1978 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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1978 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
99-64, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 796 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-67
Managed by Don Zimmer

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,320,643 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   99-64 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    1.0
Days in First:                 108 (last on October 1, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          37 (last on August 30)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on April 10)

Biggest Lead:                 10.0 (last on July 8)
Farthest Behind Leader:        3.5 (last on September 16)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (June 9 to June 17)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (July 20 to July 24 and September 12 to September 16)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (September 7)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (June 10)

Longest Game:                   17 innings (August 2)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:         15

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        99  64     796     657    .607

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           59  23     445     334    .720
Road           40  41     351     323    .494

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          11   9     116      99    .550
May            23   7     146      95    .767
June           18   7     140      88    .720
July           13  15     122     124    .464
August         19  10     151     119    .655
September      14  15     112     127    .483
October         1   1       9       5    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     57  26     454     322    .687
Second Half    42  38     342     335    .525

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning    11   7      83      80    .611
Full Games     87  57     705     576    .604
Shortened       1   0       8       1   1.000

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        32  25     225     218    .561

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        29  11     276     171    .725

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL             8   7      55      47    .533
CAL             9   2      59      35    .818
CHW             7   3      56      31    .700
CLE             7   8      81      88    .467
DET            12   3      68      51    .800
KCR             4   6      26      40    .400
MIL            10   5      88      60    .667
MIN             9   2      55      37    .818
NYY             7   9      77      91    .438
OAK             5   5      53      47    .500
SEA             7   3      59      40    .700
TEX             3   7      42      46    .300
TOR            11   4      77      44    .733

