Posting his first complete game of the season, Luis Tiant fired a three-hitter and shut out the Rangers, 2-0, as the Red Sox wrapped up a sweep of a doubleheader after winning the first game, 3-2. The Red Sox gave Tiant his edge in the duel with Nelson Briles by scoring their runs in the first inning on doubles by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice and a single by Carlton Fisk.

In the opener, the Red Sox put over their winning run in the ninth after Bernie Carbo led off with a single. Rick Miller, inserted as a pinch-runner, advanced on a sacrifice by Butch Hobson. After an intentional pass to Denny Doyle and single by Burleson that loaded the bases, Fred Lynn ended the game with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      12, 1977 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   3  8  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   0     0   1   .276      Burleson ss           5   0   2   0     0   0   .315
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .317      Lynn cf               2   0   0   1     1   0   .225
Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .306      Rice dh               4   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Horton dh             3   0   0   1     1   2   .295      Yastrzemski lf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .311
Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Fisk c                2   1   1   1     1   0   .342
Henderson rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  May rf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Carbo rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .321
Grieve lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .198        Miller pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .206
Sundberg c            4   0   2   1     0   0   .246      Hobson 3b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .253
Beniquez cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     3   3             Totals               30   3   8   3     4   0

Time of Game: 2:29
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Red Sox 9
DP: Rangers 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Carbo, Cleveland
Doubles: May (4), Sundberg (6), Beniquez (7), Rice (9)
Triples: Campaneris (3)
Stolen Bases: Wills (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Lynn (2), Hobson (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Lynn (2)
GIDP: Harrah (7), Doyle (3)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (5,by Devine)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               6.1   4   2   2   2   0   0  25   3.83
Marshall                1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   6   6.55
Devine L(4-3)           1     2   1   1   1   0   0   7   2.00
Totals                  8.2   8   3   3   4   0   0  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(5-3)        9     7   2   2   3   3   0  37   3.05
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   3   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Devine (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Russ Goetz


RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Lynn
walked; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lynn to second];
Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton struck out; Harrah reached on an error by
Cleveland; Henderson lined to right; Grieve singled to center
[Harrah to third]; Sundberg grounded out (first unassisted);
Ken Henderson injured his leg chasing after Carlton Fisk's foul
ball; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: MAY REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING RF); Fisk flied out
to left; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez made an out to second; Campaneris tripled
to center; Wills walked; Wills stole second; Hargrove walked;
Horton walked [Campaneris scored, Wills to third, Hargrove to
second]; Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Horton out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson made an out to shortstop; Doyle lined to
second; Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: May doubled to right [May to third (error by
Carbo)]; Grieve flied out to center; Sundberg doubled to center
[May scored]; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Sundberg to third]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn lined to left; Rice doubled to left;
Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted) [Rice to third];
Fisk singled to left [Rice scored]; Scott made an out to second;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Hargrove
grounded out (first to pitcher); Horton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Carbo grounded out (pitcher to first); Hobson
grounded out (first unassisted); Doyle lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah grounded out (second to first); May grounded
out (shortstop to first); Grieve made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Lynn made
an out to first; Rice singled to center; Yastrzemski lined to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
doubled to left; Campaneris was called out on strikes; Wills
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk walked; Scott flied out to center; Carbo
singled to right [Fisk to third]; MARSHALL REPLACED ALEXANDER
(PITCHING); Hobson singled to left [Fisk scored, Carbo to
second]; Doyle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Hobson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove flied out to right; Horton struck out;
Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson singled to left; Lynn out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Burleson to second]; Rice reached on a
fielder's choice [Burleson out at third (shortstop to third)];
Yastrzemski walked [Rice to second]; DEVINE REPLACED MARSHALL
(PITCHING); Fisk was hit by a pitch [Rice to third, Yastrzemski
to second]; Scott forced Yastrzemski (third unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 9TH: May grounded out (second to first); Grieve flied
out to center; Sundberg singled to left; Beniquez singled to
left [Sundberg to second]; Campaneris flied out to left; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Carbo singled to center; MILLER RAN FOR CARBO;
Hobson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Miller to
second]; Doyle was walked intentionally; Burleson singled to
left [Miller to third, Doyle to second]; Lynn hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Miller scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Red Sox 3.