Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
April 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1987 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 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 2
Romero 2b 6 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 1 0
  Dodson pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Rice lf 6 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 0
Hoffman ss 5 0 2 0
Henderson cf 3 2 1 0
Sheaffer c 3 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Sax c 1 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 7 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 7 0 1 0
Wilkerson ss 5 3 3 0
  Fletcher ss 2 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 6 1 3 2
Porter dh 3 0 1 1
  Parrish ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Sierra rf,cf 6 0 1 2
Petralli c 3 0 1 0
  McDowell pr 0 0 0 0
  Slaught c 1 0 1 0
Paciorek lf,rf 5 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 5 0 1 0
Brower cf 2 0 0 0
  Incaviglia ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 14 5
Boston 001 010 001 000 0370
Texas 101 010 000 000 25140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   8.0 10 3 2 4 10
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gardner   3.2 2 0 0 4 4
  Schiraldi  L (0-2) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
12.0
14
5
4
8
14
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   8.0 3 3 3 5 7
  Harris   3.0 4 0 0 1 1
  Williams  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
7
3
3
6
9

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Texas 2.  PB–Sheaffer (1); Petralli (1).  2B–Boston Henderson (3,off Hough); Evans (7,off Harris).  SH–Henderson (1,off Hough); Brower (2,off Clemens); Paciorek (1,off Gardner).  SF–Boggs (1,off Hough).  HBP–Baylor (3,by Hough).  IBB–Buechele (2,by Gardner); Incaviglia (1,by Gardner).  SB–Henderson (1,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Evans (2,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Baylor (1,2nd base off Hough/Petralli).  CS–Boggs (1,2nd base by Hough/Petralli); Sierra (4,2nd base by Clemens/Sheaffer).  WP–Clemens (1), Schiraldi (1), Harris (1).  BK–Clemens (1).  HBP–Hough (3,Baylor).  IBB–Gardner 2 (2,Buechele,Incaviglia).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–4:24.  A–24,470.
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