Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 2, Boston Red Sox 12

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 1 2 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 1
Parrish dh 4 0 0 0
McDowell cf 4 1 1 0
O'Malley 3b 3 0 2 0
Stanley c 2 0 0 1
Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Loynd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 1 1 2
Barrett 2b 5 1 1 0
Boggs 3b 5 1 4 1
  Romero 3b 0 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 4 1 2 1
Evans 1b 3 1 0 0
Horn dh 4 2 1 1
Benzinger rf 5 0 1 0
Owen ss 4 2 2 3
Marzano c 4 3 3 4
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 15 12
Texas 000 010 001291
Boston 040 003 50x12150
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L (5-9) 5.2 8 7 7 4 5
  Williams   0.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Loynd   1.2 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
12
12
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  W (4-12) 9.0 9 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
3

  E–Browne (10).  DP–Texas 1, Boston 3.  PB–Stanley (17).  2B–Texas McDowell (23,off Stanley); Sierra (31,off Stanley), Boston Greenwell 2 (22,off Harris,off Loynd); Boggs (32,off Williams); Marzano (4,off Loynd).  HR–Boston Marzano 2 (4,2nd inning off Harris 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Harris 1 on, 1 out); Owen (1,7th inning off Williams 1 on, 1 out); Burks (18,7th inning off Loynd 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Stanley (3,off Stanley); Owen (4,off Harris).  SB–Barrett (11,2nd base off Williams/Stanley).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:46.  A–31,438.
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