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Wednesday August 24, 1977
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Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 24, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Rangers      0  0  1    1  0  1    1  1  1  -   6 14  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  5  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     1   0   .309      Burleson ss           3   0   1   0     1   1   .294
Wills 2b              4   0   2   0     1   1   .283      Lynn cf               4   1   0   0     0   2   .250
Washington rf,lf      5   1   2   1     0   0   .293      Rice dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .318
Horton dh             5   1   1   0     0   0   .291      Yastrzemski lf        4   2   2   2     0   1   .292
Sundberg c            5   0   1   0     0   3   .302      Scott 1b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .269
Harrah 3b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .267      Hobson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Beniquez cf           3   2   1   0     1   0   .285      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .292
Grieve lf             4   0   2   2     0   1   .217      Carbo rf              2   0   1   0     1   1   .283
  May pr,rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Doyle 2b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .242
Mason ss              4   2   2   1     0   0   .193      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   6  14   5     3   5             Totals               30   3   5   3     4  10

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 31,784
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Red Sox 4
DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 1
Errors: Cleveland
Doubles: Wills (24), Harrah (23), Beniquez (17), Yastrzemski (19)
Triples: Horton (2)
Home Runs: Mason (1), Washington (10), Yastrzemski (22)
Stolen Bases: Beniquez (24)
Caught Stealing: Wills (8), Carbo (2)
GIDP: Washington (8)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  5.2   5   3   3   3   3   1  23   4.15
Barker W(2-1)           3.1   0   0   0   1   7   0  11   4.09
Totals                  9     5   3   3   4  10   1  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(8-7)        6     8   4   4   3   3   1  28   4.22
Campbell                3     6   2   2   0   2   1  14   3.14
Totals                  9    14   6   6   3   5   2  42

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Steve Palermo


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Wills
doubled to right; Washington grounded out (first unassisted)
[Wills to third]; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson singled to second; Lynn struck out while
Burleson was picked off first (catcher to first); Rice flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg flied out to right; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); Beniquez walked; Beniquez was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Cleveland [Beniquez to second];
Grieve struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Scott
popped to third in foul territory; Hobson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: On a bunt Mason singled to second; Hargrove walked
[Mason to second]; Wills walked [Mason to third, Hargrove to
second]; Washington grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Mason scored (no RBI), Hargrove to third,
Wills out at second]; Horton made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Fisk struck out; Carbo singled to third; Doyle
struck out while Carbo was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg struck out; Harrah singled to left;
Beniquez forced Harrah (shortstop to second); Beniquez stole
second; Grieve singled to left [Beniquez scored, Grieve to
second (on throw to home)]; Mason grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Burleson walked; Lynn forced Burleson (shortstop to
second); Rice lined to third; Yastrzemski homered [Lynn scored];
Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt
Wills grounded out (second to first); Washington grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Hobson flied out to right; Fisk walked; Carbo
walked [Fisk to second]; Doyle forced Carbo (second to
shortstop) [Fisk to third]; Burleson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Horton tripled; Sundberg was called out on strikes;
Harrah doubled to left [Horton scored]; Beniquez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grieve popped to third in foul territory;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn flied out to right; Rice made an out to third;
Yastrzemski doubled to center; Scott singled to right
[Yastrzemski scored, Scott to second (on throw to home)]; BARKER
REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Hobson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Mason homered; Hargrove singled to center; CAMPBELL
REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Wills struck out; Washington
singled to right [Hargrove to third]; Horton flied out to right;
Sundberg struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk flied out to left; Carbo struck out; Doyle
walked; Burleson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Red Sox 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah flied out to center; Beniquez doubled to
left; Grieve singled to right [Beniquez scored]; MAY RAN FOR
GRIEVE; Mason made an out to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WASHINGTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Lynn struck out; Rice struck out;
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red
Sox 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills singled to right; Wills was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Washington homered; Horton made
an out to first; Sundberg singled to center; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Scott struck out; Hobson grounded out (second to
first); Fisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 6, Red Sox 3.



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