After losing eight previous meetings with the Rangers this season, the Red Sox turned around and gained a 4-2 victory. The Red Sox bunched three hits for a run in the first inning, scored again on a double by Cecil Cooper in the fourth and clinched the outcome with two runs in the sixth. Denny Doyle and Rick Burleson hit back-to-back singles and both crossed the plate on a grounder by Cooper and a throwing error. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      20, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   4 12  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2 14  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dillard 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .281      Clines lf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .284
  Petrocelli ph,3b    1   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Thompson 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .229
Cooper dh             4   1   2   2     0   0   .292        Lahoud ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Lynn cf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .315      Fregosi 1b            3   0   2   0     1   1   .221
Yastrzemski 1b        5   0   2   1     0   0   .269        Hargrove ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .294
Rice lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .253      Burroughs rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .244
  Miller pr,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Grieve dh             5   0   0   0     0   2   .238
Fisk c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Evans rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .249      Randle 2b             5   0   3   0     0   0   .241
Doyle 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .241      Beniquez cf           3   1   2   0     0   0   .238
Burleson ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .250        Moates ph,cf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .287
Jones p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .223
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Howell ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .271
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fahey c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  12   3     3   5             Totals               38   2  14   1     3   6

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance: 13,495
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Rangers 14
DP: Red Sox 3, Rangers 0
Errors: Burleson, Harrah
Doubles: Lynn (15), Cooper (10)
Stolen Bases: Rice (5)
Caught Stealing: Lynn (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Cooper (5), Fisk (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Burroughs (2)
GIDP: Sundberg (8), Clines (9)
Hit by Pitch: Harrah (1,by Willoughby)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(4-0)            6.2  11   1   1   1   4   0  30   2.66
Cleveland               1.1   3   1   1   1   2   0   8   4.48
House                   0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.54
Willoughby SV(5)        1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.77
Totals                  9    14   2   2   3   6   0  43

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(7-6)           5.1  11   4   3   1   4   0  28   3.35
Hoerner                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.07
Bacsik                  2.2   1   0   0   1   1   0  10   2.49
Totals                  9    12   4   3   3   5   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Willoughby (5)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan


RED SOX 1ST: Dillard grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
singled to left; Lynn singled to center [Cooper to third];
Yastrzemski singled to left [Cooper scored, Lynn to second];
Rice flied out to left; Fisk struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Clines was called out on strikes; Thompson singled
to right; Fregosi struck out; Burroughs singled to center
[Thompson to second]; Grieve grounded out (pitcher unassisted);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans flied out to left; Doyle flied out to right;
Burleson singled to right; Dillard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Randle
singled to center; Beniquez singled to pitcher [Randle to
second]; Sundberg singled to right [Randle to third, Beniquez to
second]; Clines lined into a double play (right to catcher to
pitcher to third) [Randle out at third]; Lenny Randle was
called out on appeal for leaving 3B too soon; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Cooper popped to third in foul territory; Lynn
doubled to left; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first)
[Lynn to third]; Rice walked; Rice stole second; Fisk lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Thompson flied out to center; Fregosi singled to
left; Burroughs struck out; Grieve struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans was called out on strikes; Doyle singled to
right; Burleson singled to center [Doyle to second]; Dillard
forced Doyle (third unassisted) [Burleson to second]; Cooper
doubled to right [Burleson scored, Dillard to third]; Lynn
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah reached on an error by Burleson; Randle
singled to left [Harrah to second]; On a bunt Beniquez forced
Harrah (pitcher to third) [Randle to second]; Rangers Manager
Frank Lucchesi ejected by 3B umpire Nick Bremigan; Sundberg
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Beniquez
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski singled to center; Rice lined to
second; Fisk flied out to left; Evans grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Clines grounded out (second to first); Thompson
popped to catcher in foul territory; Fregosi walked; Burroughs
forced Fregosi (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Doyle singled to right; Burleson singled to center
[Doyle to third]; Dillard struck out; HOERNER REPLACED BRILES
(PITCHING); Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Doyle scored, Burleson scored (error by Harrah; assist by
Fregosi) (unearned)]; Toby Harrah muffed the throw at 3B,
allowing Rick Burleson to score; Lynn walked; Lynn was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Grieve popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrah
flied out to left; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski flied out to left; BACSIK REPLACED
HOERNER (PITCHING); Rice singled to shortstop; MILLER RAN FOR
RICE; Fisk out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Miller to
second]; Evans walked; Doyle forced Evans (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Beniquez
singled to left; Sundberg singled [Beniquez to third]; Clines
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Beniquez scored (no RBI), Sundberg out at second]; Thompson
singled to center; Fregosi singled to center [Thompson to
second]; CLEVELAND REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Burroughs forced
Fregosi (third to second); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Rangers 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); PETROCELLI
BATTED FOR DILLARD; Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Cooper
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: PETROCELLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Grieve
struck out; Harrah grounded out (second to first); Randle
singled to center; MOATES BATTED FOR BENIQUEZ; Moates walked
[Randle to second]; HOWELL BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Howell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 1.

RED SOX 9TH: FAHEY REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING C ); MOATES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Lynn made an out to shortstop; Yastrzemski
grounded out (first unassisted); Miller grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Clines singled to shortstop; LAHOUD BATTED FOR
THOMPSON; Lahoud singled to center [Clines to third]; HARGROVE
BATTED FOR FREGOSI; HOUSE REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING);
Hargrove walked [Lahoud to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED HOUSE
(PITCHING); Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Clines
scored]; Grieve flied out to right; Harrah was hit by a pitch
[Lahoud to third, Hargrove to second]; Randle grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 2.