather: Clear skies (66 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 11 mph
Attendance: 17,547

**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 08:06 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings as of September 5, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (15)      82  57  .590  --     St.Louis (23)      83  56  .597  --
Boston             73  66  .525   9     Philadelphia       82  57  .590   1
Milwaukee          72  66  .522   9.5   New York           68  71  .489  15
Cleveland          71  70  .504  12     Montreal           67  73  .479  16.5
Detroit            68  70  .493  13.5   Pittsburgh         65  74  .468  18
Baltimore          63  78  .447  20     Chicago            63  75  .457  19.5
Toronto            63  79  .444  20.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Kansas City (23)   71  66  .518  --     Cincinnati (14)    82  57  .590  --
California         70  68  .507   1.5   Houston            70  68  .507  11.5
Minnesota          71  69  .507   1.5   Los Angeles        67  72  .482  15
Texas              67  69  .493   3.5   San Francisco      65  74  .468  17
Chicago            68  71  .489   4     San Diego          64  75  .460  18
Oakland            67  72  .482   5     Atlanta            57  81  .413  24.5
Seattle            67  72  .482   5


Baltimore 5, Boston 1                   Montreal 8, Chicago 6
Toronto 5, Cleveland 4                  Atlanta 2, San Diego 1
New York 2, Detroit 1                   Cincinnati 13, Houston 1
Minnesota 6, Chicago 1                  Los Angeles 8, San Francisco 4
Kansas City 8, Oakland 5                only games scheduled
Texas 6, California 5  10inn
only games scheduled

MLB News
No news

**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 08:20 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings as of September 6, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (14)      83  57  .593  --     St.Louis (21)      84  56  .600  --
Boston             73  66  .525   9.5   Philadelphia       82  58  .586   2
Milwaukee          73  66  .525   9.5   New York           69  71  .493  15
Cleveland          71  70  .504  12.5   Montreal           67  74  .475  17.5
Detroit            68  71  .489  14.5   Pittsburgh         65  75  .464  19
Baltimore          63  78  .447  20.5   Chicago            64  75  .460  19.5
Toronto            63  80  .441  21.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Kansas City (21)   72  66  .522  --     Cincinnati (14)    82  57  .590  --
California         70  69  .504   2.5   Houston            70  68  .507  11.5
Minnesota          71  70  .504   2.5   Los Angeles        67  72  .482  15
Texas              68  69  .496   3.5   San Francisco      65  74  .468  17
Chicago            69  71  .493   4     San Diego          64  76  .457  19
Seattle            67  72  .482   5.5   Atlanta            58  81  .417  24.5
Oakland            67  73  .479   6


Kansas City 7, Oakland 5                Chicago 10, Philadelphia 8  12inn
Milwaukee 5, Toronto 2                  Atlanta 3, San Diego 1
Chicago 6, Minnesota 1                  New York 7, Montreal 4
New York 5, Detroit 1                   St.Louis 10, Pittsburgh 7
Texas 5, California 3                   only games scheduled
only games scheduled

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**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 08:32 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings as of September 7, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (14)      83  57  .593  --     St.Louis (21)      85  56  .603  --
Boston             73  66  .525   9.5   Philadelphia       83  58  .589   2
Milwaukee          73  67  .521  10     New York           69  72  .489  16
Cleveland          71  70  .504  12.5   Montreal           68  74  .479  17.5
Detroit            68  71  .489  14.5   Pittsburgh         65  76  .461  20
Baltimore          63  78  .447  20.5   Chicago            64  76  .457  20.5
Toronto            64  80  .444  21

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Kansas City (21)   72  66  .522  --     Cincinnati (12)    83  57  .593  --
California         71  69  .507   2     Houston            70  69  .504  12.5
Minnesota          71  70  .504   2.5   Los Angeles        68  72  .486  15
Texas              68  70  .493   4     San Francisco      65  75  .464  18
Chicago            69  72  .489   4.5   San Diego          64  77  .454  19.5
Seattle            68  72  .486   5     Atlanta            59  81  .421  24
Oakland            67  73  .479   6


Seattle 6, Chicago 2                    Philadelphia 6, Chicago 3
Toronto 4, Milwaukee 2                  Cincinnati 7, San Diego 2
California 8, Texas 4                   Atlanta 12, San Francisco 8
only games scheduled                    Montreal 3, New York 1
                                        Los Angeles 3, Houston 2  13 inn
                                        St.Louis 7, Pittsburgh 2

