1978 American League Championship Series
Game 1 @ KCA: Red Sox 3, Royals 0 Game 2 @ KCA: Royals 5, Red Sox 3 Game 3 @ BOA: Red Sox 9, Royals 8 (11 innings) Game 4 @ BOA: Royals 6, Red Sox 5 Game 5 @ BOA: Red Sox 7, Royals 3 Go to Statistics BOXSCORE: 1978 Boston Red Sox At 1978 Kansas City Royals 10/3/1978 *** 1978 ALCS Game 1 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG D.Evans RF 5 2 2 0 .400 B.McBride LF 4 0 3 0 .750 R.Burleson SS 1 0 0 0 .000 L.Bowa SS 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Rice LF 3 0 1 1 .333 A.Otis CF 4 0 0 0 .000 A-W.Montanez 1B 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Bonds RF 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Baylor DH 3 1 2 2 .667 D.Porter C 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Fisk C 4 0 0 0 .000 G.Brett 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 C.Yastrzemski 1B,LF 3 0 0 0 .000 H.McRae DH 4 0 1 0 .250 B.Smith 2B 2 0 0 0 .000 C.Hurdle 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 F.Lynn CF 4 0 0 0 .000 F.White 2B 2 0 0 0 .000 F.Duffy 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 3 6 3 Totals 32 0 7 0 A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Rice In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 2 Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Red Sox (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Richard WIN(1-0) 9 7 0 0 3 10 0 142 0.00 A1 Totals 9 7 0 0 3 10 0 Royals (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Gura LOSS(0-1) 7 2/3 6 3 3 3 2 1 125 3.52 A1 D7 S.Mingori 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 D8 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 49,316 DATE- Tuesday, October 3rd 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:04 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Royals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Royals: 0 ERRORS- C.Fisk, C.Yastrzemski DOUBLES- D.Evans(1st), J.Rice(1st), B.McBride(1st), G.Brett(1st) HOME RUNS- D.Baylor(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- B.McBride SACRIFICE HITS- R.Burleson-3, B.Smith WALKS- J.Rice, C.Yastrzemski, B.Smith, D.Porter, G.Brett, F.White HIT BY PITCH- R.Burleson, D.Baylor STRIKE OUTS- D.Evans, J.Rice, F.Lynn, A.Otis-2, B.Bonds-2, D.Porter, G.Brett, H.McRae, C.Hurdle-2, F.White WILD PITCHES- J.Richard BOXSCORE: 1978 Boston Red Sox At 1978 Kansas City Royals 10/4/1978 *** 1978 ALCS Game 2 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG D.Baylor DH 4 0 1 0 .429 B.McBride LF 3 0 1 0 .571 J.Remy 2B 4 0 1 0 .250 F-W.Wilson LF 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Lynn CF 5 1 1 0 .111 L.Bowa SS 4 1 2 0 .375 J.Rice RF 3 1 1 0 .333 A.Otis CF 4 1 1 2 .125 C.Yastrzemski LF 3 0 1 0 .167 B.Bonds RF 4 1 1 0 .125 C.Fisk C 2 1 0 0 .000 D.Porter C 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Brohamer 3B 2 0 0 1 .000 A-M.Dilone PH 0 0 0 0 ---- C-B.Hobson PH 1 0 1 01.000 B-J.Wathan C 2 0 0 0 .000 D-F.Duffy 3B 0 0 0 0 .250 G.Brett 3B 4 2 2 1 .429 W.Montanez 1B 4 0 1 2 .250 H.McRae DH 4 0 2 0 .375 R.Burleson SS 4 0 1 0 .200 C.Hurdle 1B 3 0 1 0 .286 E-R.Jackson PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .000 F.White 2B 4 0 2 1 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 34 5 12 4 A-Pinch Hit For Porter In 4th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Dilone In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Brohamer In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Hobson In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Hurdle In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For McBride In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Royals.......... 