Reggie Smith batted in five runs and Dwight Evans and Luis Aparicio knocked in three apiece to pace the Red Sox to a 15-9 victory over the Rangers. Evans and Smith each homered with a man on base in the second inning. Evans hit a double and Smith rapped a single, picking up an RBI apiece, when the Red Sox made it 9-0 in the third. The Rangers came back with six runs in the next three innings. Toby Harrah hit a homer and Tom Grieve drove in five runs with a double and homer. Boston Red Sox 15, Texas Rangers 9Game Played on Tuesday, August 21, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumRed Sox 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 15 19 2 Rangers 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 - 9 10 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harper lf 6 1 3 1 0 0 .283 Nelson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Aparicio ss 6 3 4 3 0 0 .272 Harrah ss 5 2 2 1 0 0 .263 Smith dh 6 3 4 5 0 1 .296 Burroughs lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .268 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0 2 0 .275 Johnson dh 4 1 1 0 1 0 .298 Cater 3b 4 0 2 2 1 0 .297 Sudakis 1b 4 3 2 2 1 1 .239 Fisk c 4 1 0 0 1 0 .263 Harris cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .246 Miller cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .264 Grieve rf 4 1 2 5 0 0 .306 Griffin 2b 5 2 2 1 0 1 .262 Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .214 Evans rf 3 3 2 3 2 0 .223 Suarez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dunning p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Merritt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 15 19 15 7 2 Totals 37 9 10 9 5 4 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 4,233 Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Rangers 6 DP: Red Sox 1, Rangers 4 Errors: Cater, Griffin Doubles: Yastrzemski (18), Evans (11), Aparicio (15), Harrah (13) Triples: Griffin (4) Home Runs: Evans (8), Smith 2 (16), Harrah (6), Grieve (4), Sudakis (11) Stolen Bases: Miller (11), Fisk (7) Caught Stealing: Nelson (9) GIDP: Yastrzemski (14), Miller (6), Harper (5), Maddox (3) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret W(8-0) 5.1 7 6 6 5 2 2 26 2.88 Skok SV(1) 3.2 3 3 3 0 2 1 16 5.93 Totals 9 10 9 9 5 4 3 42 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dunning L(0-7) 1.2 6 4 4 2 0 2 12 5.94 Gogolewski 1 6 5 5 0 1 0 9 3.75 Merritt 4.1 4 0 0 2 0 0 16 4.31 Siebert 2 3 6 6 3 1 1 12 3.98 Totals 9 19 15 15 7 2 3 49 Balks: Moret (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Russ Goetz RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to left; Aparicio singled to center [Harper to third]; Smith lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Aparicio out at first]; Yastrzemski walked; Cater walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk forced Cater (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Nelson singled to center; Nelson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Harrah flied to center; Burroughs flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RED SOX 2ND: Miller flied to left; Griffin tripled to center; Evans homered [Griffin scored]; Harper flied to left; Aparicio singled to center; Smith homered [Aparicio scored]; GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Yastrzemski doubled to left; Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Johnson walked; Sudakis struck out; Harris forced Johnson (third to second); Grieve flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Rangers 0. RED SOX 3RD: Fisk popped to third in foul territory; Miller singled to right; Miller stole second; Griffin struck out; Evans doubled to left [Miller scored]; Harper singled to center [Evans scored]; Aparicio singled to third [Harper to second]; Smith singled to center [Harper scored, Aparicio to third]; MERRITT REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked [Smith to second]; Cater singled [Aparicio scored, Smith scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk forced Cater (shortstop to second); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Maddox walked; Suarez flied to left; Nelson forced Maddox (shortstop to second); Moret balked [Nelson to second]; Harrah popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 0. RED SOX 4TH: Miller grounded out (second to first); Griffin grounded out (second to first); Evans flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs struck out; Johnson singled to center; Sudakis walked [Johnson to second]; Harris walked [Johnson to third, Sudakis to second]; Grieve singled to left [Johnson scored, Sudakis scored, Harris to second]; Maddox grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grieve out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 2. RED SOX 5TH: Harper singled to left; Aparicio popped to second; Smith singled to center [Harper to third]; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson flied to center; Harrah homered; Burroughs lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 3. RED SOX 6TH: Cater singled to shortstop; Fisk popped to shortstop; Miller grounded into a double play (second to first) [Cater out at second]; Danny Cater called for interference at 2B; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Sudakis singled; Harris singled to right [Sudakis to second]; Grieve homered [Sudakis scored, Harris scored]; SKOK REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Maddox walked (walk was charged to Moret); Suarez reached on an error by Cater [Maddox to second]; Nelson forced Suarez (shortstop to second) [Maddox to third]; Harrah forced Nelson (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 6. RED SOX 7TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans walked; Harper grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: Burroughs struck out; Johnson grounded out (second to first); Sudakis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 6. RED SOX 8TH: SIEBERT REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: Harris struck out; Grieve reached on an error by Griffin; Maddox flied out to center; Suarez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Rangers 6. RED SOX 9TH: Cater grounded out (third to first); Fisk walked; Fisk stole second; Miller walked; Griffin singled to right [Fisk scored, Miller to third]; Evans walked [Griffin to second]; Harper popped to second; Aparicio doubled to center [Miller scored, Griffin scored, Evans scored]; Smith homered [Aparicio scored]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); 6 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 15, Rangers 6. RANGERS 9TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah doubled to right; Burroughs singled to center [Harrah scored]; Johnson flied to center; Sudakis homered [Burroughs scored]; Harris flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 15, Rangers 9. |
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