Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
April 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1988 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 15

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 1 0 0 0
  Espy rf 3 1 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
Stanley c 2 1 1 0
  See c 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Browne 2b 2 0 1 1
  Wilkerson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Vaughn p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Cecena p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 2 2 0
Barrett 2b 5 3 3 2
Boggs 3b 3 2 2 1
Rice dh 5 3 3 2
Greenwell lf 5 2 3 6
Evans 1b 5 0 1 2
Benzinger rf 4 1 2 2
Cerone c 5 2 4 0
Reed ss 3 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 15 20 15
Texas 000 011 000240
Boston 461 110 11x15202
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat  L (0-2) 1.1 6 6 6 1 0
  Vaughn   2.2 9 6 6 1 1
  Russell   2.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Cecena   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Hoffman   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
20
15
15
6
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (2-0) 9.0 4 2 2 3 8
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
8

  E–Boggs (3), Reed (2).  DP–Texas 4, Boston 1.  2B–Texas Espy (1,off Hurst), Boston Boggs (6,off Vaughn); Cerone (1,off Vaughn); Burks (2,off Russell); Barrett (3,off Cecena).  3B–Boston Evans (1,off Jeffcoat).  HR–Boston Greenwell (1,2nd inning off Vaughn 2 on, 1 out); Benzinger (1,8th inning off Hoffman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Reed (1,off Jeffcoat).  IBB–Boggs (2,by Russell).  WP–Vaughn (1), Cecena (1), Hurst (1).  IBB–Russell (1,Boggs).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:05.  A–32,243.
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