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Fri, Apr  7 box BOS @CHW  L   5-6        0-1     3     1.0  2:54 L LaGrow     D Drago       50,754 -
  2 Sat, Apr  8 box BOS @CHW  L   5-6        0-2     6     2.0  2:36 P Torrealba  B Campbell    11,832 --
  3 Sun, Apr  9 box BOS @CHW  W   5-0        1-2     5     2.0  2:29 B Lee        W Wood        30,794 +
  4 Mon, Apr 10 box BOS @CLE  L   4-5        1-3     6     2.5  2:43 J Kern       R Cleveland    4,177 -
  5 Wed, Apr 12 box BOS @CLE  W   6-3        2-3     4     3.0  2:34 M Torrez     W Garland      6,234 +
  6 Fri, Apr 14 box BOS  TEX  W   5-4 (10)   3-3     3     2.0  3:11 D Drago      L Barker      34,747 ++
  7 Sat, Apr 15 box BOS  TEX  W  12-4        4-3     3     1.0  2:30 B Lee        D Ellis       18,624 +++
  8 Sun, Apr 16 box BOS  TEX  W   8-6        5-3     3     1.0  2:48 B Stanley    J Umbarger    22,168 ++++
  9 Mon, Apr 17 box BOS  MIL  W   9-2        6-3     2     1.0  2:45 M Torrez     R Stein       26,075 +++++
 10 Tue, Apr 18 box BOS  MIL  W   7-6        7-3     2     0.5  2:49 L Tiant      E Rodriguez   18,928 ++++++
 11 Thu, Apr 20 box BOS  MIL  W  10-4        8-3     1    Tied  2:35 B Lee        M Haas        16,238 +++++++
 12 Fri, Apr 21 box BOS  CLE  W   9-7        9-3     1  up 0.5  2:35 D Drago      J Kern        25,401 ++++++++
 13 Sat, Apr 22 box BOS  CLE  L   4-13       9-4     2     0.5  2:52 R Wise       A Ripley      36,005 -
 14 Sun, Apr 23 box BOS  CLE  W   6-3       10-4     2     0.5  2:53 B Campbell   D Kinney           0 +
 15             box BOS  CLE  L   7-10(11)  10-5     2     0.5  3:46 J Kern       B Stanley     36,246 -
 16 Tue, Apr 25 box BOS @MIL  W   4-3       11-5     2     1.0  2:17 B Lee        J Augustine    9,051 +
 17 Wed, Apr 26 box BOS @MIL  L   4-6       11-6     2     1.0  2:31 M Caldwell   M Torrez       8,724 -
 18 Fri, Apr 28 box BOS @TEX  L   4-5 (11)  11-7     2     2.0  3:12 R Cleveland  B Campbell    29,731 --
 19 Sat, Apr 29 box BOS @TEX  L   1-4       11-8     2     3.0  2:32 D Ellis      D Eckersley   34,101 ---
 20 Sun, Apr 30 box BOS @TEX  L   1-2       11-9     2     3.0  2:06 F Jenkins    B Campbell    22,554 ----
 21 Mon, May  1 box BOS  BAL  W   9-6       12-9     2     2.5  3:21 M Torrez     N Briles      18,710 +
 22 Tue, May  2 box BOS  BAL  L   1-3       12-10    3     3.5  2:43 D Martinez   A Ripley      19,930 -
 23 Wed, May  3 box BOS  MIN  W  11-9       13-10    3     3.5  3:36 T Burgmeier  D Johnson     16,403 +
 24 Thu, May  4 box BOS  MIN  W   8-1       14-10    2     3.0  2:19 D Eckersley  P Thormodsga  15,784 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May  6 box BOS  CHW  W   6-4 (10)  15-10    2     2.0  3:16 B Stanley    J Willoughby       0 +++
 26             box BOS  CHW  W   3-0       16-10    2     2.0  2:11 J Wright     F Barrios     32,238 ++++
 27 Sun, May  7 box BOS  CHW  W   5-0       17-10    2     2.0  2:00 M Torrez     P Torrealba   30,921 +++++
 28 Mon, May  8 box BOS  KCR  W   8-4       18-10    2     1.5  2:26 B Stanley    D Leonard     25,891 ++++++
 29 Tue, May  9 box BOS  KCR  W   4-3       19-10    2     0.5  2:09 D Eckersley  J Colborn     22,369 +++++++
 30 Wed, May 10 box BOS @BAL  L   2-3       19-11    2     1.0  2:21 M Flanagan   T Burgmeier   10,023 -
 31 Thu, May 11 box BOS @BAL  W   5-4       20-11    2     0.5  3:18 B Lee        D Martinez    14,950 +
 32 Sat, May 13 box BOS @MIN  W   4-2       21-11    1  up 1.0  2:42 M Torrez     G Zahn         7,914 ++
 33 Sun, May 14 box BOS @MIN  W   6-2       22-11    1  up 1.0  2:50 D Eckersley  P Thormodsga   7,008 +++
