Wednesday August 24, 1977
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Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 24, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Rangers 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 - 6 14 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .309 Burleson ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .294 Wills 2b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .283 Lynn cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 .250 Washington rf,lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Rice dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .318 Horton dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 .291 Yastrzemski lf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .292 Sundberg c 5 0 1 0 0 3 .302 Scott 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .269 Harrah 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .267 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Beniquez cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .285 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .292 Grieve lf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .217 Carbo rf 2 0 1 0 1 1 .283 May pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Doyle 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .242 Mason ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .193 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 6 14 5 3 5 Totals 30 3 5 3 4 10 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 31,784 Left on Base: Rangers 9, Red Sox 4 DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 1 Errors: Cleveland Doubles: Wills (24), Harrah (23), Beniquez (17), Yastrzemski (19) Triples: Horton (2) Home Runs: Mason (1), Washington (10), Yastrzemski (22) Stolen Bases: Beniquez (24) Caught Stealing: Wills (8), Carbo (2) GIDP: Washington (8) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Briles 5.2 5 3 3 3 3 1 23 4.15 Barker W(2-1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 7 0 11 4.09 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 10 1 34 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland L(8-7) 6 8 4 4 3 3 1 28 4.22 Campbell 3 6 2 2 0 2 1 14 3.14 Totals 9 14 6 6 3 5 2 42 Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Steve Palermo RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Wills doubled to right; Washington grounded out (first unassisted) [Wills to third]; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to second; Lynn struck out while Burleson was picked off first (catcher to first); Rice flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg flied out to right; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Beniquez walked; Beniquez was picked off first but was safe on an error by Cleveland [Beniquez to second]; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Scott popped to third in foul territory; Hobson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RANGERS 3RD: On a bunt Mason singled to second; Hargrove walked [Mason to second]; Wills walked [Mason to third, Hargrove to second]; Washington grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mason scored (no RBI), Hargrove to third, Wills out at second]; Horton made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Fisk struck out; Carbo singled to third; Doyle struck out while Carbo was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Red Sox 0. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg struck out; Harrah singled to left; Beniquez forced Harrah (shortstop to second); Beniquez stole second; Grieve singled to left [Beniquez scored, Grieve to second (on throw to home)]; Mason grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson walked; Lynn forced Burleson (shortstop to second); Rice lined to third; Yastrzemski homered [Lynn scored]; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt Wills grounded out (second to first); Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 5TH: Hobson flied out to right; Fisk walked; Carbo walked [Fisk to second]; Doyle forced Carbo (second to shortstop) [Fisk to third]; Burleson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 6TH: Horton tripled; Sundberg was called out on strikes; Harrah doubled to left [Horton scored]; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 6TH: Lynn flied out to right; Rice made an out to third; Yastrzemski doubled to center; Scott singled to right [Yastrzemski scored, Scott to second (on throw to home)]; BARKER REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Hobson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 3. RANGERS 7TH: Mason homered; Hargrove singled to center; CAMPBELL REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Wills struck out; Washington singled to right [Hargrove to third]; Horton flied out to right; Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: Fisk flied out to left; Carbo struck out; Doyle walked; Burleson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 3. RANGERS 8TH: Harrah flied out to center; Beniquez doubled to left; Grieve singled to right [Beniquez scored]; MAY RAN FOR GRIEVE; Mason made an out to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 8TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WASHINGTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Lynn struck out; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Red Sox 3. RANGERS 9TH: Wills singled to right; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Washington homered; Horton made an out to first; Sundberg singled to center; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 9TH: Scott struck out; Hobson grounded out (second to first); Fisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Red Sox 3.

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