Rick Wise gained his 10th victory and Bill Campbell picked up his 24th save in relief performances as the Red Sox defeated the Rangers, 8-4. Wise replaced Luis Tiant in the third and retired 13 straight batters before giving up a run in the seventh on a double by Pat Putnam and triple by Kurt Bevacqua. Campbell took over in the eighth and yielded the Rangers' final run in the ninth on a homer by Bevacqua.

Rick Burleson started the Red Sox scoring with a homer on the first pitch thrown by Gaylord Perry. The Rangers went ahead against Tiant with two runs in the second, but the Red Sox took command by scoring three times in the third on a triple by Rick Miller, singles by Burleson, Denny Doyle and Fred Lynn and a sacrifice fly by Carlton Fisk. As the game went on, the Red Sox proceeded to increase their lead with the aid of a double and triple by Carl Yastrzemski. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 4, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  3    1  0  0    1  0  2  -   8 15  1
Rangers      0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   4  9  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   2   3   2     0   0   .293      Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   1     1   1   .309
Doyle 2b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .249      Wills 2b              1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Lynn cf               5   1   2   1     0   1   .256        Alomar pr,2b        2   0   1   1     0   1   .262
Yastrzemski lf        5   2   3   1     0   0   .302        Bevacqua ph,2b      2   1   2   2     0   0   .364
Rice dh               3   0   1   1     2   1   .319      Washington lf,cf      5   0   1   0     0   3   .296
Fisk c                4   0   1   2     0   0   .297      Horton dh             5   0   0   0     0   2   .285
Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     1   2   .265      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .300
Hobson 3b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .263      May rf,lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Miller rf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .268      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Wise p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Henderson rf        2   0   0   0     0   2   .245
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Campaneris ss         2   1   1   0     0   0   .253
                                                            Putnam ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Mason pr,ss         1   1   0   0     0   0   .191
                                                          Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   8  15   8     3   6             Totals               37   4   9   4     2  10

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 27,794
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Rangers 9
DP: Red Sox 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Burleson, Alomar
Doubles: Yastrzemski (24), Wills (26), Putnam (2)
Triples: Miller (3), Yastrzemski (2), Bevacqua (2)
Home Runs: Burleson (3), Bevacqua (2)
Caught Stealing: Burleson (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (9)
Hit by Pitch: Harrah (9,by Tiant)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   2     4   2   2   1   1   0  13   4.99
Wise W(10-5)            5.1   2   1   1   1   5   0  19   4.65
Campbell SV(24)         1.2   3   1   1   0   4   1   8   3.11
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2  10   1  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(12-11)          3.2   8   5   5   1   2   1  20   3.25
Lindblad                2.2   3   1   1   1   1   0  11   3.51
Barker                  0.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.81
Devine                  2.1   3   2   2   0   2   0  10   3.34
Totals                  9    15   8   8   3   6   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Tiant (2)
Wild Pitches: Lindblad (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Russ Goetz


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson homered; Doyle grounded out (shortstop to
first); Lynn was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled to
center [Yastrzemski out at second (center to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Wills doubled to right [Hargrove
to third]; ALOMAR RAN FOR WILLS; Washington struck out; Horton
lined to left; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Rice reached on
an error by Alomar; Fisk flied out to center; Scott struck out;
Hobson forced Rice (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrah was hit
by a pitch; Beniquez made an out to second; Campaneris singled
to left [Harrah to second]; Hargrove singled to center [Harrah
scored, Campaneris to second]; Alomar singled to right
[Campaneris scored, Hargrove to second]; Washington reached on
an error by Burleson [Hargrove to third, Alomar to second];
Horton made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller tripled to center; Burleson singled to left
[Miller scored]; Doyle singled to right [Burleson to third];
Lynn singled to center [Burleson scored, Doyle to second];
Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted) [Doyle to third,
Lynn to second]; Rice was walked intentionally; Fisk hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Doyle scored, Lynn to third, Rice to
second]; Scott grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: WISE REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Sundberg flied out
to center; May flied out to right; Harrah grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Rangers
2.

RED SOX 4TH: Hobson made an out to second; Miller singled to
center; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Miller to
second]; Doyle singled to left [Miller scored, Doyle to second
(on throw to home)]; LINDBLAD REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Lynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers
2.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice
walked; Fisk lined to left; Scott singled to right [Rice to
second]; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Alomar struck out; Washington was called out on
strikes; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Rangers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: HENDERSON REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PLAYING RF); MAY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WASHINGTON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); Miller flied out to right; Burleson singled to
left; Burleson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Doyle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); May lined
to shortstop; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn popped to catcher in foul territory;
Yastrzemski doubled to right; Lindblad threw a wild pitch
[Yastrzemski to third]; BARKER REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Rice struck out; Fisk singled to center [Yastrzemski scored];
Scott walked [Fisk to second]; DEVINE REPLACED BARKER
(PITCHING); Hobson forced Scott (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Henderson struck out; PUTNAM BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS;
Putnam doubled to right; MASON RAN FOR PUTNAM; Hargrove flied
out to left; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Bevacqua tripled to
left [Mason scored]; Washington struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 6, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MASON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Miller grounded out (first to pitcher);
Burleson grounded out (second to first); Doyle flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg
walked; CAMPBELL REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); May struck out;
Harrah singled to left [Sundberg to second]; Henderson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Lynn singled to shortstop; Yastrzemski tripled to
right [Lynn scored]; Rice singled to right [Yastrzemski scored];
On a bunt Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Scott was
called out on strikes; Hobson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 8, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); Hargrove
struck out; Bevacqua homered; Washington singled to center;
Horton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
8, Rangers 4.