Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
May 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1979 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 2, Texas Rangers 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 1 1
Dwyer rf 3 0 0 0
  Evans ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 0 3 1
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk dh 4 0 1 0
Brohamer 3b 3 0 1 0
  Scott ph 1 0 1 0
Papi ss 4 0 1 0
Allenson c 2 1 1 0
  Hobson ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 4 0 2 0
  Sample ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 0
Oliver cf 4 1 2 2
Zisk rf 4 0 1 0
Putnam dh 3 0 0 0
  Ellis ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 1 0
  Roberts pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0
Norman ss 3 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 1 2 2
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
Boston 002 000 000291
Texas 200 010 02x5120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (3-2) 6.2 10 3 2 0 6
  Hassler   1.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Wright   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Burgmeier   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
1
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (6-2) 7.0 7 2 2 0 8
  Lyle  SV (7) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
10

  E–Renko (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Remy (7,off Jenkins); Papi (2,off Jenkins), Texas Bell (13,off Renko); Jorgensen (7,off Renko).  3B–Texas Oliver (3,off Renko).  HR–Texas Oliver (8,1st inning off Renko 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Jorgensen (2,by Hassler).  CS–Lynn (1,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  HBP–Hassler (1,Jorgensen).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:21.  A–18,441.
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