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**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 11:19 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Game #140: September 8, 1978 - vs New York

Top 1st: Rooker pitching. Randolph grounds out (5-3). Heath flies out (9). Jackson flies out (8).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 0

Bottom 1st: Figueroa pitching. Burleson grounds out (6-3). Remy walks [1]. Rice flies out (8) [1]. Yastrzemski singles [1,3]. Fisk strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 0

Top 2nd: Johnson doubles [2]. Piniella flies out (9) [2]. Rivers flies out (9) [2]. Kusick walks [1,2]. White grounds out (2-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 0

Bottom 2nd: Lynn doubles [2]. Bailey grounds out (5-3) [3]. Evans flies out (7). Lynn scores. Hobson grounds out (4-3).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Top 3rd: Dent grounds out (5-3). Randolph grounds out (6-3). Heath grounds out (2-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Bottom 3rd: Burleson singles [1]. Remy grounds out,FC (3-6) [1]. Rice strikes out [1]. Yastrzemski grounds out (3-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Top 4th: Jackson singles [1]. Johnson flies out (7) [1]. Piniella strikes out [1]. Rivers singles [1,3]. Kusick flies out (8).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Bottom 4th: Fisk grounds out (3-1). Lynn grounds out (4-3). Bailey grounds out (2-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Top 5th: White flies out (8). Dent singles [1]. Randolph grounds out,FC (6-4) [1]. Heath flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Bottom 5th: Evans doubles [2]. Hobson intentionally walked [1,2]. Burleson homers. Evans, Hobson and Burleson score. Remy walks [1]. Rice grounds out,FC (1-4) [1]. Yastrzemski pops out (6) [1]. Fisk grounds out (6-3).
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 4

Top 6th: Jackson grounds out (5-3). Johnson singles [1]. Piniella singles [1,3]. Rivers singles [1,2]. Johnson scores. Lee pitching. Kusick grounds out,FC (6-4) [1,3]. White grounds out (4u).
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors - New York 1, Boston 4

Bottom 6th: Lynn walks [1]. Lynn caught stealing (2-4). Bailey flies out (7). Evans grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 1, Boston 4

Top 7th: Dent pops out (4). Randolph doubles [2]. Randolph caught stealing (2-5). Heath grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 1, Boston 4

Bottom 7th: Hobson homers. Hobson scores. Burleson flies out (8). Remy walks [1]. Rice grounds out,FC (6-4) [1]. Yastrzemski flies out (9).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 1, Boston 5

Top 8th: Jackson homers. Jackson scores. Johnson grounds out (3-1). Piniella singles [1]. Alston running for Piniella. Rivers doubles [2,3]. Kusick homers. Alston, Rivers and Kusick score. White flies out (8). Dent flies out (8).
4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 5

Bottom 8th: Alston replaces Piniella in LF, batting 5th. Fisk strikes out. Lynn pops out (5). Bailey strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 5

Top 9th: Randolph flies out (7). Heath reaches 1b on error (E6) [1]. Patek running for Heath. Patek steals 2b [2]. Jackson flies out (7) [3]. Johnson flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error - New York 5, Boston 5

Bottom 9th: Gossage pitching. Klutts replaces Patek at 3B, batting 2nd. Dyer replaces Johnson at C, batting 4th. Spencer replaces Kusick at 1B, batting 7th. Evans strikes out. Hobson flies out (8). Burleson strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 5

Top 10th: Morales batting for Alston. Morales lines out (3). Rivers flies out (8). Spencer grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 5

Bottom 10th: Morales replaces Alston in LF, batting 5th. Remy reaches 1b on error (E6) [1]. Rice homers. Remy and Rice score.
2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error - New York 5, Boston 7

Code:

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10     R  H  E
       New York       0  0  0  0  0  1  0  4  0  0  -  5 12  1
       Boston         0  1  0  0  3  0  1  0  0  2  -  7  7  1

