Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
September 2, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1979 at Fenway Park. 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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Texas Rangers 7, Boston Red Sox 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 6 1 3 0
Wills 2b 4 0 1 1
Oliver lf 4 0 0 1
Bell 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Zisk rf 5 1 1 1
Ellis dh 5 2 3 1
Montanez 1b 5 1 1 1
Mahlberg c 4 0 0 0
Norman ss 1 0 0 0
  Soderholm ph,3b 4 2 2 2
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 1 1
Poquette rf 5 1 2 1
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
Rice dh 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 2
Watson 1b 4 0 2 1
Hobson 3b 5 1 0 0
Papi 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
O'Berry c 3 0 0 0
  Fisk ph 0 1 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 10 6
Texas 000 001 302 017120
Boston 301 001 001 006100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   6.0 7 5 5 5 1
  Lyle   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Kern  W (12-4) 3.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
6
6
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   6.2 6 4 4 2 1
  Burgmeier   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Ripley   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Campbell   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Drago  L (9-5) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
11.0
12
7
7
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2, Boston 1.  2B–Texas Rivers 2 (23,off Tudor 2), Boston Yastrzemski (26,off Alexander); Watson (16,off Alexander).  3B–Boston Rice (5,off Alexander).  HR–Texas Zisk (15,7th inning off Tudor 0 on, 0 out); Soderholm (10,7th inning off Tudor 1 on, 2 out); J Ellis (12,9th inning off Ripley 0 on, 0 out); Montanez (3,11th inning off Drago 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wills (10,off Tudor); Burleson (8,off Kern).  SF–Oliver (7,off Tudor); Yastrzemski (5,off Alexander).  HBP–Fisk (4,by Kern).  WP–Alexander (2).  HBP–Kern (2,Fisk).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:59.  A–30,133.
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