 34 Mon, May 15 box BOS @KCR  L   1-3       22-12    1    Tied  2:27 R Gale       A Ripley      34,166 -
 35 Tue, May 16 box BOS @KCR  W   3-2       23-12    1    Tied  2:10 B Lee        P Splittorff  23,474 +
 36 Fri, May 19 box BOS @DET  L   5-7       23-13    2     1.0  2:30 B Sykes      M Torrez      48,817 -
 37 Sat, May 20 box BOS @DET  W   6-5       24-13    1    Tied  2:53 B Campbell   S Foucault    30,856 +
 38 Sun, May 21 box BOS @DET  L   1-2       24-14    1    Tied  2:27 M Wilcox     B Lee              0 -
 39             box BOS @DET  W   9-3       25-14    1    Tied  2:53 L Tiant      D Rozema      52,368 +
 40 Mon, May 22 box BOS @TOR  W   5-4       26-14    1  up 0.5  2:32 A Ripley     J Clancy      25,054 ++
 41 Tue, May 23 box BOS @TOR  L   1-2 (12)  26-15    1  up 0.5  3:00 J Jefferson  B Campbell    14,578 -
 42 Wed, May 24 box BOS @TOR  W   8-2       27-15    1  up 1.0  2:15 M Torrez     D Lemanczyk   28,825 +
 43 Thu, May 25 box BOS @TOR  W   9-5       28-15    1  up 1.0  2:41 D Eckersley  T Underwood   17,197 ++
 44 Fri, May 26 box BOS  DET  W   6-3       29-15    1  up 1.0  2:21 B Lee        M Wilcox      33,431 +++
 45 Sat, May 27 box BOS  DET  W   1-0       30-15    1  up 2.0  2:31 L Tiant      J Morris      33,335 ++++
 46 Sun, May 28 box BOS  DET  W   4-3 (10)  31-15    1  up 2.0  2:45 B Stanley    J Hiller           0 +++++
 47             box BOS  DET  W   4-3       32-15    1  up 2.0  2:19 J Wright     J Slaton      34,672 ++++++
 48 Mon, May 29 box BOS  TOR  W   5-4       33-15    1  up 2.0  2:14 M Torrez     T Underwood   25,935 +++++++
 49 Tue, May 30 box BOS  TOR  W   4-0       34-15    1  up 3.0  2:17 D Eckersley  J Garvin      25,853 ++++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, May 31 box BOS  TOR  L   2-6       34-16    1  up 3.0  2:33 J Clancy     B Lee         27,945 -
 51 Fri, Jun  2 box BOS @CAL  W   6-1       35-16    1  up 3.5  2:39 L Tiant      N Ryan        31,324 +
 52 Sat, Jun  3 box BOS @CAL  W   5-4       36-16    1  up 4.5  2:17 M Torrez     P Hartzell    34,228 ++
 53 Sun, Jun  4 box BOS @CAL  L   2-4       36-17    1  up 4.5  2:38 F Tanana     D Eckersley   29,911 -
 54 Mon, Jun  5 box BOS @OAK  L   7-9       36-18    1  up 4.5  2:56 P Broberg    A Ripley      36,463 --
 55 Tue, Jun  6 box BOS @OAK  L   1-7       36-19    1  up 4.5  2:28 S Renko      B Lee          7,914 ---
 56 Fri, Jun  9 box BOS @SEA  W   3-2       37-19    1  up 4.0  2:39 L Tiant      P Mitchell    11,677 +
 57 Sat, Jun 10 box BOS @SEA  W  13-1       38-19    1  up 5.0  2:34 M Torrez     D Pole        15,910 ++
 58 Sun, Jun 11 box BOS @SEA  W   5-3       39-19    1  up 6.0  2:23 D Eckersley  B McLaughlin  18,626 +++
 59 Mon, Jun 12 box BOS  CAL  W  10-9       40-19    1  up 6.0  3:15 B Campbell   D LaRoche     31,652 ++++
 60 Tue, Jun 13 box BOS  CAL  W   5-0       41-19    1  up 6.0  2:12 J Wright     C Knapp       26,539 +++++
 61 Wed, Jun 14 box BOS  OAK  W   9-0       42-19    1  up 6.0  2:10 L Tiant      P Broberg     29,690 ++++++
 62 Thu, Jun 15 box BOS  OAK  W   7-3       43-19    1  up 6.0  2:55 M Torrez     B Lacey       32,281 +++++++
 63 Fri, Jun 16 box BOS  SEA  W   6-3       44-19    1  up 7.0  2:41 B Campbell   D Pole        31,519 ++++++++
 64 Sat, Jun 17 box BOS  SEA  W   5-4       45-19    1  up 7.0  2:13 B Stanley    J Montague    32,551 +++++++++
 65 Sun, Jun 18 box BOS  SEA  L   2-3       45-20    1  up 6.5  2:46 G Abbott     J Wright      28,961 -
 66 Mon, Jun 19 box BOS  NYY  W  10-4       46-20    1  up 7.0  2:48 T Burgmeier  R Gossage     33,163 +
