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1978 World Series

Game 1 @ PIN: Red Sox 7, Pirates 2
Game 2 @ PIN: Red Sox 6, Pirates 0
Game 3 @ BOA: Red Sox 5, Pirates 4
Game 4 @ BOA: Red Sox 4, Pirates 3 (12 innings)

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BOXSCORE: 1978 Boston Red Sox At 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates           10/10/1978
*** 1978 World Series Game 1 ***

  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Remy 2B           4  1  1  1 .250     B.Beall LF          5  0  1  1 .200  
  R.Burleson SS       5  0  3  1 .600     O.Moreno CF         4  0  1  0 .250  
  J.Rice LF           4  1  2  1 .500     L.Bostock RF        3  0  1  0 .333  
  C.Fisk C            4  1  0  0 .000     W.Stargell 1B       4  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Yastrzemski 1B    4  1  3  3 .750     P.Garner 2B         3  0  1  0 .333  
  D.Evans RF          4  0  1  0 .250     E.Solomon P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  F.Lynn CF           5  0  0  0 .000   D-J.Alou PH           1  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Hobson 3B         3  0  1  0 .333     D.Laroche P         0  0  0  0 ----  
C-J.Brohamer 3B       0  0  0  0 ----     E.Ott C             4  1  1  1 .250  
  J.Richard P         2  2  2  01.000     B.Robinson 3B       3  0  0  0 .000  
B-D.Baylor PH         0  1  0  0 ----     F.Patek SS          3  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Drago P           0  0  0  0 ----     D.Robinson P        1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Burgmeier P       1  0  0  0 .000   A-A.Howe 2B           2  1  2  01.000  
  P.Lindblad P        0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  7 13  6                 Totals      33  2  7  2

A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Robinson In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Richard In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Hobson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Solomon In 8th Inning

Red Sox......... 1 0 1  0 1 0  1 0 3  -  7 13  0
Pirates......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  7  2

Red Sox (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Richard WIN(1-0)        6       3   1   1   3  10   1  83   1.50  A1 C6
D.Drago                   0 2/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  12  13.50  C7 D2
T.Burgmeier HOLD(1st)     0 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  12   0.00  D3 D4
P.Lindblad SAVE(1st)      1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  25   0.00  D5
Totals                    9       7   2   2   3  12   1

Pirates (0-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Robinson LOSS(0-1)      6       8   3   1   0   5   1  91   1.50  A1 C7
E.Solomon                 2       2   1   1   3   1   0  37   4.50  C8 D9
D.Laroche                 1       3   3   3   1   2   1  24  27.00  E1
Totals                    9      13   7   6   4   8   2

ATTENDANCE- 49,563 DATE- Tuesday, October 10th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9  Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Pirates: 2
ERRORS- E.Ott, B.Robinson
DOUBLES- J.Richard, A.Howe(1st)
TRIPLES- A.Howe(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Remy(1st), C.Yastrzemski(1st), E.Ott(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Remy, D.Evans, D.Robinson
WALKS- J.Rice, C.Fisk, C.Yastrzemski, B.Hobson, L.Bostock, B.Robinson, F.Patek
HIT BY PITCH- D.Baylor
STRIKE OUTS- J.Remy, R.Burleson, J.Rice, C.Fisk-2, D.Evans, B.Hobson, T.Burgmeier, B.Beall-2, O.Moreno-2, L.Bostock, W.Stargell-4, E.Ott,
             B.Robinson, D.Robinson
GIDP- C.Fisk
WILD PITCHES- E.Solomon
PASSED BALLS- E.Ott


