Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
June 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1979 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 5, Boston Red Sox 13

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 4 2 1 2
Bell 3b 5 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 0 2 1
Zisk rf 4 0 2 1
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Ellis J. dh 4 1 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Norman ss 3 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 1 1 0
Wills 2b 4 1 2 0
Ellis D. p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 3 1 0 1
  Wolfe 2b 1 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 2 2 4
  Papi ss 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 5 2 3 0
Rice lf 5 3 3 3
Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 2 3
  Dwyer 1b 1 0 0 0
Fisk dh 5 1 2 1
Hobson 3b 4 1 1 1
  Brohamer 3b 0 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 1 0 0
O'Berry c 3 1 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 13 13
Texas 101 100 0025101
Boston 302 080 00x13131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (1-4) 4.1 8 7 7 1 2
  Medich   0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Rajsich   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Farmer   3.2 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
13
13
13
4
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (5-3) 7.0 8 3 2 1 3
  Wright   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
1
4

  E–Bell (5), Torrez (3).  2B–Texas Oliver (7,off Torrez); Wills (5,off Torrez), Boston Rice (10,off D Ellis); Fisk (2,off D Ellis).  3B–Boston Rice (3,off D Ellis); Hobson (3,off Medich).  HR–Texas J Ellis (3,4th inning off Torrez 0 on, 1 out); Grubb (8,9th inning off Wright 1 on, 2 out), Boston Rice (8,5th inning off D Ellis 0 on, 1 out); Yastrzemski (8,5th inning off D Ellis 0 on, 1 out); Burleson (3,5th inning off Rajsich 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Yastrzemski (2,off D Ellis).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:53.  A–27,698.
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