Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
August 14, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1987 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."

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Texas Rangers 3, Boston Red Sox 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 3 0 0 1
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 3 0 2 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0
Stanley c 3 0 0 1
Slaught dh 3 0 2 1
  Wilkerson pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Buechele 2b 3 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Loynd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 3 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 2 1 1 1
Boggs 3b 3 2 1 0
Rice lf 5 0 1 2
  Benzinger lf 0 0 0 0
Greenwell rf 3 1 2 1
  Henderson rf 1 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 2 1 2
Horn dh 2 0 0 0
  Baylor ph,dh 2 1 1 1
Owen ss 2 1 0 0
Marzano c 4 0 1 1
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 9 8 8
Texas 000 200 100390
Boston 101 000 61x981
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   6.0 3 3 3 8 10
  Howe  L (0-1) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Russell   0.0 2 2 2 3 0
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Loynd   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
9
9
12
13
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (14-6) 9.0 9 3 3 2 8
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
8

  E–Barrett (8).  PB–Marzano (3).  2B–Texas Parrish (18,off Hurst); Slaught (12,off Hurst), Boston Boggs (31,off Howe); Marzano (3,off Russell).  3B–Boston Greenwell (2,off Howe).  HR–Boston Evans (27,8th inning off Loynd 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Buechele (4,off Hurst); Barrett (18,off Witt).  SF–Stanley (2,off Hurst); Brower (1,off Hurst); Evans (3,off Witt).  IBB–Evans (3,by Howe).  SB–Buechele (2,3rd base off Hurst/Marzano); Brower (8,2nd base off Hurst/Marzano); Greenwell 2 (4,2nd base off Witt/Stanley 2); Owen (6,2nd base off Witt/Stanley).  BK–Russell (1).  IBB–Howe (1,Evans).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:10.
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