The Red Sox, after failing to hold a 7-3 lead, scored in the ninth inning and beat the Rangers, 8-7, to end Gaylord Perry's mastery. While with the Indians, Perry had defeated the Red Sox 13 times in 14 decisions. Fred Lynn drove in four runs, three of them with a homer, to guide the Red Sox to their early lead.

The Rangers, who cut their deficit with a homer by Lenny Randle in the eighth, tied the score in the ninth when Toby Harrah and Jim Spencer singled and Jeff Burroughs hit for the circuit. In the Red Sox half, Denny Doyle singled with two out, moved to second on a passed ball and raced home with the winning run on a single by Cecil Cooper. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 8, Texas Rangers 7

Game Played on Thursday, July 10, 1975 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Rangers 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 - 7 13 1 Red Sox 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 9 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar dh 5 1 2 0 0 1 .256 Carbo dh 4 1 2 1 1 0 .264 Harrah 2b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .277 Doyle 2b 5 3 1 0 0 0 .214 Fregosi 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .283 Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .298 Spencer ph,1b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .273 Cooper 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .340 Burroughs rf 5 1 1 3 0 2 .230 Lynn cf 4 2 3 4 0 0 .339 Grieve lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Rice lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .291 Hargrove ph,lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .337 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .300 Randle cf 4 1 2 3 0 1 .274 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .227 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .220 Burleson ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .276 Cardenas 3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Heise 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Howell ph,3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Barr p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .221 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Pruitt c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 7 13 7 2 7 Totals 35 8 9 8 2 6 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 17,365 Left on Base: Rangers 7, Red Sox 5 DP: Rangers 0, Red Sox 2 Errors: Cardenas, Heise Doubles: Randle (11), Tovar (11), Fregosi (4), Howell (9), Lynn (20), Rice (19), Yastrzemski (19) Home Runs: Randle (3), Burroughs (17), Lynn (16) Sacrifice Hits: Heise (2) GIDP: Fregosi (2), Randle (8) Hit by Pitch: Fisk (2,by Perry) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(7-14) 8.2 9 8 4 2 6 1 39 4.34 Totals 8.2 9 8 4 2 6 1 39 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr 4.1 7 3 1 2 2 0 21 2.57 Cleveland W(6-6) 4.2 6 4 4 0 5 2 20 5.44 Totals 9 13 7 5 2 7 2 41 Passed Balls: Pruitt (1) Hit by Pitch: Perry (2) Wild Pitches: Barr (1) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Terry Cooney RANGERS 1ST: 26 minute rain delay before start of game; Tovar singled; Harrah flied out to right; Fregosi grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Carbo singled; Doyle forced Carbo (pitcher to shortstop); Yastrzemski popped to first in foul territory; Lynn doubled [Doyle to third]; Rice doubled [Doyle scored, Lynn scored]; Fisk was hit by a pitch; Evans grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Grieve singled; Randle grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Grieve out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 2ND: Burleson popped to catcher in foul territory; Heise popped to third in foul territory; Carbo walked; Doyle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 2. RANGERS 3RD: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Cardenas walked; Sundberg struck out; Barr threw a wild pitch [Cardenas to second]; Tovar grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski doubled; Lynn singled [Yastrzemski scored]; Rice struck out; Fisk struck out; Evans struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Red Sox 3. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah singled; Fregosi reached on an error by Heise [Harrah to second]; Burroughs struck out; Grieve flied out to right; Randle doubled [Harrah scored (unearned), Fregosi scored (unearned)]; Smalley walked; Cardenas forced Randle (third unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson walked; Heise out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Burleson to second]; Carbo singled [Burleson scored]; Doyle reached on an error by Cardenas [Carbo to second]; Yastrzemski struck out; Lynn homered (unearned) [Carbo scored (unearned), Doyle scored (unearned)]; Rice lined to center; 4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar doubled; Harrah singled [Tovar scored]; Fregosi doubled [Harrah to third]; CLEVELAND REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Burroughs struck out; HARGROVE BATTED FOR GRIEVE; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 5TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Fisk struck out; Evans struck out; Burleson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 6TH: Randle struck out; Smalley made an out to third; HOWELL BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Howell doubled; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 6TH: HOWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Heise popped to third in foul territory; Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); Doyle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 7TH: COOPER REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 1B); Tovar struck out; Harrah popped to first in foul territory; SPENCER BATTED FOR FREGOSI; Spencer singled; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 7TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cooper grounded out (second to first); Lynn flied out to center; Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Randle homered; Smalley struck out; Howell made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 8TH: Fisk popped to first in foul territory; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Red Sox 7. RANGERS 9TH: CUBBAGE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Cubbage flied out to right; Tovar popped to right; Harrah singled; Spencer singled [Harrah to third]; Burroughs homered [Harrah scored, Spencer scored]; Hargrove flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 9TH: PRUITT REPLACED CUBBAGE (PLAYING C ); Heise grounded out (third to first); Carbo flied out to left; Doyle singled; Pruitt allowed a passed ball [Doyle to second]; Cooper singled [Doyle scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Red Sox 8.

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