Jim Rice belted home runs Nos. 17 and 18 and also doubled, driving in five runs, in the Red Sox' 11-3 rout of the Rangers. Luis Tiant was nicked for 11 hits, but posted his 16th victory. Rick Burleson escaped with a slight concussion when he was struck near the left ear by a Bert Blyleven pitch in the second inning. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 11, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Monday, August    30, 1976 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3 11  0
Red Sox      0  3  2    0  1  5    0  0  x  -  11 18  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thompson ss           4   1   0   0     1   2   .244      Burleson ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Harrah dh             5   0   2   1     0   1   .271        Heise pr,ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Moates pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Doyle 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Hargrove 1b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .289      Lynn cf               5   2   3   0     0   1   .312
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .231      Yastrzemski lf        1   2   1   1     4   0   .268
Grieve lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .245      Fisk c                5   2   2   0     0   1   .251
Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .248      Cooper 1b             5   2   3   3     0   0   .285
Randle 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .220      Rice dh               5   3   4   5     0   0   .269
Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Evans rf              5   0   2   1     0   0   .246
Sundberg c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .222      Hobson 3b             4   0   2   0     1   0   .224
  Fahey c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terpko p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  11   3     2   6             Totals               40  11  18  10     5   2

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 17,101
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Red Sox 11
DP: Rangers 1, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Hargrove (26), Grieve (19), Rice (17), Evans (26), Lynn (29), Heise (2)
Triples: Cooper (6), Lynn (6)
Home Runs: Rice 2 (18)
Caught Stealing: Randle (11)
Hit by Pitch: Burleson (4,by Blyleven)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(10-15)       2.1   6   5   5   1   1   0  14   3.08
Bacsik                  2.2   6   1   1   1   1   1  14   3.56
Skok                    0.1   3   4   4   1   0   0   5  13.50
Terpko                  2.2   3   1   1   2   0   1  13   2.39
Totals                  8    18  11  11   5   2   2  46

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(16-10)          9    11   3   3   2   6   0  39   3.05
Totals                  9    11   3   3   2   6   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (11)
Wild Pitches: Skok (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


RANGERS 1ST: Thompson walked; Harrah struck out; Hargrove
doubled to right [Thompson to third]; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Thompson scored]; Grieve flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (first to pitcher); Doyle
grounded out (first unassisted); Lynn was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howell flied out to right; Randle singled to right;
Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Beniquez
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Fisk grounded out (third to
first) [Yastrzemski to second]; Cooper tripled to center
[Yastrzemski scored]; Rice doubled to center [Cooper scored];
Evans doubled to left [Rice scored]; Hobson grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Burleson was hit by a pitch;
Rick Burleson was hit in the head above the left ear; HEISE
RAN FOR BURLESON; Doyle forced Heise (second to shortstop); 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 3.

RANGERS 3RD: HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Sundberg singled
to left; Thompson struck out; Harrah flied out to right;
Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Lynn tripled to center; Yastrzemski singled to
center [Lynn scored, Yastrzemski out at second (center to
second)]; Fisk singled to right; BACSIK REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); Cooper singled to right [Fisk to third]; Rice
singled to shortstop [Fisk scored, Cooper to second]; Evans
singled to center [Cooper to third, Rice to second]; Hobson
lined into a double play (center to shortstop) [Cooper out at
third]; 2 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs singled to center; Grieve lined to
shortstop; Howell singled to center [Burroughs to second];
Randle forced Howell (first to shortstop) [Burroughs to third];
Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Heise grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle
popped to center; Lynn doubled to left; Yastrzemski was walked
intentionally; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
1, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (second to pitcher); Thompson
was called out on strikes; Harrah singled to left; Hargrove
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper made an out to third; Rice homered; Evans
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson singled to center;
Heise forced Hobson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Red Sox 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Grieve
flied out to center; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: SKOK REPLACED BACSIK (PITCHING); Doyle grounded out
(second to first); Lynn singled to right; Yastrzemski walked
[Lynn to second]; Fisk singled to center [Lynn to third,
Yastrzemski to second]; Skok threw a wild pitch [Lynn scored,
Yastrzemski to third, Fisk to second]; Cooper singled to right
[Yastrzemski scored, Fisk scored]; TERPKO REPLACED SKOK
(PITCHING); Rice homered [Cooper scored]; Evans flied out to
left; Hobson walked; Heise doubled to left [Hobson to third];
Doyle made an out to third; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 11.

RANGERS 7TH: Randle grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg singled to
left; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 11.

RED SOX 7TH: FAHEY REPLACED SUNDBERG (PLAYING C ); Lynn lined to
center; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk flied out to center; Cooper
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox
11.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
singled to right; Burroughs struck out; Grieve doubled [Hargrove
scored]; Howell made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Red Sox 11.

RED SOX 8TH: Rice flied out to right; Evans lined to left;
Hobson singled to left; Heise popped to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 11.

RANGERS 9TH: Randle walked; Beniquez lined to right; Fahey
singled to center [Randle to second]; Thompson flied out to
right; Harrah singled to center [Randle scored, Fahey to
second]; MOATES RAN FOR HARRAH; Hargrove flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 11.