Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
July 18, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1974 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 1, Texas Rangers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 1 0
Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1
Carbo dh 4 0 1 0
  Harper pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0
  Hughes pr 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Burleson ss 3 0 2 0
Blackwell c 3 0 1 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 5 0 3 1
Nelson 2b 5 0 0 0
Randle 3b 1 0 0 0
  Fregosi 3b 2 0 0 0
  Brown 3b 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 2 0
Spencer dh 4 0 3 1
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 1 0 0
Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0
Sims c 3 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Boston 010 000 000181
Texas 001 001 00x280
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (5-7) 8.0 8 2 2 5 3
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
5
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (12-9) 9.0 8 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
7

  E–Burleson (12).  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (18,off Jenkins), Texas Hargrove (9,off Drago).  3B–Texas Tovar (1,off Drago).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski (11,2nd inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hargrove (2,by Drago).  SB–Evans (4,2nd base off Jenkins/Sims).  CS–Harper (7,2nd base by Jenkins/Sims); Randle (11,2nd base by Drago/Blackwell).  HBP–Drago (3,Hargrove).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Armando Rodriguez, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:26.  A–12,350.
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