 67 Tue, Jun 20 box BOS  NYY  L   4-10      46-21    1  up 6.0  3:13 D Gullett    M Torrez      32,643 -
 68 Wed, Jun 21 box BOS  NYY  W   9-2       47-21    1  up 7.0  2:38 D Eckersley  J Beattie     32,459 +
 69 Fri, Jun 23 box BOS  BAL  W   5-2       48-21    1  up 7.5  2:19 B Lee        J Palmer      34,582 ++
 70 Sat, Jun 24 box BOS  BAL  W   8-3       49-21    1  up 8.5  2:42 L Tiant      S McGregor    32,213 +++
 71 Sun, Jun 25 box BOS  BAL  W   4-1       50-21    1  up 8.5  2:48 M Torrez     D Martinez    33,526 ++++
 72 Mon, Jun 26 box BOS @NYY  W   4-1       51-21    1  up 9.5  3:01 D Eckersley  A Messersmit  52,124 +++++
 73 Tue, Jun 27 box BOS @NYY  L   4-6 (14)  51-22    1  up 8.5  4:08 S Lyle       D Drago       55,132 -
 74 Thu, Jun 29 box BOS @BAL  W   4-3       52-22    1  up 9.0  2:57 A Ripley     D Martinez    28,899 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jun 30 box BOS @BAL  L   2-3 (11)  52-23    1  up 8.0  3:01 D Stanhouse  L Tiant       33,034 -
 76 Sat, Jul  1 box BOS @BAL  L   2-3 (11)  52-24    1  up 7.0  3:24 N Briles     M Torrez      38,542 --
 77 Mon, Jul  3 box BOS  NYY  W   9-5       53-24    1  up 8.5  2:54 D Eckersley  E Figueroa    34,722 +
 78 Wed, Jul  5 box BOS @CHW  W   9-2       54-24    1  up10.0  2:36 B Lee        S Stone       26,434 ++
 79 Thu, Jul  6 box BOS @CHW  W   7-6 (10)  55-24    1  up10.0  3:15 B Campbell   J Willoughby  29,330 +++
 80 Fri, Jul  7 box BOS @CLE  L   9-10      55-25    1  up 9.5  3:28 D Spillner   B Campbell    19,543 -
 81 Sat, Jul  8 box BOS @CLE  W  12-5       56-25    1  up10.0  2:41 D Eckersley  M Paxton           0 +
 82             box BOS @CLE  W   3-2       57-25    1  up10.0  2:20 J Wright     D Clyde       41,859 ++
 83 Sun, Jul  9 box BOS @CLE  L   1-7       57-26    1  up 9.0  2:35 R Wise       A Ripley      41,394 -
 84 Thu, Jul 13 box BOS  TEX  L   7-12      57-27    1  up 8.0  2:49 D Ellis      L Tiant       33,995 --
 85 Fri, Jul 14 box BOS  TEX  L   3-4       57-28    1  up 8.0  2:45 F Jenkins    M Torrez      32,899 ---
 86 Sat, Jul 15 box BOS  MIN  W   5-4       58-28    1  up 8.0  2:49 B Lee        D Jackson     32,861 +
 87 Sun, Jul 16 box BOS  MIN  W   5-3       59-28    1  up 8.5  2:59 D Eckersley  R Harrison         0 ++
 88             box BOS  MIN  W   3-2       60-28    1  up 8.5  2:22 J Wright     R Erickson    35,589 +++
 89 Mon, Jul 17 box BOS  MIN  W   3-2 (10)  61-28    1  up 8.5  3:17 B Campbell   M Marshall    33,233 ++++
 90 Wed, Jul 19 box BOS @MIL  W   8-2       62-28    1  up 9.0  2:25 M Torrez     L Sorensen    45,332 +++++
 91 Thu, Jul 20 box BOS @MIL  L   6-8       62-29    1  up 8.0  2:45 E Rodriguez  B Lee         35,044 -
 92 Fri, Jul 21 box BOS @KCR  L   0-9       62-30    1  up 7.0  2:18 P Splittorff D Eckersley   39,841 --
 93 Sat, Jul 22 box BOS @KCR  L   5-6 (10)  62-31    1  up 6.0  3:08 A Hrabosky   D Drago       37,538 ---
 94 Sun, Jul 23 box BOS @KCR  L   3-7       62-32    1  up 5.0  2:30 M Pattin     J Wright      39,425 ----
 95 Mon, Jul 24 box BOS @MIN  L   4-5       62-33    1  up 5.5  2:36 D Jackson    D Drago            0 -----
 96             box BOS @MIN  W   4-2       63-33    1  up 5.5  3:01 A Hassler    G Zahn        21,580 +
 97 Tue, Jul 25 box BOS @MIN  L   2-5       63-34    1  up 5.5  2:52 R Erickson   B Lee         18,608 -
 98 Wed, Jul 26 box BOS @TEX  L   0-2       63-35    1  up 5.5  2:27 D Medich     D Eckersley   21,671 --
 99 Thu, Jul 27 box BOS @TEX  L   1-3       63-36    1  up 4.5  2:06 J Matlack    L Tiant       29,684 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Jul 28 box BOS  KCR  L   0-4       63-37    1  up 4.5  2:29 R Gale       M Torrez      35,348 ----
