Carl Yastrzemski stroked the game-winning hit as the Red Sox shaded the Rangers, 6-5, in 11 innings. The score was 5-5 in the 11th when Rick Burleson drew a one-out walk and raced to third on a single by Fred Lynn. After Jim Rice was walked intentionally, Yaz singled to right to end the game and make a winner of Tom Burgmeier, who pitched two-hit relief over the final 4 2/3 innings. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Texas Rangers 5
Game Played on Sunday, April     20, 1980 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      0  0  2    1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  -   5  8  0
Red Sox      0  4  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  -   6 15  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   1   1   2     1   1   .372      Remy 2b               6   0   2   1     0   1   .231
Wills 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Burleson ss           5   1   0   0     1   0   .091
Oliver rf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .209      Lynn cf               5   0   1   0     1   0   .294
Bell 3b               5   2   1   1     0   2   .293      Rice lf               5   0   1   0     1   2   .297
Staub dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .522      Yastrzemski dh        6   1   3   1     0   0   .294
  Sample ph,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .273
Zisk lf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .167        Dwyer pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Putnam 1b             4   0   0   0     1   2   .231      Fisk c                4   1   1   0     1   1   .222
Sundberg c            2   1   1   0     1   0   .455      Brohamer 3b           5   1   3   2     0   0   .421
Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Evans rf              5   1   3   2     0   0   .207
  Norris ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Rainey p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5   8   5     5   6             Totals               45   6  15   6     5   5

Time of Game: 3:23   Attendance: 23,696
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Red Sox 13
DP: Rangers 0, Red Sox 3
Doubles: Oliver (6), Bell (4), Sundberg (3), Brohamer (1), Evans 2 (3), Perez (2)
Triples: Rice (1)
Home Runs: Rivers (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (1)
GIDP: Putnam (2), Zisk 2 (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  2.1   5   4   4   1   1   0  13   8.00
Devine                  2.2   5   1   1   0   1   0  13   2.45
Kern L(1-1)             5.1   5   1   1   4   3   0  24   0.87
Totals                 10.1  15   6   6   5   5   0  50

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rainey                  5.1   5   5   5   2   3   1  22  11.57
Drago                   1     1   0   0   3   0   0   6   5.68
Burgmeier W(1-0)        4.2   2   0   0   0   3   0  15   2.38
Totals                 11     8   5   5   5   6   1  43

Passed Balls: Sundberg (3)
Wild Pitches: Medich (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers popped to shortstop; Wills grounded out
(first unassisted); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson
grounded out (third to first); Lynn flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell was called out on strikes; Staub popped to
catcher in foul territory; Zisk lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled
to right; Perez walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk popped to
third; Brohamer doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Perez
scored]; Medich threw a wild pitch [Brohamer to third]; Evans
doubled to left [Brohamer scored]; Remy singled to right [Evans
scored, Remy to second (on throw to home)]; Burleson grounded
out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox
4.

RANGERS 3RD: Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
walked; Norman grounded out (second to first) [Sundberg to
second]; Rivers homered [Sundberg scored]; Wills was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Lynn lined to left; Rice tripled to right; DEVINE
REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to
first); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver walked; Bell forced Oliver (second
unassisted); Staub singled to center [Bell to second]; Zisk
singled to center [Bell scored, Staub to second]; Putnam
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Zisk out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox
4.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk struck out; Brohamer singled to center; Evans
forced Brohamer (shortstop to second); Remy singled to center
[Evans to second]; Burleson popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg popped to second; Norman flied to center;
Rivers was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice popped to
catcher in foul territory; Yastrzemski singled to second;
Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Yastrzemski to second]; Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
doubled to center; Bell doubled to left [Oliver scored]; DRAGO
REPLACED RAINEY (PITCHING); Staub singled to right [Bell
scored]; Zisk grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Staub out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk singled to left; Brohamer singled to center
[Fisk to third]; KERN REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Evans singled
to left [Fisk scored, Brohamer to second]; Remy forced Evans
(pitcher to shortstop) [Brohamer to third, Remy to first];
Burleson reached on a fielder's choice [Brohamer out at home
(pitcher to catcher to third), Remy to third, Burleson to
second]; Lynn was walked intentionally; Rice forced Lynn
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox
5.

RANGERS 7TH: Putnam walked; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Putnam to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Norris walked; Rivers walked [Putnam to third, Norris to
second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Wills forced
Putnam (pitcher to catcher) [Norris to third, Rivers to second,
Wills to first]; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: FRIAS REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING SS); Yastrzemski
lined to shortstop; Perez was called out on strikes; Fisk flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Staub popped to
catcher in foul territory; Zisk popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
doubled to left; Remy was called out on strikes; Burleson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
5, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Putnam struck out; Sundberg doubled to center;
Frias grounded out (first to pitcher) [Sundberg to third];
Rivers grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Lynn popped to third; Rice was called out on
strikes; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 10TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Bell flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 10TH: Perez doubled to right; DWYER RAN FOR PEREZ; Fisk
walked; Dwyer was picked off second (catcher to second);
Brohamer flied to center; Evans popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 11TH: DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SAMPLE BATTED
FOR STAUB; Sample singled to right; Zisk grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sample out at second];
Putnam struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 11TH: Remy grounded out (first unassisted); Burleson
walked; Lynn singled to left [Burleson to third]; Rice was
walked intentionally [Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Burleson scored, Lynn to third, Rice to second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Red Sox 6.