Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
May 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1985 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 6, Texas Rangers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 1 2 1
Evans rf 4 1 2 1
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 1
Armas cf 4 0 1 0
Easler dh 4 1 1 0
Gedman c 4 1 1 0
Barrett 2b 4 1 2 1
Gutierrez ss 3 1 2 1
  Miller ph 1 0 1 0
  Hoffman ss 0 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 0 0 0
Harrah 2b 3 2 1 0
Bell 3b 5 1 2 1
Johnson dh 3 2 0 0
Ward lf 4 2 3 4
Parrish rf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 1
Brummer c 3 0 1 0
Tolleson ss 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ss 0 0 0 1
Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Boston 201 000 3006121
Texas 401 100 001780
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   2.1 5 5 5 4 3
  Crawford   4.2 3 1 1 2 4
  Clear  L (1-1) 1.1 0 1 1 2 0
  Ojeda   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.2
8
7
7
10
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   6.0 7 5 4 0 4
  Rozema  W (2-3) 3.0 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
0
5

  E–Crawford (1).  DP–Boston 1, Texas 2.  PB–Brummer (1).  2B–Boston Evans 2 (9,off Hooton 2); Barrett (4,off Rozema), Texas Bell (8,off Crawford).  HR–Texas Ward (4,1st inning off Hurst 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Buckner (2,off Hooton).  SH–Tolleson (3,off Crawford).  HBP–Harrah (2,by Clear).  IBB–Parrish (1,by Clear); Brummer (1,by Ojeda).  SB–McDowell (2,2nd base off Crawford/Gedman); Ward (3,2nd base off Clear/Gedman).  HBP–Clear (2,Harrah).  IBB–Clear (3,Parrish); Ojeda (5,Brummer).  T–2:58.  A–9,595.
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