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 5 12 1 Red Sox (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Eckersley LOSS(0-1) 7 11 5 5 1 4 1 122 6.43 A1 D5 T.Burgmeier 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D6 D7 B.Stanley 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 D8 Totals 8 12 5 5 1 4 1 Royals (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Gale WIN(1-0) 6 2/3 4 3 3 4 0 0 102 4.05 A1 D1 T.McGraw 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 ---- D2 D2 M.Lemongello HOLD(1st) 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 0.00 D3 E2 P.Hartzell SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 E3 Totals 9 8 3 3 4 0 0 ATTENDANCE- 45,182 DATE- Wednesday, October 4th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Royals: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Royals: 0 ERRORS- J.Remy, J.Wathan DOUBLES- C.Yastrzemski(1st), B.Bonds(1st) HOME RUNS- A.Otis(1st) STOLEN BASES- R.Burleson(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Remy SACRIFICE HITS- C.Fisk, M.Dilone SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Brohamer WALKS- D.Baylor, J.Remy, C.Yastrzemski, C.Fisk, B.McBride HIT BY PITCH- J.Rice STRIKE OUTS- B.McBride, B.Bonds-2, F.White GIDP- B.Bonds BOXSCORE: 1978 Kansas City Royals At 1978 Boston Red Sox 10/6/1978 *** 1978 ALCS Game 3 *** Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG B.McBride LF 6 1 4 0 .615 D.Evans RF 6 1 2 0 .364 L.Bowa SS 6 0 1 1 .286 R.Burleson SS 6 0 1 0 .182 A.Otis CF 6 2 2 2 .214 J.Rice LF 5 1 2 1 .364 B.Bonds RF 6 1 2 0 .214 D.Baylor DH 5 3 5 3 .667 D.Porter C 5 1 2 1 .222 C.Fisk C 5 1 0 0 .000 D-M.Dilone PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Yastrzemski 1B 5 2 3 5 .364 G.Brett 3B 5 2 3 2 .500 D.Johnson 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 E-R.Jackson PH 0 0 0 0 .000 A-J.Remy PR,2B 1 0 0 0 .200 F-J.Wathan C 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Lynn CF 5 0 1 0 .143 A.Cowens DH 6 1 2 0 .333 F.Duffy 3B 4 1 2 0 .375 C.Hurdle 1B 3 0 0 0 .200 B-B.Montgomery PH 1 0 1 01.000 F.White 2B 5 0 1 2 .273 C-J.Brohamer 3B 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 49 8 17 8 Totals 46 9 17 9 A-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Duffy In 10th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Montgomery In 11th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Porter In 11th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Brett In 11th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Jackson In 11th Inning Royals.......... 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 8 17 0 Red Sox......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 - 9 17 2 Royals (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Splittorff 6 2/3 7 4 4 2 0 1 104 5.40 A1 D1 R.Eastwick HOLD(1st) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 9.00 D2 D5 T.McGraw BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 1 17 54.00 D6 D9 P.Hartzell BS(1st) 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 24 6.75 E1 E6 M.Fidrych 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 E7 E9 S.Mingori LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 15 3.86 F1 Totals 10 1/3 17 9 9 3 0 4 Red Sox (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Tiant 9 1/3 16 8 8 2 2 4 152 7.71 A1 E9 S.Renko 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0.00 F1 F5 T.Burgmeier 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 F6 F6 B.Stanley WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 F7 Totals 11 17 8 8 3 3 4 ATTENDANCE- 45,288 DATE- Friday, October 6th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 3:52 LEFT ON BASE- Royals:11 Red Sox: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 2 Red Sox: 1 ERRORS- C.Fisk, J.Remy DOUBLES- B.McBride-2(3rd), L.Bowa(1st), D.Baylor(1st), F.Duffy(1st) HOME