           No outs when winning run scored


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Randolph,2b      5  0  1  0  0  0  .281
Heath,3b         5  0  0  0  0  0  .265
b-Patek,pr       0  0  0  0  0  0  .260
c-Klutts,3b      0  0  0  0  0  0  .217
Jackson,rf       5  1  2  1  0  0  .309
Johnson,c        5  1  2  0  0  0  .248
d-Dyer,c         0  0  0  0  0  0  .314
Piniella,lf      4  0  2  0  0  1  .293
a-Alston,pr-lf   0  1  0  0  0  0  .160
f-Morales,ph-lf  1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Rivers,cf        5  1  3  1  0  0  .307
Kusick,1b        3  1  1  3  1  0  .230
e-Spencer,1b     1  0  0  0  0  0  .242
White,dh         4  0  0  0  0  0  .250
Dent,ss          4  0  1  0  0  0  .264
                42  5 12  5  1  1

a-ran for Piniella in 8th
b-ran for Heath in 9th
c-substituted for Patek in 9th
d-substituted for Johnson in 9th
e-substituted for Kusick in 9th
f-batted for Alston in 10th


2B: Johnson (26), Randolph (23),
Rivers (24)
HR: Jackson (31), Kusick (5)
LOB: 8


BASERUNNING
Stolen Bases: Patek (21)
Caught Stealing: Randolph (33)


FIELDING
Errors: Dent (9,drop)




                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Burleson,ss      5  1  2  3  0  1  .250
Remy,2b          2  1  0  0  3  0  .286
Rice,lf          5  1  1  2  0  1  .305
Yastrzemski,1b   4  0  1  0  0  0  .313
Fisk,c           4  0  0  0  0  2  .262
Lynn,cf          3  1  1  0  1  0  .283
Bailey,dh        4  0  0  0  0  1  .182
Evans,rf         3  1  1  1  0  1  .281
Hobson,3b        3  2  1  1  1  0  .234
                33  7  7  7  5  6


2B: Lynn (28), Evans (22)
HR: Rice (29), Hobson (20), Burleson (6)
SF: Evans
LOB: 5


BASERUNNING
Caught Stealing: Lynn (6)


FIELDING
Errors: Burleson (6,throw)








New York
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Figueroa         8.0  6  5  5  5  4  4.40
Gossage (L,4-5)  1.0  1  2  1  0  2  2.88



Boston
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Rooker           5.1  7  1  1  1  1  3.86
Lee
 (BS 1; W,8-12)  4.2  5  4  4  0  0  4.11



IBB: Hobson (by Figueroa)
Time: 3:00
Weather: Clear skies (59 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 16 mph
Attendance: 31,888

**doncoryell** · 08-22-2009, 11:24 PM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings as of September 8, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (14)      83  58  .589  --     St.Louis (20)      85  57  .599  --
Boston             74  66  .529   8.5   Philadelphia       84  58  .592   1
Milwaukee          74  67  .525   9     New York           69  73  .486  16
Cleveland          71  71  .500  12.5   Montreal           69  74  .483  16.5
Detroit            69  71  .493  13.5   Pittsburgh         66  76  .465  19
Baltimore          64  78  .451  19.5   Chicago            64  77  .454  20.5
Toronto            64  81  .441  21

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
Kansas City (22)   72  67  .518  --     Cincinnati (10)    84  57  .596  --
California         72  69  .511   1     Houston            71  69  .507  12.5
Minnesota          71  71  .500   2.5   Los Angeles        68  73  .482  16
Texas              69  70  .496   3     San Francisco      66  75  .468  18
Seattle            69  72  .489   4     San Diego          64  78  .451  20.5
Chicago            69  73  .486   4.5   Atlanta            59  82  .418  25
Oakland            67  74  .475   6


Boston 7, New York 5  10inn             Cincinnati 5, San Diego 4
Baltimore 6, Toronto 2                  Philadelphia 5, St.Louis 3
Detroit 3, Cleveland 2                  San Francisco 5, Atlanta 2
Seattle 12, Chicago 5                   Montreal 5, Chicago 1
Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 2                Houston 2, Los Angeles 1
Texas 7, Oakland 0                      Pittsburgh 6, New York 2
California 8, Kansas City 7

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**doncoryell** · 08-23-2009, 12:46 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Game #141: September 9, 1978 - vs New York

Top 1st: Eckersley pitching. Randolph grounds out (6-3). Piniella singles [1]. Jackson strikes out [1]. Johnson grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 0

Bottom 1st: Guidry pitching. Burleson walks [1]. Remy strikes out [1]. Rice homers. Burleson and Rice score. Yastrzemski singles [1]. Fisk strikes out [1]. Lynn lines out (5).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 2

