Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
September 2, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1977 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 1 1
Carbo rf 3 1 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 1 1
  Dillard pr 0 0 0 0
Lynn cf 5 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 2 1
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 2 1 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 1 1
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
  Montgomery ph 1 1 1 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 2 3 1
Wills 2b 4 1 2 1
Washington lf 5 1 1 0
Putnam dh 4 1 2 0
Sundberg c 3 0 2 2
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Henderson rf 3 0 1 1
Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 13 5
Boston 001 000 102481
Texas 000 121 11x6130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (10-9) 5.2 7 4 2 4 2
  Stanley   1.2 6 2 2 0 0
  Willoughby   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
4
4
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (13-11) 5.0 2 1 1 4 2
  Briles   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Moret  SV (2) 2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6

  E–Jenkins (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Texas Hargrove (20,off Stanley).  HR–Boston Hobson (27,7th inning off Briles 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wills (5,off Jenkins); Campaneris (28,off Jenkins).  SF–Sundberg (5,off Jenkins).  WP–Jenkins (2), Blyleven (8).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:59.  A–18,883.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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