Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
September 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1986 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 0 0 0
Ward lf 3 0 2 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
  Brower pr 0 1 0 0
  Buechele 3b 0 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia dh 4 0 0 0
Petralli c 4 2 2 1
Harrah 2b 3 0 2 2
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 2b 0 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 5 2 3 2
Barrett 2b 3 0 2 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 1 1
Rice lf 4 1 1 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 2 1
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
  Greenwell ph 1 0 1 0
  Tarver pr 0 1 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Texas 010 000 101391
Boston 001 001 1014101
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   6.2 7 3 3 2 6
  Williams   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic  L (2-2) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.1
10
4
4
2
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 7 2 2 2 4
  Stanley  W (6-5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–Petralli (4), Boggs (15).  DP–Texas 1, Boston 2.  2B–Texas Petralli (9,off Seaver), Boston Boggs (37,off Mohorcic).  3B–Texas Petralli (2,off Seaver).  HR–Boston Boggs (8,3rd inning off Hough 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ward (1,off Seaver).  HBP–Baylor (28,by Hough).  SB–Ward (12,2nd base off Seaver/Sullivan); Barrett (12,2nd base off Hough/Petralli).  CS–Harrah (5,2nd base by Seaver/Sullivan).  HBP–Hough (7,Baylor).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:42.  A–21,668.
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