Top 2nd: Spencer grounds out (6-3). Nettles strikes out. Rivers flies out (7).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 2

Bottom 2nd: Bailey grounds out (1-3). Evans grounds out (5-3). Hobson strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 2

Top 3rd: Heath singles [1]. Patek hit by pitch [1,2]. Randolph lines out (3) [1,2]. Piniella grounds out,DP (6-4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 2

Bottom 3rd: Burleson flies out (9). Remy strikes out. Rice singles [1]. Yastrzemski grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 2

Top 4th: Jackson strikes out. Johnson hit by pitch [1]. Spencer flies out (8) [1]. Nettles homers. Johnson and Nettles score. Rivers singles [1]. Rivers steals 2b [2]. Heath singles, Rivers out at home (8-2).
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Bottom 4th: Fisk walks [1]. Lynn grounds out (3u) [2]. Bailey grounds out (4-3) [3]. Evans walks [1,3]. Hobson flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Top 5th: Patek singles [1]. Randolph pops out (4) [1]. Piniella grounds out,FC (1-6) [1]. Jackson strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Bottom 5th: Burleson grounds out (6-3). Remy flies out (7). Rice grounds out (5-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Top 6th: Johnson strikes out. Spencer grounds out (5-3). Nettles grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Bottom 6th: Yastrzemski flies out (8). Fisk walks [1]. Lynn grounds out,DP (1-4-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Top 7th: Rivers flies out (7). Heath grounds out (5-3). Patek singles [1]. Randolph strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Bottom 7th: Bailey flies out (7). Evans walks [1]. Hobson flies out (7) [1]. Burleson grounds out (5-4).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Top 8th: Piniella grounds out (6-3). Jackson singles [1]. Johnson grounds out (5-3) [2]. Spencer flies out (8).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 2

Bottom 8th: Remy singles [1]. Rice grounds out (5-3) [2]. Yastrzemski singles [1]. Remy scores. Fisk triples [3]. Yastrzemski scores. Lynn intentionally walked [1,3]. Bailey strikes out [1,3]. Davis pitching. Lynn picked off 1b (1-3).
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 4

Top 9th: Nettles flies out (9). Rivers grounds out (3u). Heath flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 2, Boston 4

Code:

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
       New York       0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  -  2  8  0
       Boston         2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  x  -  4  6  0


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Randolph,2b      4  0  0  0  0  1  .279
Piniella,lf      4  0  1  0  0  0  .292
Jackson,rf       4  0  1  0  0  3  .309
Johnson,c        3  1  0  0  0  1  .247
Spencer,1b       4  0  0  0  0  0  .239
Nettles,3b       4  1  1  2  0  1  .283
Rivers,cf        4  0  1  0  0  0  .306
Heath,dh         4  0  2  0  0  0  .274
Patek,ss         2  0  2  0  0  0  .263
                33  2  8  2  0  6


HR: Nettles (22)
GIDP: Piniella
LOB: 7


BASERUNNING
Stolen Bases: Rivers (47)


FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Guidry-Randolph-Spencer)




                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Burleson,ss      3  1  0  0  1  0  .249
Remy,2b          4  1  1  0  0  2  .286
Rice,lf          4  1  2  2  0  0  .306
Yastrzemski,1b   4  1  2  1  0  0  .315
Fisk,c           2  0  1  1  2  1  .263
Lynn,cf          3  0  0  0  1  0  .281
Bailey,dh        4  0  0  0  0  1  .174
Evans,rf         1  0  0  0  2  0  .281
Hobson,3b        3  0  0  0  0  1  .232
                28  4  6  4  6  5


3B: Fisk (3)
HR: Rice (30)
GIDP: Lynn
LOB: 6


FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Burleson-Remy-Yastrzemski)





New York
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Guidry (L,20-9)  7.2  6  4  4  6  5  2.23
Davis            0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1.21



Boston
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Eckersley
 (W,15-8)        9.0  8  2  2  0  6  3.34



IBB: Lynn (by Guidry)
HBP: Patek (by Eckersley), Johnson (by Eckersley)
Time: 2:34
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 12 mph
Attendance: 33,760