RUNS- A.Otis-2(3rd), D.Porter(1st), G.Brett(1st), D.Baylor-2(3rd), C.Yastrzemski-2(2nd) STOLEN BASES- B.Bonds(1st), M.Dilone(1st) WALKS- R.Jackson, C.Hurdle-2, J.Rice, D.Baylor, D.Johnson STRIKE OUTS- A.Otis-2, F.White GIDP- A.Cowens, D.Evans, C.Fisk BOXSCORE: 1978 Kansas City Royals At 1978 Boston Red Sox 10/7/1978 *** 1978 ALCS Game 4 *** Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG B.McBride LF 4 0 1 0 .529 D.Evans RF 4 0 0 0 .267 L.Bowa SS 5 0 2 0 .316 R.Burleson SS 5 0 2 1 .250 A.Otis CF 4 1 1 1 .222 J.Rice LF 5 0 2 0 .375 B.Bonds RF 3 0 0 0 .176 D.Baylor DH 4 1 1 0 .563 D.Porter C 4 1 0 0 .154 C.Fisk C 4 1 1 0 .067 G.Brett 3B 5 1 2 3 .471 C.Yastrzemski 1B 4 1 1 0 .333 H.McRae DH 3 1 1 0 .364 D.Johnson 2B 3 1 3 3 .500 C.Hurdle 1B 4 1 2 1 .286 A-J.Remy PR,2B 1 0 0 0 .167 F.White 2B 3 1 1 0 .286 F.Lynn CF 3 0 0 0 .118 F.Duffy 3B 4 1 1 1 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 6 10 5 Totals 37 5 11 5 A-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 5th Inning Royals.......... 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 10 0 Red Sox......... 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 Royals (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Gura WIN(1-1) 8 11 5 5 3 4 0 126 4.60 A1 E2 S.Mingori SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 2.70 E3 Totals 9 11 5 5 4 4 0 Red Sox (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Richard LOSS(1-1) 9 10 6 5 5 8 1 165 2.50 A1 Totals 9 10 6 5 5 8 1 ATTENDANCE- 48,163 DATE- Saturday, October 7th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:56 LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 9 Red Sox:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- D.Johnson DOUBLES- L.Bowa(2nd), H.McRae(1st), C.Hurdle(1st), R.Burleson(1st), D.Johnson-2(2nd), F.Duffy(2nd) HOME RUNS- G.Brett(2nd) STOLEN BASES- B.McBride(1st), A.Otis(1st), D.Baylor(1st), J.Remy(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.McBride, B.Bonds, C.Fisk WALKS- A.Otis, B.Bonds, D.Porter, H.McRae, F.White, D.Evans, D.Baylor, C.Yastrzemski, F.Lynn STRIKE OUTS- A.Otis-2, B.Bonds-2, D.Porter-4, D.Evans, R.Burleson, C.Fisk-2 WILD PITCHES- J.Richard BOXSCORE: 1978 Kansas City Royals At 1978 Boston Red Sox 10/8/1978 *** 1978 ALCS Game 5 *** Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG B.McBride LF 4 1 1 2 .476 D.Baylor DH 4 2 1 1 .500 L.Bowa SS 4 0 1 0 .304 J.Remy 2B 5 1 1 0 .182 A.Otis CF 2 0 0 0 .200 F.Lynn CF 4 0 2 2 .190 B.Bonds RF 4 0 1 0 .190 J.Rice RF 4 0 0 0 .300 D.Porter C 3 0 1 0 .188 A-D.Evans RF 0 0 0 0 .267 B-C.Hurdle PH 1 0 1 0 .333 C.Yastrzemski LF 3 1 0 0 .278 C-W.Wilson PR 0 1 0 0 ---- C.Fisk C 3 1 1 0 .111 G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .429 J.Brohamer 3B 4 1 2 2 .333 H.McRae DH 4 0 0 1 .267 W.Montanez 1B 3 1 3 2 .571 R.Jackson 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Burleson SS 3 0 1 0 .263 F.White 2B 3 1 1 0 .294 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 33 7 11 7 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Rice In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Porter In 9th Inning C-Pinch Ran For Hurdle In 9th Inning Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 7 1 Red Sox......... 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 - 7 11 0 Royals (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Leonard LOSS(0-1) 6 10 7 7 2 1 2 112 10.50 A1 D3 R.Eastwick 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 40 3.00 D4 Totals 8 11 7 7 3 1 2 Red Sox (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Eckersley WIN(1-1) 8 6 2 2 2 6 1 115 4.20 A1 D4 P.Lindblad 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 27.00 D5 D6 D.Drago 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 D7 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 