BOXSCORE: 1978 Boston Red Sox At 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates 10/11/1978 *** 1978 World Series Game 2 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG J.Remy 2B 4 2 2 2 .375 B.Beall LF 4 0 1 0 .222 F.Lynn CF 5 0 2 1 .200 O.Moreno CF 3 0 0 0 .143 J.Rice RF 5 0 0 0 .222 L.Bostock RF 3 0 0 0 .167 C.Yastrzemski LF 5 1 2 2 .556 W.Stargell 1B 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Fisk C 2 1 0 0 .000 P.Garner 2B 3 0 0 0 .167 J.Brohamer 3B 5 0 1 1 .200 E.Ott C 3 0 0 0 .143 W.Montanez 1B 4 1 2 0 .500 B.Robinson 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Burleson SS 3 1 1 0 .500 F.Patek SS 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Eckersley P 2 0 1 0 .500 B.Blyleven P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Baylor PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Goodwin PH 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Lindblad P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Solomon P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-J.Alou PH 1 0 1 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 6 11 6 Totals 27 0 2 0 A-Pinch Hit For Blyleven In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Eckersley In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Solomon In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 11 1 Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Red Sox (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Eckersley WIN(1-0) 7 1 0 0 2 3 0 76 0.00 A1 C4 P.Lindblad 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.00 C5 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 Pirates (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Blyleven LOSS(0-1) 6 8 4 4 2 6 0 108 6.00 A1 C9 E.Solomon 3 3 2 2 3 0 0 66 5.40 D1 Totals 9 11 6 6 5 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 48,364 DATE- Wednesday, October 11th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:36 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Pirates: 2 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Pirates: 0 ERRORS- W.Montanez DOUBLES- J.Alou(1st) TRIPLES- F.Lynn(1st) STOLEN BASES- J.Remy(1st), F.Lynn(1st), W.Montanez(1st), R.Burleson(1st), O.Moreno(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Beall, B.Robinson SACRIFICE HITS- D.Eckersley WALKS- J.Remy, C.Fisk-3, R.Burleson, O.Moreno, F.Patek STRIKE OUTS- F.Lynn, J.Rice, C.Fisk-2, W.Montanez, D.Eckersley, W.Stargell, P.Garner, B.Robinson GIDP- D.Goodwin
BOXSCORE: 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1978 Boston Red Sox 10/13/1978 *** 1978 World Series Game 3 *** Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG B.Beall LF 4 0 1 1 .231 D.Evans RF 4 0 0 0 .125 O.Moreno CF 4 1 2 0 .273 R.Burleson SS 4 0 0 0 .333 L.Bostock RF 4 0 0 1 .100 J.Rice LF 4 1 2 1 .308 W.Stargell 1B 3 1 1 0 .100 C.Fisk C 3 2 2 0 .222 P.Garner 2B 3 1 1 2 .222 C.Yastrzemski 1B 4 0 0 0 .385 E.Ott C 4 0 1 0 .182 D.Johnson 2B 1 1 0 0 .000 B.Robinson 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 B-B.Smith 2B 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Patek SS 3 0 0 0 .000 F.Lynn CF 3 1 1 3 .231 E-A.Howe PH 1 0 0 0 .667 F.Duffy 3B 3 0 1 1 .333 J.Candelaria P 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Drago P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-D.Goodwin PH 1 0 1 0 .500 B.Stanley P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-F.Taveras PR 0 1 0 0 ---- L.Tiant P 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Solomon P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-J.Brohamer 3B 1 0 0 0 .167 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 30 5 6 5 A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Tiant In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Johnson In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Candelaria In 8th Inning D-Pinch Ran For Goodwin In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Patek In 9th Inning Pirates......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 4 7 0 Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 5 6 1 Pirates (0-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Candelaria 7 5 4 4 3 6 1 101 5.14 A1 D2 E.Solomon LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 6.00 D3 Totals 8 6 5 5 3 7 2 Red Sox (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Tiant 6 2/3 4 3 2 1 4 1 95 2.70 A1 C6 D.Drago HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 13.50 C7 C9 B.Stanley W(1-0) BS(1st) 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 24 0.00 D1 Totals 9 7 4 3 2 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 49,737 DATE- Friday, October 13th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4 Red Sox: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- C.Fisk DOUBLES- D.Goodwin(1st), J.Rice(1st), C.Fisk(1st) HOME RUNS- P.Garner(1st), J.Rice(1st), F.Lynn(1st) STOLEN BASES- O.Moreno(2nd), F.Taveras(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- P.Garner WALKS- W.Stargell, P.Garner, C.Fisk, D.Johnson-2 STRIKE OUTS- W.Stargell-2, P.Garner, B.Robinson, J.Candelaria, D.Evans-2, R.Burleson, J.Rice, C.Yastrzemski, B.Smith, F.Duffy PASSED BALLS- C.Fisk
BOXSCORE: 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1978 Boston Red Sox 10/14/1978 *** 1978 World Series Game 4 *** Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG B.Beall LF 6 1 2 0 .263 J.Remy 2B 5 2 3 0 .462 O.Moreno CF 3 0 0 0 .214 F.Lynn CF 4 1 0 0 .176 L.Bostock RF 6 1 2 1 .188 J.Rice RF 5 0 1 2 .278 W.Stargell 1B 5 0 0 0 .067 C.Yastrzemski LF 4 0 2 1 .412 P.Garner 2B,3B 5 0 1 1 .214 C.Fisk C 5 0 0 0 .143 B.Robinson 3B 4 0 1 0 .071 J.Brohamer 3B 4 0 0 0 .100 C-F.Taveras PR 0 1 0 0 ---- W.Montanez 1B 4 1 3 0 .625 D.Laroche P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-D.Evans PR 0 0 0 0 .125 G-K.Macha PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F-D.Johnson 1B 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Whitson P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Burleson SS 5 0 1 1 .294 E.Ott C 5 0 3 1 .313 S.Renko P 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Patek SS 5 0 1 0 .077 B-D.Baylor PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Kison P 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Drago P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Goodwin PH 1 0 0 0 .333 H-B.Hobson PH 1 0 0 0 .250 E.Solomon P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Stanley P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-A.Howe PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .400 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 44 3 10 3 Totals 41 4 10 4 A-Pinch Hit For Kison In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Renko In 6th Inning C-Pinch Ran For Robinson In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Solomon In 8th Inning E-Pinch Ran For Montanez In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Evans In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Laroche In 10th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Drago In 11th Inning Pirates......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1 Red Sox......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 1 Pirates (0-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Kison 5 4 1 1 4 1 0 90 1.80 A1 C4 E.Solomon BS(1st) 2 2 2 1 1 3 0 35 5.63 C5 D4 D.Laroche 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 9.00 D5 E2 E.Whitson LOSS(0-1) 2 2/3 3 1 1 0 3 0 42 3.37 E3 Totals 11 2/3 10 4 3 5 8 0 Red Sox (4-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Renko 6 8 2 2 1 4 0 113 3.00 A1 D1 D.Drago 5 2 1 1 1 2 0 62 4.26 D2 E9 B.Stanley WIN(2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 F1 Totals 12 10 3 3 2 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 48,083 DATE- Saturday, October 14th 1978 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:55 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9 Red Sox: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Red Sox: 0 ERRORS- L.Bostock, C.Fisk DOUBLES- B.Robinson(1st), J.Remy(1st) STOLEN BASES- O.Moreno(3rd), L.Bostock(1st), P.Garner(1st), F.Taveras(2nd), E.Ott(1st), J.Remy(2nd), W.Montanez(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- O.Moreno SACRIFICE HITS- O.Moreno, F.Lynn-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Rice WALKS- O.Moreno, B.Kison, J.Remy, C.Yastrzemski-2, J.Brohamer, S.Renko HIT BY PITCH- O.Moreno STRIKE OUTS- O.Moreno, W.Stargell-4, P.Garner, B.Kison, J.Remy, C.Yastrzemski, C.Fisk, D.Johnson, R.Burleson, D.Baylor, D.Drago, B.Hobson GIDP- C.Fisk
Boston Red Sox Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Jim Rice             4  18  2  5  1  0  1   4  1  3  .278  .300  .500  0
 Fred Lynn            4  17  2  3  0  1  1   4  0  1  .176  .176  .471  1
 Rick Burleson        4  17  1  5  0  0  0   2  1  3  .294  .333  .294  1
 Carl Yastrzemski     4  17  2  7  0  0  1   6  3  2  .412  .500  .588  0
 Carlton Fisk         4  14  4  2  1  0  0   0  5  5  .143  .368  .214  0
 Jack Brohamer        4  10  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  .100  .182  .100  0
 Jerry Remy           3  13  5  6  1  0  1   3  2  2  .462  .533  .769  2
 Dwight Evans         3   8  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .125  .125  .125  0
 Don Baylor           3   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .333  .000  0
 Willie Montanez      2   8  2  5  0  0  0   0  0  1  .625  .625  .625  2
 Butch Hobson         2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .250  .400  .250  0
 Davey Johnson        2   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  2  1  .000  .500  .000  0
 Frank Duffy          1   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0
 Billy Smith          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
                         
