Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
August 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 2 1 0 0
  Biittner lf 1 0 1 0
Mason ss 5 0 0 0
Ford rf 3 2 1 1
Billings c 4 1 2 2
Howard 1b 4 0 1 0
Jones 3b 4 1 1 1
Grieve lf,cf 2 1 1 0
Ragland 2b 4 0 2 1
Gogolewski p 3 0 0 0
  Lovitto ph 0 0 0 0
  Panther p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 2 1 0 0
Smith rf 3 1 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 1
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Oglivie lf 4 1 1 2
Kennedy 2b 4 1 2 1
McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Kosco ph 1 1 1 1
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Newhauser p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 33 7 7 7
Texas 111 021 000691
Boston 000 020 005770
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gogolewski   7.0 2 2 2 1 5
  Panther   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Cox  L (3-5) 0.1 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.1
7
7
7
3
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen   2.2 4 3 3 5 0
  Curtis   2.1 1 2 2 1 3
  Tatum   3.0 4 1 1 2 0
  Newhauser  W (4-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
9
3

  E–Ragland (1).  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Texas Ford (13,off McGlothen); Grieve (2,off Tatum); Ragland (1,off Tatum), Boston Petrocelli (12,off Cox); Gagliano (4,off Cox).  3B–Boston Fisk (8,off Gogolewski).  HR–Texas Billings (5,5th inning off Curtis 1 on, 1 out), Boston Kosco (7,5th inning off Gogolewski 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Grieve (2,by Tatum).  CS–Ragland (1,2nd base by Tatum/Fisk).  HBP–Tatum (2,Grieve).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:34.  A–18,107.
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