**doncoryell** · 08-23-2009, 12:50 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings as of September 9, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (14)      83  59  .585  --     St.Louis (20)      85  58  .594  --
Boston             75  66  .532   7.5   Philadelphia (20)  85  58  .594  --
Milwaukee          75  67  .528   8     Montreal           70  74  .486  15.5
Cleveland          71  72  .497  12.5   New York           69  74  .483  16
Detroit            70  71  .496  12.5   Pittsburgh         67  76  .469  18
Baltimore          65  78  .455  18.5   Chicago            64  78  .451  20.5
Toronto            64  82  .438  21

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
California (20)    74  69  .517  --     Cincinnati (9)     84  58  .592  --
Kansas City        72  69  .511   1     Houston            71  70  .504  12.5
Texas              70  70  .500   2.5   Los Angeles        69  73  .486  15
Minnesota          71  72  .497   3     San Francisco      67  75  .472  17
Chicago            70  73  .490   4     San Diego          65  78  .455  19.5
Seattle            69  73  .486   4.5   Atlanta            59  83  .415  25
Oakland            67  75  .472   6.5


Boston 4, New York 2                    Pittsburgh 6, New York 3
Detroit 8, Cleveland 2                  Philadelphia 5, St.Louis 4
Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 4  12inn         Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 0
Chicago 6, Seattle 2                    San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 2
Texas 4, Oakland 0                      Montreal 8, Chicago 2
California 9-2, Kansas City 2-1         San Diego 11, Houston 6
Baltimore 7, Toronto 1

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**doncoryell** · 08-23-2009, 04:13 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Game #142: September 10, 1978 - vs New York

Top 1st: Sprowl pitching. Randolph flies out (8). Heath singles [1]. Jackson grounds out,FC (5-4) [1]. Johnson grounds out (6u).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 0

Bottom 1st: Gullett pitching. Burleson flies out (8). Remy walks [1]. Rice singles [1,2]. Yastrzemski singles [1,2]. Remy scores. Fisk grounds out,FC (2-6) [1,3]. Lynn grounds out (3-1).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 0, Boston 1

Top 2nd: Piniella grounds out (5-3). Rivers grounds out (4-3). Kusick homers. Kusick scores. Patek grounds out (3-1).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 1, Boston 1

Bottom 2nd: Bailey grounds out (6-3). Evans strikes out. Hobson strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 1, Boston 1

Top 3rd: Dent doubles [2]. Randolph singles [1,3]. Randolph steals 2b [2,3]. Heath singles [1,3]. Dent scores. Jackson homers. Randolph, Heath and Jackson score. Stanley pitching. Johnson grounds out (1-3). Piniella grounds out (3u). Rivers singles [1]. Kusick grounds out (6-3).
4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 1

Bottom 3rd: Burleson strikes out. Remy grounds out (1-3). Rice flies out (7).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 1

Top 4th: Patek grounds out (4-3). Dent grounds out (6-3). Randolph walks [1]. Randolph steals 2b [2]. Heath hit by pitch [1,2]. Jackson homers. Randolph, Heath and Jackson score. Johnson singles [1]. Piniella flies out (9).
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 8, Boston 1

Bottom 4th: Yastrzemski singles [1]. Fisk strikes out [1]. Lynn flies out (7) [1]. Bailey pops out (4).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 8, Boston 1

Top 5th: Rivers flies out (7). Kusick grounds out (6-3). Patek strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 8, Boston 1

Bottom 5th: Evans flies out (9). Hobson singles [1]. Burleson flies out (8) [1]. Remy flies out (7).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 8, Boston 1

Top 6th: Dent grounds out (5-3). Randolph singles [1]. Holtzman pitching. Heath grounds out,DP (4-6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 8, Boston 1

Bottom 6th: Rice pops out (4). Yastrzemski lines out (3). Fisk fouls out (3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 8, Boston 1

Top 7th: Jackson strikes out. Johnson homers. Johnson scores. Piniella fouls out (3). Rivers singles [1]. Rivers steals 2b [2]. Kusick grounds out (6-3).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 9, Boston 1

Bottom 7th: Lynn singles [1]. Bailey strikes out [1]. Evans fouls out (3) [1]. Hobson walks [1,2]. Burleson singles [1,2]. Lynn scores. Remy grounds out (3u).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 9, Boston 2

Top 8th: Patek fouls out (2). Dent grounds out (4-3). Randolph singles [1]. Randolph steals 2b [2]. Heath grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 9, Boston 2

Bottom 8th: Rice doubles [2]. Yastrzemski grounds out (3-1) [3]. Fisk grounds out (4-3). Rice scores. Lynn strikes out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 9, Boston 3

