Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
May 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1997 at Fenway Park. The Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Boston Red Sox 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 0
Greer rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez dh 5 2 2 1
Clark 1b 4 0 3 1
Palmer 3b 5 0 1 1
Stevens lf 4 0 0 0
  Devereaux pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 1 2 0
Gil ss 3 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 0 0 0
Cordero lf 4 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 0 0
Jefferson dh 4 1 2 0
Naehring 3b 4 0 0 0
O'Leary rf 3 0 0 0
Valentin 2b 3 0 1 1
Haselman c 2 0 1 0
Bragg cf 3 0 1 0
Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Texas 000 040 1005100
Boston 010 000 000152
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (6-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wasdin  L (0-1) 4.2 7 4 4 3 3
  Lacy   2.1 2 1 0 1 1
  Garces   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Slocumb   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
7

  E–Valentin 2 (5).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Palmer (7,off Wasdin), Boston Jefferson (3,off Witt).  SB–Buford (10,2nd base off Wasdin/Haselman).  WP–Witt (1), Wasdin (1).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:44.  A–23,514.
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