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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 8, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on July 8, 1978 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 8, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 8, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Eckersley |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Paxton |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Greg Kosc 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: George Maloney |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jerry Remy | Second Baseman |
Jack Brohamer | Third Baseman |
Jim Rice | DH |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Fred Lynn | Center Fielder |
George Scott | First Baseman |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Johnny Grubb | Left Fielder |
Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
Bernie Carbo | DH |
Jim Norris | Right Fielder |
Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
Larvell Blanks | Shortstop |
Bo Diaz | Catcher |
Jeff Torborg | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 8, 1978
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Paxton
Remy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Paxton
Brohamer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning who is chasing the ball. Brohamer reaches third base with a triple. Remy goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Paxton
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Paxton
Yastrzemski is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fisk vs. Paxton
Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Paxton
Lynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Paxton
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Eckersley
Manning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Eckersley
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Eckersley
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Eckersley
Thornton strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Paxton
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Paxton
Duffy is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Paxton
Remy hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Diaz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Eckersley
Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Eckersley
Norris hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Eckersley
Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Paxton
Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first, with Paxton covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Paxton
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Paxton
Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Paxton
Fisk strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Eckersley
Blanks strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Eckersley
Diaz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Eckersley
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Eckersley
Grubb takes first base on ball four. Manning moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Eckersley
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Paxton
Lynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Paxton
Scott is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Paxton
Evans bunts towards the mound. Paxton fields it and throws to first for the out. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Duffy vs. Paxton
Duffy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grubb throws the ball in to Bell who relays the ball to Kuiper who tags Duffy trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lynn scores. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Eckersley
Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Eckersley
Carbo strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Eckersley
Norris hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Remy vs. Hood
Don Hood now pitching.
Remy is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Hood
Brohamer hits a line drive into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hood
Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norris who is chasing the ball. Rice reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Hood
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Hood
Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynn vs. Hood
Lynn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Eckersley
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanks vs. Eckersley
Blanks bunts towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alexander vs. Eckersley
Gary Alexander pinch hits for Bo Diaz.
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Eckersley
Manning is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Hood
Gary Alexander now catching. Horace Speed now playing right field.
Scott is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hood
Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Speed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Hood
Duffy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Hood
Remy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Eckersley
Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Eckersley
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Eckersley
Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Hood
Brohamer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Hood
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brohamer moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. Hood
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fisk vs. Hood
Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. Fisk reaches second base with a double. Brohamer scores. Rice goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lynn vs. Hood
Lynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 9 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Hood
Scott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Speed. Scott reaches second base with a double. Fisk scores. Lynn goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Hood
Evans hits a popup towards short. Blanks catches it and throws to second to double up Scott. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Eckersley
Sam Bowen now playing center field. Bob Bailey now playing left field.
Carbo hits a fly ball into left field. Bailey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speed vs. Eckersley
Speed strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Eckersley
Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanks vs. Eckersley
Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Hood
Duffy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Remy vs. Hood
Remy hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Hood
Brohamer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Hood
Rice hits a line drive into right field. Speed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Eckersley
Alexander takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Eckersley
Manning hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Manning reaches second base with a double. Alexander moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grubb vs. Eckersley
Grubb hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Grubb reaches second base with a double. Alexander scores. Manning scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Eckersley
Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Eckersley
Thornton strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Eckersley
Carbo strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speed vs. Eckersley
Speed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brohamer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowen vs. Hood
Bowen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Hood
Fisk hits a popup towards short. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Hood
Bailey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. Bailey reaches second base with a double. Bowen moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Scott vs. Hood
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Bowen scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 12 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Hood
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 12 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Eckersley
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 12 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanks vs. Eckersley
Blanks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 12 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. Eckersley
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 12 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Manning vs. Eckersley
Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Bailey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuiper tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 12 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Eckersley
Grubb hits a popup towards third. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/8/1978, game 1 -- Boston at Cleveland (N) Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Remy J, 2b 4 1 0 0 Manning R, cf 4 1 2 1 Brohamer J, 3b 5 2 2 1 Grubb J, lf 4 1 1 2 Rice J, dh 5 2 2 0 Bell B, 3b 4 1 1 2 Yastrzemski C, lf 3 2 2 2 Thornton A, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bowen S, cf 0 1 0 0 Carbo B, dh 4 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 5 2 3 5 Norris J, rf 2 0 0 0 Lynn F, cf 2 2 1 0 Speed H, rf 2 0 0 0 Bailey B, lf 1 0 1 0 Kuiper D, 2b 4 1 3 0 Scott G, 1b 5 0 1 3 Blanks L, ss 4 0 1 0 Evans D, rf 4 0 0 0 Diaz B, c 1 0 1 0 Duffy F, ss 3 0 2 1 Alexander G, ph-c 2 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 12 14 12 35 5 9 5 Boston 401 110 401 -- 12 Cleveland 000 000 041 -- 5 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Eckersley D (W) 9.0 9 5 5 2 9 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Paxton M (L) 4.0 5 6 6 3 5 Hood D 5.0 9 6 6 3 5 DP -- Cleveland 2 LOB -- Boston 5, Cleveland 6 2B -- Fisk C, Scott G, Manning R, Grubb J, Bailey B 3B -- Brohamer J, Rice J HR -- Fisk C, Yastrzemski C, Bell B SH -- Evans D SF -- Manning R T -- 2:41 A -- 0
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