The Red Sox erupted for six runs in the seventh inning and snapped their seven-game losing streak by defeating the Rangers, 9-6. George Scott drew a pass with the bases loaded in the first and homered in the fourth, but the Rangers kayoed Luis Tiant in the seventh and took a 5-3 lead.

Rick Burleson and Tommy Helms started the Red Sox rally with singles and Fred Lynn walked to load the bases. Carl Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly and Jim Rice followed with a single to tie the score. Scott then put the Red Sox ahead with a single for his third RBI of the game before Butch Hobson clinched the victory with a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Thursday, August    25, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      0  0  1    0  0  1    3  1  0  -   6 12  1
Red Sox      1  0  0    1  1  0    6  0  x  -   9 16  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           5   1   2   0     0   1   .310      Burleson ss           5   1   2   0     0   0   .295
Wills 2b              5   2   1   1     0   1   .282      Helms dh              4   2   3   0     0   0   .205
Washington rf,lf      5   0   3   2     0   1   .297        Dillard pr,dh       1   1   0   0     0   0   .256
Horton dh             5   0   1   0     0   2   .290      Lynn cf               3   1   2   0     1   0   .253
Sundberg c            3   1   1   1     1   1   .303        Bowen cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Harrah 3b,ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   2   1     0   0   .294
Beniquez cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .285      Rice rf               5   1   2   2     0   1   .319
Grieve lf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .219      Scott 1b              3   2   3   3     1   0   .274
  Alomar pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .259      Hobson 3b             3   1   1   3     0   0   .266
  May rf              1   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Fisk c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Campaneris ss         2   0   0   1     0   0   .250      Doyle 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
  Bevacqua ph,3b      1   0   1   1     0   0   .350      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  12   6     1   8             Totals               36   9  16   9     2   3

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 30,186
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Red Sox 8
DP: Rangers 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Campaneris
Doubles: Washington (28), Helms (2), Burleson (28)
Triples: Beniquez (5)
Home Runs: Scott (30), Hobson (25)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (26), Hobson (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (8)
GIDP: Burleson (13)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (8,by Devine)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               6    11   5   4   1   2   1  29   4.02
Knowles L(5-2)          0.1   0   1   1   1   0   0   2   3.00
Devine                  0     3   3   3   0   0   1   4   3.24
Lindblad                1.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.52
Totals                  8    16   9   8   2   3   2  41

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   6.2  10   5   5   0   5   0  30   5.05
Willoughby W(5-0)       1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   4.21
Campbell SV(21)         1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.11
Totals                  9    12   6   6   1   8   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Devine (3)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to center; Wills was called out
on strikes; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to right; Helms singled to
center; Lynn singled to left [Helms to second]; Yastrzemski
singled to center [Helms to third, Lynn to second]; Rice lined
to left; Scott walked [Helms scored, Lynn to third, Yastrzemski
to second]; Hobson forced Scott (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded
out (shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk singled to right; Doyle struck out; Burleson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fisk out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Beniquez tripled to center; Grieve was called out
on strikes; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Beniquez scored]; Hargrove lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Helms doubled to center; Lynn lined to first;
Yastrzemski flied out to left; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills made an out to shortstop; Washington singled
to center; Horton singled [Washington to third]; Sundberg struck
out; Harrah made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott homered; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle popped to
third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red
Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez flied to right in foul territory; Grieve
made an out to second; On a bunt Campaneris grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Helms
reached on an error by Campaneris; Lynn singled to right [Helms
to second]; Yastrzemski popped to pitcher; Rice singled to
center [Helms scored (unearned), Lynn to third, Rice out at
second (center to second)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove singled to center; Wills forced Hargrove
(second to shortstop); On a bunt Washington singled to second
[Wills to second]; Horton struck out; Sundberg singled to left
[Wills scored, Washington to second]; Harrah flied out to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Scott singled to left; Hobson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Scott to second]; Fisk made an out to
second; Doyle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, Red Sox 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Beniquez made an out to shortstop; Grieve singled
to center; ALOMAR RAN FOR GRIEVE; Campaneris made an out to
second; Hargrove singled to left [Alomar to third]; Wills
singled [Alomar scored, Hargrove to third]; Washington doubled
to right [Hargrove scored, Wills scored]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
TIANT (PITCHING); Horton grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: MAY REPLACED ALOMAR (PLAYING RF); WASHINGTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Burleson singled to shortstop;
Helms singled to left [Burleson to third]; DILLARD RAN FOR
HELMS; KNOWLES REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Lynn walked
[Dillard to second]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Burleson scored]; DEVINE REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Rice
singled to right [Dillard scored, Lynn to third]; Scott singled
to center [Lynn scored, Rice to second]; Hobson homered [Rice
scored, Scott scored]; Fisk was hit by a pitch; LINDBLAD
REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Doyle flied out to left; Burleson
doubled to right [Fisk out at home (right to catcher)]; 6 R, 6
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 9.

RANGERS 8TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BOWEN REPLACED
LYNN (PLAYING CF); Sundberg walked; Debut game for Sam
Bowen; Harrah singled to shortstop [Sundberg to second];
Beniquez flied out to right; May struck out; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR
CAMPANERIS; Bevacqua singled to left [Sundberg scored, Harrah to
third]; Mike Hargrove yelled at HP umpire Richie Garcia after
a called strike to Kurt Bevacqua; CAMPBELL REPLACED
WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Hargrove was called out on strikes; HP
umpire Richie Garcia told Mike Hargrove as he stepped to the
plate to stop telling him how to umpire Dock Ellis, Bert
Blyleven and Rangers Manager Billy Hunter ejected by HP umpire
Rich Garcia for clapping derisively at the called third
strike; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Dillard lined to center; Bowen
was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled to right; Rice
forced Yastrzemski (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Red Sox 9.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Washington
struck out; Horton made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Red Sox 9.