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Texas Rangers 6 Boston Red Sox 9

August 31,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (64-71)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (77-54)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

31,314

Time of Game

2:36

Umpires

[HP]: Joe Brinkman [1B]: Vic Voltaggio [2B]: Marty Springstead [3B]: Larry McCoy

Texas Rangers 6 Boston Red Sox 9

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Texas Rangers	TEX	64-71		0	0	0		0	1	0		1	3	1			6	13	0		4	10	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	77-54		0	4	2		0	1	0		2	0	x			9	12	1		3	3	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.305	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.275		106	979
2	Bump Wills	2b	27.035	B	5	0	3	2		0	1	.268		119	428
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.321	L	2	0	0	1		2	0	.327		115	1550
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.206	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.272		121	980
5	Buddy Bell	3b-ss	28.004	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.302		135	1121
6	Willie Montanez	dh	31.152	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.237		121	1354
7	Pat Putnam	1b	25.271	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.282		116	147
	Bill Sample	ph	24.151	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.270		111	119
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.105	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.265		128	851
	John Ellis	c	31.010	R	3	2	1	0		1	0	.285		97	773
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.130	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	.201		120	143
	Eric Soderholm	ph-3b	30.341	R	2	1	1	1		0	0	.253		110	790
Totals

2B: Richie Zisk (18), Pat Putnam 2 (17)

RBI: Mickey Rivers (37), Bump Wills 2 (35), Al Oliver (66), Bill Sample (30), Eric Soderholm (49)

SF: Mickey Rivers (8), Al Oliver (6)

HBP: Jim Sundberg (5), Eric Soderholm (1)

GDP: Richie Zisk (11)

SB: Mickey Rivers (7), Bump Wills 2 (31)

CS: Bump Wills (7)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Burleson	ss	28.124	R	5	1	1	1		0	1	.286		126	848
2	Tom Poquette	rf-cf	27.305	L	5	1	1	3		0	1	.283		64	375
3	Fred Lynn	cf	27.209	L	4	1	3	0		0	0	.346		124	694
4	Jim Rice	dh	26.176	R	2	2	1	1		2	0	.324		130	774
5	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	40.009	L	4	1	1	2		0	1	.271		125	2840
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.143	R	3	1	2	0		1	0	.308		119	1443
7	Butch Hobson	3b	28.014	R	4	1	2	2		0	0	.259		118	502
8	Stan Papi	2b	28.208	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.189		38	126
9	Mike O'Berry	c	25.133	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.176		22	22
Totals

Errors: Butch Hobson

2B: Fred Lynn (35), Butch Hobson (21)

HR: Tom Poquette (2), Carl Yastrzemski (21)

RBI: Rick Burleson (50), Tom Poquette 3 (17), Jim Rice (103), Carl Yastrzemski 2 (76), Butch Hobson 2 (75)

GDP: Butch Hobson (16)

SB: Jim Rice (8)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Steve Comer	R	L 13-10	4.0	7	7	7	2	0	2		3.91	1.34		29	59
2	Brian Allard	R		3.0	5	2	2	1	2	0		4.75	1.45		6	6
3	Sparky Lyle	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		3.33	1.15		57	737
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Comer (0-0-0), Brian Allard (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Torrez	R	W 14-9	7.2	11	4	4	3	3	0		4.70	1.53		30	348
2	Tom Burgmeier	L	SV 3	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		2.21	1.15		37	537
Totals				0.0

HB: Mike Torrez 2 (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Torrez (0-0-0), Tom Burgmeier (0-0-0)