Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
July 27, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1988 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 10, Texas Rangers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Reed ss 3 1 0 0
Romero 2b 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 2 1 0
Greenwell lf 2 3 1 0
Burks cf 4 2 2 4
Benzinger rf,1b 5 1 2 3
Rice dh 5 1 3 2
Parrish 1b 3 0 0 0
  Romine rf 1 0 1 1
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 10 10
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 2 1 1
Fletcher ss 1 0 0 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 1
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 3 1 1 0
Petralli dh 4 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 2 2 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Wilkerson 2b 3 1 1 2
Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 6 6
Boston 010 004 03210101
Texas 120 000 400761
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner   6.0 2 4 4 5 4
  Stanley  W (4-0) 1.0 3 3 2 0 1
  Lamp   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Smith  SV (16) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
7
6
6
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Russell   7.0 4 5 5 4 2
  Vande Berg   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Williams  L (1-4) 1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Hoffman   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
7
2

  E–Burks (7), Russell (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Rice 2 (15,off Russell,off Williams); Benzinger (15,off Vande Berg), Texas Incaviglia (17,off Lamp).  HR–Boston Burks (13,6th inning off Russell 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Romero (1,off Williams); Fletcher 2 (8,off Gardner,off Stanley).  SF–Wilkerson (1,off Gardner).  SB–McDowell 2 (18,2nd base off Gardner/Cerone,3rd base off Stanley/Cerone); Incaviglia (4,2nd base off Gardner/Cerone).  CS–Fletcher (3,2nd base by Gardner/Cerone).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:59.  A–17,639.
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