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 Bob Stanley          2  0.00   2-0   0  0   2.2   2   0   1   2
 Dennis Eckersley     1  0.00   1-0   0  1   7.0   1   0   2   3
 J.R. Richard         1  1.50   1-0   0  1   6.0   3   1   3  10
 Luis Tiant           1  2.70   0-0   0  1   6.2   4   2   1   4
 Dick Drago           3  4.26   0-0   0  0   6.1   6   3   1   2
 Steve Renko          1  3.00   0-0   0  1   6.0   8   2   1   4
 Paul Lindblad        2  0.00   0-0   1  0   3.2   2   0   0   0
 Tom Burgmeier        1  0.00   0-0   0  0    .2   0   0   0   2
                         
Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
                                       
 Player               G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB 
+-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 Bob Beall            4  19  1  5  0  0  0   2  0  2  .263  .263  .263  0
 Lyman Bostock        4  16  1  3  0  0  0   2  1  1  .188  .235  .188  1
 Ed Ott               4  16  1  5  0  0  1   2  0  1  .312  .312  .500  1
 Willie Stargell      4  15  1  1  0  0  0   0  1 11  .067  .125  .067  0
 Phil Garner          4  14  1  3  0  0  1   3  1  3  .214  .267  .429  1
 Omar Moreno          4  14  1  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  .214  .353  .214  3
 Bill Robinson        4  14  0  1  1  0  0   0  1  3  .071  .133  .143  0
 Freddie Patek        4  13  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  0  .077  .200  .077  0
 Art Howe             3   5  1  2  1  1  0   0  0  0  .400  .400 1.000  0
 Danny Goodwin        3   3  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .667  0
 Jesus Alou           2   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
 Frank Taveras        2   0  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  2
 Ken Macha            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 
 Pitcher              G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 John Candelaria      1  5.14   0-0   0  1   7.0   5   4   3   6
 Bruce Kison          1  1.80   0-0   0  1   5.0   4   1   4   1
 Dave LaRoche         2  9.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   4   3   1   3
 Eddie Solomon        4  5.62   0-1   0  0   8.0   8   5   7   5
 Bert Blyleven        1  6.00   0-1   0  1   6.0   8   4   2   6
 Don Robinson         1  1.50   0-1   0  1   6.0   8   1   0   5
 Ed Whitson           1  3.37   0-1   0  0   2.2   3   1   0   3
                         

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