Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
August 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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."

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Texas Rangers 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 1 0 0
Sierra rf 5 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 2 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 2 1
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
Brower dh 3 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Kunkel 2b 3 1 1 0
  Wilkerson 2b 0 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 2 3 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 1 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 1
Greenwell lf 1 0 0 0
Burks cf 3 2 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
Rice dh 3 1 1 2
  Owen pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Reed ss 3 0 1 1
Gedman c 4 0 0 0
Hurst p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 5
Texas 010 000 300470
Boston 000 210 11x573
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (3-7) 8.0 7 5 5 6 6
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   6.1 5 3 2 4 3
  Stanley   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Bolton   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lamp  W (6-3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
5

  E–Benzinger (4), Gedman (3), Stanley (2).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Sundberg (2).  2B–Boston Boggs (30,off Witt).  3B–Boston Boggs (5,off Witt).  HR–Boston Rice (7,4th inning off Witt 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Wilkerson (2,off Lamp); Barrett (13,off Witt).  HBP–Fletcher (5,by Stanley).  IBB–Rice (1,by Witt).  SB–Incaviglia (5,2nd base off Hurst/Gedman); Burks (16,2nd base off Witt/Sundberg).  CS–Brower (3,2nd base by Hurst/Gedman).  HBP–Stanley (4,Fletcher).  IBB–Witt (1,Rice).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:04.  A–34,380.
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