49,838 DATE- Sunday, October 8th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:33 LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 5 Red Sox: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- F.White DOUBLES- F.White(1st), F.Lynn(1st), J.Brohamer-2(2nd), W.Montanez(1st) HOME RUNS- B.McBride(1st), D.Baylor(4th), W.Montanez(1st) STOLEN BASES- W.Wilson(1st), J.Remy(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Bonds SACRIFICE HITS- R.Burleson WALKS- A.Otis-2, D.Baylor, C.Yastrzemski, W.Montanez HIT BY PITCH- C.Fisk STRIKE OUTS- B.McBride, A.Otis-2, B.Bonds-2, H.McRae, J.Rice WILD PITCHES- D.Leonard
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Fred Lynn 5 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 .190 .227 .238 0 Don Baylor 5 20 7 10 1 0 4 6 4 0 .500 .600 1.150 1 Jim Rice 5 20 2 6 1 0 0 2 2 2 .300 .391 .350 0 Rick Burleson 5 19 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 .263 .300 .316 1 Carlton Fisk 5 18 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 0 Carl Yastrzemski 5 18 4 5 1 0 2 5 4 0 .278 .409 .667 0 Dwight Evans 4 15 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .267 .312 .333 0 Frank Duffy 4 12 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .500 0 Jerry Remy 4 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 2 Willie Montanez 3 7 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 0 .571 .625 1.143 0 Jack Brohamer 3 6 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .333 .286 .667 0 Davey Johnson 2 6 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 .500 .571 .833 0 Billy Smith 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 0 Butch Hobson 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 Bob Montgomery 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Bob Stanley 2 0.00 1-0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 J.R. Richard 2 2.50 1-1 0 2 18.0 17 5 8 18 Dennis Eckersley 2 4.20 1-1 0 2 15.0 17 7 3 10 Luis Tiant 1 7.71 0-0 0 1 9.1 16 8 2 2 Steve Renko 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 Dick Drago 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 .2 0 0 0 0 Paul Lindblad 1 27.00 0-0 0 0 .1 1 1 0 0 Tom Burgmeier 2 0.00 0-0 0 0 .1 1 0 1 0
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Larry Bowa 5 23 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 .304 .304 .391 0 Bobby Bonds 5 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 8 .190 .227 .238 1 Bake McBride 5 21 2 10 3 0 1 2 1 2 .476 .500 .762 1 George Brett 5 21 5 9 1 0 2 6 1 1 .429 .455 .762 0 Amos Otis 5 20 4 4 0 0 3 5 3 8 .200 .304 .650 1 Frank White 5 17 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 3 .294 .368 .353 0 Darrell Porter 5 16 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 5 .188 .278 .375 0 Clint Hurdle 5 15 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 .333 .412 .400 0 Hal McRae 4 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .267 .312 .333 0 Ron Jackson 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 0 John Wathan 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Miguel Dilone 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1 Willie Wilson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1 Al Cowens 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Rich Gale 1 4.05 1-0 0 1 6.2 4 3 4 0 Larry Gura 2 4.60 1-1 0 2 15.2 17 8 6 6 Paul Splittorff 1 5.40 0-0 0 1 6.2 7 4 2 0 Rawly Eastwick 2 3.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 Mark Lemongello 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 Paul Hartzell 2 6.75 0-0 1 0 1.1 4 1 0 0 Mark Fidrych 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 .1 2 0 0 0 Tug McGraw 2 54.00 0-0 0 0 .1 3 2 1 0 Dennis Leonard 1 10.50 0-1 0 1 6.0 10 7 2 1 Steve Mingori 3 2.70 0-1 1 0 3.1 1 1 1 1