101 Sat, Jul 29 box BOS  KCR  W   1-0       64-37    1  up 5.5  2:21 J Wright     D Leonard     35,098 +
102 Sun, Jul 30 box BOS  KCR  L   1-2       64-38    1  up 4.5  2:31 P Splittorff B Lee         34,626 -
103 Mon, Jul 31 box BOS  CHW  W   9-2       65-38    1  up 5.5  2:56 D Eckersley  K Kravec      28,858 +
104 Tue, Aug  1 box BOS  CHW  L   2-5       65-39    1  up 5.0  2:22 M Proly      L Tiant       30,020 -
105 Wed, Aug  2 box BOS @NYY  W   7-5 (17)  66-39    1  up 5.0  5:00 B Stanley    K Clay        52,701 +
106 Thu, Aug  3 box BOS @NYY  W   8-1  (7)  67-39    1  up 6.0  2:15 M Torrez     J Beattie     53,379 ++
107 Fri, Aug  4 box BOS @MIL  L   2-6       67-40    1  up 5.0  2:10 L Sorensen   B Lee         52,562 -
108 Sat, Aug  5 box BOS @MIL  W   8-1       68-40    1  up 6.0  2:31 D Eckersley  E Rodriguez   52,968 +
109 Sun, Aug  6 box BOS @MIL  W   4-0       69-40    1  up 7.0  2:30 L Tiant      B Travers     48,444 ++
110 Tue, Aug  8 box BOS  CLE  W   9-7       70-40    1  up 8.0  2:46 B Stanley    D Freisleben  34,485 +++
111 Wed, Aug  9 box BOS  CLE  L   1-5       70-41    1  up 7.5  2:38 R Wise       B Lee         33,285 -
112 Thu, Aug 10 box BOS  CLE  W   6-5 (13)  71-41    1  up 7.5  4:38 B Stanley    D Spillner    33,541 +
113 Fri, Aug 11 box BOS  MIL  L   5-10      71-42    1  up 6.5  3:29 E Rodriguez  L Tiant       35,142 -
114 Sat, Aug 12 box BOS  MIL  W   3-1       72-42    1  up 8.0  2:14 J Wright     B Travers     33,092 +
115             box BOS  MIL  W  11-4       73-42    1  up 8.0  2:25 B Stanley    M Caldwell    27,030 ++
116 Sun, Aug 13 box BOS  MIL  W   4-3 (10)  74-42    1  up 9.0  3:18 M Torrez     B Castro      34,460 +++
117 Mon, Aug 14 box BOS  MIL  L   3-4       74-43    1  up 8.0  2:41 L Sorensen   B Lee         33,766 -
118 Tue, Aug 15 box BOS @CAL  L   2-5       74-44    1  up 7.0  2:23 F Tanana     D Eckersley   41,144 --
119 Wed, Aug 16 box BOS @CAL  W   4-2       75-44    1  up 7.0  3:06 L Tiant      N Ryan        37,535 +
120 Thu, Aug 17 box BOS @CAL  W   8-6       76-44    1  up 7.5  3:28 B Stanley    T Griffin     30,486 ++
121 Fri, Aug 18 box BOS @OAK  W   6-3       77-44    1  up 7.5  2:44 M Torrez     S Renko       12,730 +++
122 Sat, Aug 19 box BOS @OAK  L   4-8       77-45    1  up 7.5  2:41 J Johnson    B Lee         11,806 -
123 Sun, Aug 20 box BOS @OAK  W   4-2       78-45    1  up 8.5  2:32 D Eckersley  M Keough      13,411 +
124 Tue, Aug 22 box BOS @SEA  L   2-5       78-46    1  up 7.0  2:06 G Abbott     L Tiant       21,486 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Aug 23 box BOS @SEA  L   3-5       78-47    1  up 6.0  2:22 B McLaughlin M Torrez      22,718 --
126 Fri, Aug 25 box BOS  CAL  W   6-0       79-47    1  up 7.5  2:28 D Eckersley  D Aase        33,583 +
127 Sat, Aug 26 box BOS  CAL  W   7-1       80-47    1  up 7.5  2:18 J Wright     P Hartzell    33,531 ++
128 Sun, Aug 27 box BOS  CAL  W   4-3 (12)  81-47    1  up 7.5  4:14 B Stanley    D Miller      34,216 +++
129 Mon, Aug 28 box BOS  SEA  W  10-9       82-47    1  up 7.5  3:01 B Stanley    E Romo        24,301 ++++
130 Tue, Aug 29 box BOS  SEA  W  10-5       83-47    1  up 7.5  2:36 D Drago      B McLaughlin  32,393 +++++
131 Wed, Aug 30 box BOS  TOR  W   2-1       84-47    1  up 7.0  2:15 D Eckersley  D Kirkwood         0 ++++++
132             box BOS  TOR  L   6-7       84-48    1  up 7.0  3:07 V Cruz       B Stanley     32,825 -
