Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
August 26, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1986 at Arlington Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Texas Rangers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 1
Barrett 2b 3 1 0 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
  Stapleton pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 1 1 1
Baylor dh 5 1 2 1
Evans rf 3 1 1 2
  Henderson cf 2 0 0 0
Armas cf,rf 5 1 2 0
Gedman c 4 1 1 0
Owen ss 4 1 1 1
Boyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Harrah 2b 3 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia dh 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 3 0 1 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 3 0 1 0
Loynd p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston 120 220 1008120
Texas 100 000 000141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Boyd  W (13-9) 9.0 4 1 1 1 10
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
10
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loynd  L (2-1) 4.1 7 7 6 3 4
  Russell   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Williams   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Harris   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
4
8

  E–Wilkerson (12).  2B–Boston Boggs 2 (35,off Loynd,off Russell); Gedman (23,off Loynd).  HR–Boston Evans (19,5th inning off Loynd 1 on, 1 out); Baylor (25,7th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out), Texas Harrah (5,1st inning off Boyd 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Barrett (4,off Loynd).  HBP–Rice (2,by Loynd).  IBB–Boggs (10,by Loynd).  SB–Owen (2,2nd base off Loynd/Slaught).  CS–Barrett (5,2nd base by Loynd/Slaught).  WP–Loynd (1).  HBP–Loynd (2,Rice).  IBB–Loynd (1,Boggs).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:37.  A–29,011.
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