Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
July 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1980 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 5, Boston Red Sox 12

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 3 2
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 2 1 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 2 2 1
Grubb rf 2 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 1 2 1
Frias ss 1 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 1
  Roberts ss 2 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 1 0
Stapleton 2b 6 0 2 4
Lynn cf 3 1 0 0
Perez 1b 5 2 2 1
Fisk c 4 2 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 1
Evans rf 3 2 2 3
Hancock dh 3 0 1 1
  Allenson ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Wolfe 3b 5 2 2 2
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 13 12
Texas 001 300 001582
Boston 011 001 54x12130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   5.2 6 3 2 4 3
  Johnson  L (0-1) 0.2 1 3 1 1 1
  Hough   0.2 5 6 6 1 0
  Lyle   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
9
6
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley   4.0 5 4 4 5 1
  Drago  W (4-4) 5.0 3 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
5

  E–Rivers (6), Wills (7).  DP–Boston 3.  PB–Sundberg 2 (11).  2B–Texas Grubb (6,off Drago), Boston Burleson (22,off Medich); Hancock (1,off Medich); Fisk (14,off Medich); Stapleton (13,off Hough); Perez (21,off Hough); Evans (18,off Hough); Wolfe (1,off Lyle).  HR–Texas Rivers (3,3rd inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out); Putnam (7,9th inning off Drago 0 on, 1 out), Boston Perez (15,7th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Burleson (2,by Medich); Fisk (8,by Hough).  IBB–Evans (2,by Johnson).  SB–Fisk (6,2nd base off Johnson/Sundberg).  WP–Stanley (1).  HBP–Medich (2,Burleson); Hough (2,Fisk).  IBB–Johnson (2,Evans).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:20.  A–25,055.
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