Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
August 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1998 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
Goodwin cf 5 0 1 0
Alicea 2b 4 1 1 1
Kelly rf 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez dh 4 1 3 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 2 1
Newson lf 4 0 1 1
Haselman c 3 0 0 0
  McLemore ph 1 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0
  Greer ph 1 0 0 0
Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Valentin 3b 3 0 1 0
Vaughn dh 5 1 1 1
Garciaparra ss 3 1 1 1
O'Leary lf 3 1 2 0
Stanley 1b 3 0 1 1
Bragg rf 4 0 0 0
  Buford cf 0 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 1
Sadler 2b 2 1 1 0
Saberhagen p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Texas 000 220 0004101
Boston 002 002 10x590
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Helling   5.2 6 4 4 4 6
  Patterson  L (1-5) 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen   5.0 8 4 4 0 1
  Lowe  W (3-7) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Swindell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Corsi   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gordon  SV (36) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
4

  E–Cedeno (6).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Newson (1,off Lowe).  HR–Texas Alicea (5,5th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 2 out); Kelly (11,5th inning off Saberhagen 0 on, 2 out), Boston Vaughn (33,7th inning off Patterson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Garciaparra (6,off Helling); Varitek (3,off Helling).  SB–Lewis (24,2nd base off Helling/Haselman); Sadler (3,2nd base off Helling/Haselman).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:13.  A–26,677.
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