Top 9th: Jackson walks [1]. Johnson homers. Jackson and Johnson score. Piniella lines out (1). Rivers grounds out (3u). Kusick walks [1]. Drago pitching. Alston running for Kusick. Alston caught stealing (2-4).
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 11, Boston 3

Bottom 9th: Spencer replaces Alston at 1B. Kendall batting for Bailey. Kendall fouls out (3). Evans singles [1]. Hobson flies out (7) [1]. Burleson grounds out (3-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 11, Boston 3

Code:

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
       New York       0  1  4  3  0  0  1  0  2  - 11 14  0
       Boston         1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  -  3  8  0


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Randolph,2b      4  2  3  0  1  0  .283
Heath,3b         4  2  2  1  0  0  .282
Jackson,rf       4  3  2  6  1  1  .310
Johnson,c        5  2  3  3  0  0  .251
Piniella,lf      5  0  0  0  0  0  .290
Rivers,cf        5  0  2  0  0  0  .307
Kusick,1b        4  1  1  1  1  0  .231
a-Alston,pr      0  0  0  0  0  0  .160
b-Spencer,1b     0  0  0  0  0  0  .239
Patek,dh         4  0  0  0  0  1  .261
Dent,ss          4  1  1  0  0  0  .263
                39 11 14 11  3  2

a-ran for Kusick in 9th
b-substituted for Alston in 9th


2B: Dent (13)
HR: Johnson 2 (30), Jackson 2 (33),
Kusick (6)
GIDP: Heath
LOB: 6


BASERUNNING
Stolen Bases: Rivers (48), Randolph 4 (83)
Caught Stealing: Alston (2)




                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Burleson,ss      5  0  1  1  0  1  .248
Remy,2b          3  1  0  0  1  0  .285
Rice,lf          4  1  2  0  0  0  .308
Yastrzemski,1b   4  0  2  1  0  0  .316
Fisk,c           4  0  0  1  0  1  .261
Lynn,cf          4  1  1  0  0  1  .281
Bailey,dh        3  0  0  0  0  1  .168
a-Kendall,ph     1  0  0  0  0  0  .300
Evans,rf         4  0  1  0  0  1  .280
Hobson,3b        3  0  1  0  1  1  .233
                35  3  8  3  2  6

a-batted for Bailey in 9th


2B: Rice (32)
LOB: 7


FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Remy-Burleson-Yastrzemski)





New York
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Gullett (W,14-12)9.0  8  3  3  2  6  4.38



Boston
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Sprowl (L,0-2)   2.0  6  5  5  0  0 23.15
Stanley          3.1  4  3  3  1  1  3.41
Holtzman         3.1  4  3  3  2  1  3.92
Drago            0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1.97

Sprowl pitched to four batters in 3rd



HBP: Heath (by Stanley)
Time: 3:01
Weather: Partly Cloudy (66 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Attendance: 34,433

**doncoryell** · 08-23-2009, 04:19 AM

Re: The 1978 Boston Red Sox & Beyond

Standings and Leaders as of September 10, 1978

Code:

American League                         National League

Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Eastern Division    W   L   PCT  GB
New York (12)      84  59  .587  --     Philadelphia (18)  86  58  .597  --
Boston             75  67  .528   8.5   St.Louis           85  59  .590   1
Milwaukee          75  68  .524   9     Montreal           71  74  .490  15.5
Detroit            71  71  .500  12.5   New York           69  75  .479  17
Cleveland          71  73  .493  13.5   Pittsburgh         68  76  .472  18
Baltimore          65  78  .455  19     Chicago            64  79  .448  21.5
Toronto            64  82  .438  21.5

Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB     Western Division    W   L   PCT  GB
California (18)    75  69  .521  --     Cincinnati (9)     84  59  .587  --
Kansas City        72  70  .507   2     Houston            72  70  .507  11.5
Minnesota          72  72  .500   3     Los Angeles        69  74  .483  15
Texas              71  71  .500   3     San Francisco      68  75  .476  16
Chicago            71  73  .493   4     San Diego          65  79  .451  19.5
Seattle            69  74  .483   5.5   Atlanta            60  83  .420  24
Oakland            68  76  .472   7


