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Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 2, Texas Rangers 1

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Boston Red Sox 2, Texas Rangers 1

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Game Played on Tuesday, July 9, 1974 (N) at Fenway Park

TEX A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
BOS A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  1
BATTING
Texas Rangers                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Tovar cf                      4   1   1   0       0   0       2   0
Nelson 2b                     4   0   1   0       0   1       2   2
Johnson lf                    4   0   1   0       0   1       4   0
Burroughs rf                  3   0   0   1       0   1       2   2
Hargrove dh                   4   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Spencer 1b                    3   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
Randle 3b                     3   0   1   0       0   0       3   3
Harrah ss                     3   0   0   0       0   0       4   3
Sundberg c                    1   0   0   0       2   0       2   0
Bibby p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
Totals                       29   1   4   1       2   4      24  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 3. Burroughs-Randle-Nelson-Randle, Burroughs-Sundberg, Bibby-Harrah-Spencer.
BATTING - 
SF: Burroughs (4,off Tiant).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Johnson (15,2nd base off Tiant/Blackwell).
CS: Randle (10,2nd base by Tiant/Blackwell).
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Harper dh                     3   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Griffin 2b                    4   0   0   0       0   0       4   1
Cooper 1b                     3   2   2   0       1   0      11   0
Yastrzemski lf                1   0   1   1       3   0       1   0
Evans rf                      4   0   1   1       0   0       4   0
Petrocelli 3b                 4   0   2   0       0   1       0   2
Miller cf                     3   0   0   0       1   0       2   0
Burleson ss                   3   0   0   0       0   0       1   5
Blackwell c                   2   0   0   0       0   0       4   2
Tiant p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       27   2   6   2       6   1      27  10
FIELDING - 
E: Blackwell (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Cooper 2 (13,off Bibby 2); Petrocelli (10,off Bibby).
3B: Yastrzemski (1,off Bibby).
HBP: Blackwell (1,by Bibby).
GDP: Evans (3,off Bibby).
IBB: Yastrzemski (11,by Bibby).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Harper (19,2nd base off Bibby/Sundberg).
PITCHING
Texas Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Bibby L(11-11)                8     6   2   2   6   1   0  34
HBP: Bibby (6,Blackwell).
IBB: Bibby (3,Yastrzemski).
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Tiant W(12-7)                 9     4   1   0   2   4   0  32

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Odom
Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 15051
Starting Lineups:

   Texas Rangers                 Boston Red Sox           
1. Tovar               cf        Harper              dh
2. Nelson              2b        Griffin             2b
3. Johnson             lf        Cooper              1b
4. Burroughs           rf        Yastrzemski         lf
5. Hargrove            dh        Evans               rf
6. Spencer             1b        Petrocelli          3b
7. Randle              3b        Miller              cf
8. Harrah              ss        Burleson            ss
9. Sundberg            c         Blackwell           c
   Bibby               p         Tiant               p

RANGERS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Nelson singled [Tovar to
third, Nelson to second (error by Blackwell)]; Johnson struck
out; Burroughs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tovar scored
(unearned)]; Hargrove struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper walked; Harper stole second; Griffin hit
into a double play (right to third to second to third) [Harper
out at third]; Cooper walked; Yastrzemski walked [Cooper to
second]; Evans singled to right [Cooper scored, Yastrzemski to
second]; Petrocelli flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (catcher to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Miller popped to shortstop; Burleson flied out to
left; Blackwell was hit by a pitch; Harper flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg popped to right; Tovar popped to second;
Nelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin lined to shortstop; Cooper doubled to
center; Yastrzemski tripled to center [Cooper scored]; Evans hit
into a double play (right to catcher) [Yastrzemski out at home];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Johnson singled to shortstop; Burroughs flied out
to right; Johnson stole second; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first) [Johnson to third]; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli doubled to left; Miller walked; Burleson
forced Miller (third to second) [Petrocelli to third];
Rangers manager Billy Martin protested game claiming Rico
Petrocelli was out of baseline; Blackwell popped to
shortstop; Harper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Randle singled to right; Harrah flied out to left;
Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sundberg
walked; Tovar popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
doubled to left; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Evans
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson flied out to center; Johnson popped to
second; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli struck out; Miller grounded out (pitcher
to first); Burleson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove lined to first; Spencer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Randle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Harper
popped to third; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
walked; Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Nelson forced
Sundberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Cooper popped to third; Yastrzemski walked; Evans
forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); Petrocelli singled to
left [Evans to second]; Miller lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs struck out; Hargrove lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Rangers          1   4   0    4
 Red Sox          2   6   1    8
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