Blue Jays @ Red Sox
August 30, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Blue Jays 1 5 1
Red Sox 2 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Blue Jays 1 5 1
Red Sox 2 8 0

Willie Horton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .266
OBP .000 .319
At Bats 3 334
Hits 0 89
• Singles 0 62
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 50

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
15 5 0
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Fenway Park - August 30, 1978
Out
Dennis Eckersley
Carlton Fisk
George Scott
Frank Duffy
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Garry Hancock
Willie Horton
Rick Bosetti

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Toronto Blue Jays 1 5 1 3
Boston Red Sox 2 8 0 9
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Don Kirkwood
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Butch Hobson
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 15 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Woods hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bailor is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hancock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Ashby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Frank Duffy now playing second base. Velez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McKay catches it and throws to first to double up Duffy.
Bottom 7 Frank Duffy pinch runs for Jack Brohamer. Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry juggles the ball. That's an error on Mayberry.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Eckersley, and towards Burleson, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Hobson reaches second base with a double. Hancock scores. Scott moves to third.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hancock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hancock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lynn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burleson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Burleson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scott scores.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti who is chasing the ball. Scott reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 There goes McKay. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.
Top 5 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Ashby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Velez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hancock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fisk moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice strikes out.
Top 4 Mayberry strikes out.
Top 4 Horton strikes out.
Top 4 Woods hits a popup towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brohamer hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burleson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hobson hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bailor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.
Top 3 McKay strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hancock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Fisk bunts in front of the plate. Ashby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski bunts towards the mound. Kirkwood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Velez strikes out.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Horton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brohamer hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Woods hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bailor hits a fly ball into right field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bosetti strikes out.