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Monday August 20, 1973
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The Red Sox smashed four homers, two of them by Carlton Fisk, who connected for the second time with a man on base in the ninth inning to defeat the Rangers, 5-4. Tommy Harper homered for the Red Sox in the first inning. Fisk and Dwight Evans followed with drives in the fifth before Danny Cater walked and Fisk hit his game-winning blow in the ninth. Jeff Burroughs had a two-run homer for the Rangers. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 5, Texas Rangers 4

Game Played on Monday, August 20, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  2  -   5 10  0
Rangers      0  1  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   3   1     0   1   .280      Nelson 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .277
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Harrah ss             5   1   3   0     0   0   .260
Smith dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Burroughs lf          5   1   1   2     0   2   .268
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Johnson dh            4   0   2   0     0   0   .298
Cater 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .292      Sudakis 1b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Fisk c                4   2   2   3     0   0   .265        Spencer 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Miller cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .264      Harris cf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .246
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Grieve rf             3   0   0   0     1   3   .296
Evans rf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .217      Maddox 3b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .217
Curtis p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Suarez c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .279
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  10   5     2   4             Totals               34   4  10   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  4,608
Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Rangers 8
DP: Red Sox 0, Rangers 3
Doubles: Harper (19), Harrah (12)
Home Runs: Harper (15), Fisk 2 (24), Evans (7), Burroughs (20)
Caught Stealing: Yastrzemski (7), Johnson (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Maddox (4), Nelson (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Suarez (3)
GIDP: Smith (7), Yastrzemski (13), Griffin (6)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis                  3.1   7   4   4   2   3   1  18   3.52
Pattin W(11-13)         5.2   3   0   0   0   4   0  21   4.48
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   7   1  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby                   6     8   3   3   1   3   3  23   3.61
Brown L(4-2)            3     2   2   2   1   1   1  12   2.74
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2   4   4  35

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - John Rice


RED SOX 1ST: Harper homered; Aparicio singled to right; Smith
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Aparicio out
at second]; Yastrzemski struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson flied to center; Harrah singled to left;
Burroughs grounded out (third to first) [Harrah to second];
Johnson singled to shortstop [Harrah to third]; Sudakis popped
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater grounded out (second to first); Fisk popped
to second; Miller popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harris walked; Grieve walked [Harris to second];
Maddox out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harris to
third, Grieve to second]; Suarez hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Harris scored]; Nelson struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin struck out; Evans popped to second; Harper
singled to center; Aparicio lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah doubled to center; Burroughs homered [Harrah
scored]; Johnson singled to right; Johnson was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Sudakis struck out; Harris lined to
third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at
second]; Cater struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Grieve struck out; Maddox singled to center; Suarez
singled to right [Maddox to third]; PATTIN REPLACED CURTIS
(PITCHING); Nelson reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Maddox scored, Suarez to second]; Harrah flied to center;
Burroughs struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers
4.

RED SOX 5TH: SPENCER REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING 1B); Fisk
homered; Miller walked; Griffin grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Miller out at second]; Evans homered;
Harper doubled to center; Aparicio lined to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Harris grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith popped to catcher in foul territory;
Yastrzemski singled to right; Cater popped to first in foul
territory; Yastrzemski was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Grieve was called out on strikes; Maddox lined to
right; Suarez singled to left; Nelson singled to third [Suarez
to second]; Harrah flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RED SOX 7TH: BROWN REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Fisk popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Miller singled to left; Griffin
grounded out (second to first) [Miller to second]; Evans flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs popped to right; Johnson flied to right;
Spencer flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers
4.

RED SOX 8TH: Harper struck out; Aparicio grounded out (second to
first); Smith popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Harris lined to center; Grieve struck out; Maddox
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 4.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Cater
walked; Fisk homered [Cater scored]; Miller grounded out (second
to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Suarez grounded out (second to first); Nelson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah singled to left;
Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers
4.



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