133 Fri, Sep  1 box BOS  OAK  L   1-5       84-49    1  up 6.5  2:59 M Keough     L Tiant       30,156 --
134 Sat, Sep  2 box BOS  OAK  L   3-4       84-50    1  up 5.5  2:36 R Langford   M Torrez      33,051 ---
135 Sun, Sep  3 box BOS  OAK  W  11-6       85-50    1  up 5.5  3:01 B Stanley    P Broberg     29,029 +
136 Mon, Sep  4 box BOS @BAL  L   3-5       85-51    1  up 5.0  2:37 S McGregor   D Eckersley          -
137 Tue, Sep  5 box BOS @BAL  L   1-4       85-52    1  up 4.0  2:58 J Palmer     B Sprowl      15,644 --
138 Wed, Sep  6 box BOS @BAL  W   2-0       86-52    1  up 4.0  2:20 L Tiant      D Martinez    11,251 +
139 Thu, Sep  7 box BOS  NYY  L   3-15      86-53    1  up 3.0  3:09 K Clay       M Torrez      34,119 -
140 Fri, Sep  8 box BOS  NYY  L   2-13      86-54    1  up 2.0  2:55 J Beattie    J Wright      33,134 --
141 Sat, Sep  9 box BOS  NYY  L   0-7       86-55    1  up 1.0  2:26 R Guidry     D Eckersley   33,611 ---
142 Sun, Sep 10 box BOS  NYY  L   4-7       86-56    1    Tied  2:57 E Figueroa   B Sprowl      32,786 ----
143 Mon, Sep 11 box BOS  BAL  W   5-4       87-56    1  up 0.5  2:44 B Stanley    J Kerrigan    28,575 +
144 Tue, Sep 12 box BOS  BAL  L   2-3       87-57    1  up 0.5  2:36 D Martinez   M Torrez      28,924 -
145 Wed, Sep 13 box BOS @CLE  L   1-2       87-58    2     0.5  2:15 D Clyde      D Eckersley    5,568 --
146 Thu, Sep 14 box BOS @CLE  L   3-4       87-59    2     1.5  2:28 M Paxton     J Wright       4,479 ---
147 Fri, Sep 15 box BOS @NYY  L   0-4       87-60    2     2.5  2:24 R Guidry     L Tiant       54,901 ----
148 Sat, Sep 16 box BOS @NYY  L   2-3       87-61    2     3.5  2:38 C Hunter     M Torrez      55,091 -----
149 Sun, Sep 17 box BOS @NYY  W   7-3       88-61    2     2.5  2:40 D Eckersley  J Beattie     55,088 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 18 box BOS @DET  W   5-4 (11)  89-61    2     2.5  3:22 A Hassler    S Baker       13,849 ++
151 Tue, Sep 19 box BOS @DET  W   8-6       90-61    2     1.5  3:03 B Campbell   J Morris      15,901 +++
152 Wed, Sep 20 box BOS @DET  L   2-12      90-62    2     2.0  2:53 D Rozema     M Torrez      16,689 -
153 Thu, Sep 21 box BOS @DET  W   5-1       91-62    2     2.0  2:24 D Eckersley  M Wilcox      15,213 +
154 Fri, Sep 22 box BOS @TOR  L   4-5       91-63    2     2.0  2:40 T Murphy     A Hassler     22,172 -
155 Sat, Sep 23 box BOS @TOR  W   3-1       92-63    2     1.0  2:53 L Tiant      J Jefferson   30,059 +
156 Sun, Sep 24 box BOS @TOR  W   7-6 (14)  93-63    2     1.0  4:56 D Drago      T Buskey      33,618 ++
157 Tue, Sep 26 box BOS  DET  W   6-0       94-63    2     1.0  2:38 D Eckersley  D Rozema      27,078 +++
158 Wed, Sep 27 box BOS  DET  W   5-2       95-63    2     1.0  2:18 L Tiant      M Wilcox      26,035 ++++
159 Thu, Sep 28 box BOS  DET  W   1-0       96-63    2     1.0  2:21 M Torrez     K Young       26,774 +++++
160 Fri, Sep 29 box BOS  TOR  W  11-0       97-63    2     1.0  2:23 B Stanley    J Clancy      29,626 ++++++
161 Sat, Sep 30 box BOS  TOR  W   5-1       98-63    2     1.0  2:09 D Eckersley  J Jefferson   32,659 +++++++
162 Sun, Oct  1 box BOS  TOR  W   5-0       99-63    1    Tied  2:11 L Tiant      D Kirkwood    29,201 ++++++++
163 Mon, Oct  2 box BOS  NYY  L   4-5       99-64    2     1.0  2:52 R Guidry     M Torrez      32,925 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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Just a reminder the Red Sox won a few WS in the early part of last century also. Can another 86-year drought be far off ?? (btw – how lame is that C on Varitek’s jersey)