Luis Tiant pitched a four-hitter and Cecil Cooper scored both of the Red Sox runs in a 2-1 victory over the Rangers. A single by Cesar Tovar, safe bunt by Dave Nelson on which Tim Blackwell threw wildly and sacrifice fly by Jeff Burroughs produced an unearned run off Tiant in the first inning. The Red Sox tied the score in their half when Cooper and Carl Yastrzemski walked and Dwight Evans singled. The winning run followed in the third on a double by Cooper and triple by Yastrzemski to beat Jim Bibby, who allowed six hits. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 2, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, July      9, 1974 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Red Sox      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Harper dh             3   0   0   0     1   0   .217
Nelson 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Johnson lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Cooper 1b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .276
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   1     0   1   .288      Yastrzemski lf        1   0   1   1     3   0   .318
Hargrove dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .340      Evans rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .306
Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   2   0     0   1   .285
Randle 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .328      Miller cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Burleson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Sundberg c            1   0   0   0     2   0   .271      Blackwell c           2   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   4   1     2   4             Totals               27   2   6   2     6   1

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 15,051
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Red Sox 8
DP: Rangers 3, Red Sox 0
Errors: Blackwell
Doubles: Cooper 2 (13), Petrocelli (10)
Triples: Yastrzemski (1)
Stolen Bases: Johnson (15), Harper (19)
Caught Stealing: Randle (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (4)
GIDP: Evans (3)
Hit by Pitch: Blackwell (1,by Bibby)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(11-11)          8     6   2   2   6   1   0  34   4.49
Totals                  8     6   2   2   6   1   0  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(12-7)           9     4   1   0   2   4   0  32   3.02
Totals                  9     4   1   0   2   4   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Bibby (6)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Odom


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Nelson singled [Tovar to
third, Nelson to second (error by Blackwell)]; Johnson struck
out; Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tovar scored
(unearned)]; Hargrove struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper walked; Harper stole second; Griffin hit
into a double play (right to third to second to third) [Harper
out at third]; Cooper walked; Yastrzemski walked [Cooper to
second]; Evans singled to right [Cooper scored, Yastrzemski to
second]; Petrocelli flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (catcher to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Miller popped to shortstop; Burleson flied out to
left; Blackwell was hit by a pitch; Harper flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg popped to right; Tovar popped to second;
Nelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin lined to shortstop; Cooper doubled to
center; Yastrzemski tripled to center [Cooper scored]; Evans hit
into a double play (right to catcher) [Yastrzemski out at home];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson singled to shortstop; Burroughs flied out
to right; Johnson stole second; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first) [Johnson to third]; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli doubled to left; Miller walked; Burleson
forced Miller (third to second) [Petrocelli to third];
Rangers manager Billy Martin protested game claiming Rico
Petrocelli was out of baseline; Blackwell popped to
shortstop; Harper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle singled to right; Harrah flied out to left;
Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sundberg
walked; Tovar popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
doubled to left; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Evans
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson flied out to center; Johnson popped to
second; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli struck out; Miller grounded out (pitcher
to first); Burleson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove lined to first; Spencer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Randle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Harper
popped to third; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
walked; Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Nelson forced
Sundberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Cooper popped to third; Yastrzemski walked; Evans
forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); Petrocelli singled to
left [Evans to second]; Miller lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs struck out; Hargrove lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.