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. Boston Red Sox 8, Texas Rangers 4Game Played on Sunday, September 4, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumRed 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. |
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