Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
April 9, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1983 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 3, Texas Rangers 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0
Evans rf 5 0 1 0
Rice lf 5 1 2 0
Armas cf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 4 1 1 0
Stapleton 1b 3 1 1 1
Gedman c 4 0 2 2
Hoffman ss 2 0 0 0
Valdez 2b 3 0 1 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Barrett 2b 0 0 0 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 4 2 1 0
Richardt 2b 5 3 3 1
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1
Hostetler dh 2 3 2 3
Parrish rf 3 1 0 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 1 2
Wright cf 4 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 1 1 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 10 8
Boston 000 100 0203102
Texas 401 201 02x10102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  L (0-1) 3.0 4 5 5 4 2
  Bird   4.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Johnson   1.0 1 2 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
10
8
6
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (1-0) 7.0 7 1 1 1 5
  Tobik   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
5

  E–Boggs (1), Armas (1), Johnson (1), Dent (1).  DP–Texas 3.  2B–Boston Rice (1,off Smithson); Stapleton (2,off Smithson); Yastrzemski (1,off Tobik); Gedman (1,off Tobik), Texas Sundberg (2,off Ojeda); Dent (2,off Bird); Richardt (2,off Bird); Hostetler (1,off Bird).  3B–Texas Hostetler (1,off Ojeda); Sample (1,off Bird).  HBP–Armas (1,by Smithson).  SF–Sundberg (1,off Ojeda).  WP–Johnson (1).  HBP–Smithson (2,Armas).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:44.  A–20,850.
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