New York 11, Boston 3                   Atlanta 6, Los Angeles 3
Texas 4-2, Oakland 2-4                  Philadelphia 3, St.Louis 2  11inn
Detroit 7, Cleveland 3                  Montreal 3, Chicago 2
Chicago 8, Seattle 4                    San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 1
Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 2                Houston 5, San Diego 1
California 3, Kansas City 1             Pittsburgh 4, New York 3
only games scheduled


Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Carew,MIN          .374               D.Parker,PIT         .355
L.Bostock,CAL        .346               G.Templeton,STL      .354
L.Roberts,SEA        .321               T.Puhl,HOU           .337
L.Johnson,CHI        .320               T.Simmons,STL        .336
B.Bochte,SEA         .320               R.Knight,SD          .336
A.Griffin,CLE        .318               P.Rose,CIN           .335
C.Yastrzemski,BOS    .316               J.Cruz,HOU           .325

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
B.Bonds,CHI            35               W.Stargell,PIT         42
L.Hisle,MIL            35               M.Schmidt,PHI          36
R.Jackson,NY           33               O.Gamble,SD            35
C.Johnson,NY           30               B.Horner,ATL           32
J.Rice,BOS             30               D.Kingman,CHI          32
F.Lynn,BOS             29               J.Morrison,PHI         32
G.Roenicke,BAL         27               R.Smith,LA             32

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
R.Jackson,NY          101               C.Summers,CIN         115
D.Baylor,CAL           97               O.Gamble,SD           109
F.Lynn,BOS             96               W.Stargell,PIT        105
J.Rice,BOS             96               D.Kingman,CHI         100
D.Porter,KC            95               T.Simmons,STL         100
M.Ivie,TEX             94               M.Schmidt,PHI          99
J.Orta,CHI             93               J.Ferguson,HOU         96

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
G.Brett,KC            101               D.Parker,PIT          111
B.Bonds,CHI            94               M.Schmidt,PHI         110
J.Remy,BOS             94               J.Mumphrey,STL        103
B.Molinaro,CHI         93               K.Hernandez,STL       100
M.Page,OAK             93               O.Gamble,SD            98
B.Wills,TEX            93               R.Smith,LA             98
R.Jackson,NY           90               K.Griffey Sr,CIN       91

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
W.Randolph,NY          83               E.Miller,ATL           65
W.Wilson,KC            60               O.Moreno,PIT           53
J.Sexton,TOR           56               R.Scott,CHI            53
J.Cruz,SEA             51               J.Cruz,HOU             52
B.Wills,TEX            50               B.McBride,PHI          52
M.Rivers,NY            48               I.DeJesus,CHI          51
B.Molinaro,CHI         42               D.Lopes,LA             49

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
R.Guidry,NY          2.23               T.John,LA            2.70
M.Caldwell,MIL       2.50               G.Perry,SD           2.94
N.Ryan,CAL           2.77               B.Forsch,STL         3.22
M.Fidrych,DET        2.89               J.Richard,HOU        3.24
J.Matlack,TEX        3.10               T.Dixon,HOU          3.36
S.Renko,OAK          3.32               L.Christenson,PHI    3.38
D.Eckersley,BOS      3.34               B.Hooton,LA          3.45

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
R.Guidry,NY            20               J.Richard,HOU          19
N.Ryan,CAL             19               S.Rogers,MON           18
J.Bibby,NY             18               B.Blyleven,PIT         17
M.Caldwell,MIL         17               B.Forsch,STL           17
D.Eckersley,BOS        15               L.Christenson,PHI      15
F.Jenkins,TEX          15               T.Dixon,HOU            15
M.Fidrych,DET          14               K.Kobel,NY             15



Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Farmer,MIL           37               D.Tomlin,CIN           41
E.Sosa,OAK             37               S.Lockwood,NY          35
R.Hinton,CHI           35               G.Garber,PHI           34
J.Kern,CLE             35               G.Lavelle,SF           34
V.Cruz,TOR             34               B.Sutter,CHI           33
E.Romo,SEA             33               M.Littell,STL          32
R.Gossage,NY           32               D.Palmer,MON           32
                                         

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
N.Ryan,CAL            297               J.Richard,HOU         224
R.Guidry,NY           237               B.Blyleven,PIT        168
F.Tanana,CAL          178               S.Rogers,MON          161
D.Gullett,NY          177               S.Carlton,PHI         155
D.Leonard,KC          172               J.Montefusco,SF       151
K.Kravec,CHI          160               S.Sanderson,MON       148
J.Bibby,NY            152               T.Seaver,CIN          147

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