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

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

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 5 0 0 0
Cedeno 2b 5 1 3 0
Greer dh 5 0 2 0
Gonzalez rf 5 1 1 0
Clark 1b 3 2 2 0
Leyritz c 4 2 2 3
Newson lf 4 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 1 2 1
Gil ss 4 1 3 3
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 1 1 0
Valentin 3b 4 1 2 2
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanley dh 4 0 1 0
Cordero lf 4 1 1 0
Tavarez cf 4 0 0 1
Haselman c 4 0 1 0
Bragg rf 4 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 4 0 2 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Texas 030 300 2008152
Boston 101 100 000390
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  W (9-10) 9.0 9 3 3 0 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L (6-14) 4.0 8 6 5 2 4
  Brandenburg   2.2 4 2 2 1 4
  Mahay   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lacy   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
3
9

  E–W Clark (4), Newson (3).  DP–Boston 3.  PB–Haselman (13).  2B–Texas Cedeno (11,off Wakefield); Tatis 2 (4,off Wakefield 2); Greer (29,off Wakefield); W Clark (29,off Brandenburg), Boston Stanley (17,off Oliver); Benjamin (5,off Oliver).  3B–Boston Cordero (2,off Oliver).  HR–Texas Gil (5,4th inning off Wakefield 2 on, 2 out), Boston Valentin (13,1st inning off Oliver 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–W Clark (11,by Brandenburg).  SB–Goodwin (40,2nd base off Mahay/Haselman); Garciaparra (15,2nd base off Oliver/Leyritz).  WP–Oliver (5).  IBB–Brandenburg (2,W Clark).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:43.  A–28,640.
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