Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
May 11, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 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 8, Boston Red Sox 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Newson rf 4 0 2 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 1
Greer cf,lf 4 0 2 1
Gonzalez dh 5 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 3 2 0
Palmer 3b 4 2 1 1
Stevens lf 3 2 2 3
  Buford cf 0 0 0 0
Mercedes c 3 1 1 1
Gil ss 3 0 0 1
Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 5 0 1 0
Cordero lf 4 1 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 1 2 2
Jefferson dh 5 0 0 0
Naehring 3b 4 2 2 1
O'Leary rf 5 1 2 0
Valentin 2b 5 0 3 2
Haselman c 3 0 1 0
  Hatteberg ph 0 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,c 2 0 0 0
Bragg cf 2 1 1 0
  Frye ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 14 5
Texas 030 310 1008110
Boston 110 000 3016141
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  W (1-0) 5.2 7 2 2 3 4
  Hernandez   1.0 4 3 3 0 2
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wetteland  SV (8) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
4
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  L (1-5) 3.2 7 6 6 4 2
  Wasdin   1.1 1 1 0 0 1
  Garces   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lacy   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Texas Stevens (5,off Gordon); Mercedes (2,off Wasdin); W Clark (6,off Garces), Boston Vaughn (6,off Santana); Valentin 2 (10,off Hernandez,off Wetteland).  3B–Texas Stevens (1,off Gordon).  HR–Texas Palmer (5,4th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out), Boston Vaughn (9,7th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 1 out); Naehring (8,7th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Gil (1,off Gordon).  SF–Ripken (1,off Gordon); Stevens (3,off Garces).  WP–Santana 2 (4).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:38.  A–27,025.
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