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May 31,1979

Visiting Team

Boston Red Sox (27-19)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (28-20)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

12

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

13,600

Time of Game

3:05

Umpires

[HP]: Mike Reilly [1B]: Bill Kunkel [2B]: Russ Goetz [3B]: Dale Ford

Boston Red Sox 3 Texas Rangers 2

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11	12			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Boston Red Sox	BOS	27-19		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	0		0	0	1			3	8	1		2	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	28-20		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	10	2		3	5	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Remy	2b	26.204	L	6	1	2	1		0	1	.342		46	638
2	Rick Burleson	ss	28.032	R	6	0	0	0		0	0	.250		43	765
3	Fred Lynn	cf	27.117	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.305		46	616
4	Jim Rice	lf	26.084	R	4	1	2	2		1	0	.331		46	690
5	Carlton Fisk	dh	31.156	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.080		8	863
6	Carl Yastrzemski	1b	39.282	L	5	0	0	0		0	0	.277		45	2760
7	Butch Hobson	3b	27.287	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.242		34	418
8	Dwight Evans	rf	27.209	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.245		46	810
9	Gary Allenson	c	24.116	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.217		36	36
	George Scott	ph	35.069	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.224		43	1971
Totals

Errors: Rick Burleson

2B: Fred Lynn (12), Jim Rice (9)

HR: Jim Rice (7)

RBI: Jerry Remy (20), Jim Rice 2 (30)

SB: Jerry Remy (11)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Grubb	lf	30.300	L	5	1	2	1		0	1	.294		36	717
	Mike Jorgensen	ph	30.288	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.284		42	1002
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.277	R	6	0	2	0		0	1	.276		48	1034
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.229	L	6	0	0	0		0	1	.301		48	1483
4	John Ellis	dh-c	30.283	R	6	0	0	0		0	2	.275		33	709
5	Pat Putnam	1b	25.179	L	6	0	0	0		0	1	.277		37	68
6	Richie Zisk	rf	30.114	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.238		43	902
7	Jim Sundberg	c	28.013	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.223		47	770
	Bill Sample	pr-lf	24.059	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.262		42	50
8	Nelson Norman	ss	21.038	B	2	0	0	0		1	2	.198		46	69
	Larvell Blanks	ph-ss	29.123	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.273		18	490
9	Bump Wills	2b	26.308	B	3	0	2	1		1	0	.244		48	357
Totals

Errors: Buddy Bell, Nelson Norman

2B: Johnny Grubb (6), Jim Sundberg (7), Larvell Blanks (2)

HR: Johnny Grubb (6)

RBI: Johnny Grubb (17), Bump Wills (14)

SH: Bump Wills (2)

SB: Jim Sundberg (2)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Eckersley	R		8.1	7	2	2	2	7	1		3.24	1.32		11	149
2	Bill Campbell	R		2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0		3.10	1.48		14	328
3	Dick Drago	R	W 4-2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		2.52	1.07		19	403
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Eckersley (0-0-0), Bill Campbell (0-0-0), Dick Drago (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jon Matlack	L		9.0	7	2	2	2	2	1		3.33	1.15		7	245
2	Sparky Lyle	L	L 3-4	3.0	1	1	1	1	0	0		4.28	1.10		24	704
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jon Matlack (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)