Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
August 31, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 6, Boston Red Sox 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 2 1
Wills 2b 5 0 3 2
Oliver lf 2 0 0 1
Zisk rf 5 1 1 0
Bell 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Montanez dh 5 1 1 0
Putnam 1b 4 1 2 0
  Sample ph 1 0 1 1
Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
  Ellis c 3 2 1 0
Norman ss 1 0 1 0
  Soderholm ph,3b 2 1 1 1
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Allard p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 1 1
Poquette rf,cf 5 1 1 3
Lynn cf 4 1 3 0
  Dwyer pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Rice dh 2 2 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 2
Watson 1b 3 1 2 0
Hobson 3b 4 1 2 2
Papi 2b 4 0 0 0
O'Berry c 4 1 1 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
Texas 000 010 1316130
Boston 042 010 20x9121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (13-10) 4.0 7 7 7 2 0
  Allard   3.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Lyle   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (14-9) 7.2 11 5 4 3 3
  Burgmeier  SV (3) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
3
3

  E–Hobson (20).  DP–Texas 1, Boston 1.  2B–Texas Putnam 2 (17,off Torrez 2); Zisk (18,off Burgmeier), Boston Lynn (35,off Comer); Hobson (21,off Allard).  HR–Boston Poquette (2,2nd inning off Comer 2 on, 2 out); Yastrzemski (21,3rd inning off Comer 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Oliver (6,off Torrez); Rivers (8,off Torrez).  HBP–Sundberg (5,by Torrez); Soderholm (1,by Torrez).  IBB–Watson (7,by Allard).  SB–Rice (8,2nd base off Allard/J Ellis).  HBP–Torrez 2 (4,Sundberg,Soderholm).  IBB–Allard (2,Watson).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:36.  A–31,314.
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