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July 28,1979

Visiting Team

Boston Red Sox (61-37)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (54-47)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

35,207

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

[HP]: Larry Barnett [1B]: Fred Spenn [2B]: Jim Evans [3B]: Ted Hendry

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1st inning: 4(B)/P/TP.1X1(43);3X3(35) **third triple play of season for Red Sox**
4th inning: E5 **Butch Hobson tagged 3B when there was no force**
4th inning: E5 **flipped the ball to the 3B coach**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Boston Red Sox	BOS	61-37		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	0			1	6	1		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	54-47		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	7	0		3	7	11	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	Rick Burleson	ss	28.090	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.274		94	816
2	Jim Dwyer	rf	29.206	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.298		41	405
3	Fred Lynn	cf	27.175	L	2	0	1	0		2	1	.327		93	663
4	Jim Rice	dh	26.142	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.318		97	741
5	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	39.340	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.284		93	2808
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.109	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.293		87	1411
7	Carlton Fisk	c	31.214	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.276		49	904
8	Jack Brohamer	2b	29.152	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.261		49	715
9	Butch Hobson	3b	27.345	R	3	1	1	0		1	2	.248		85	469
Totals

Errors: Butch Hobson

2B: Jim Dwyer (3), Butch Hobson (15)

RBI: Jim Dwyer (6)

SB: Carlton Fisk (1)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Grubb	rf	30.358	L	3	0	3	0		1	0	.289		86	767
2	Buddy Bell	3b-ss	27.335	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.292		101	1087
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.287	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.304		82	1517
4	Pat Putnam	1b	25.237	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.294		87	118
5	Richie Zisk	lf-rf	30.172	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.247		88	947
6	Oscar Gamble	dh	29.220	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.335		62	1082
7	Larvell Blanks	2b	29.181	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.207		55	527
	Mike Jorgensen	ph	30.346	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.267		62	1022
	Eric Soderholm	3b	30.307	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.242		85	765
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.071	R	2	0	1	0		1	0	.251		95	818
	John Ellis	ph	30.341	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.260		73	749
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.096	B	2	0	0	0		0	1	.184		97	120
	Bill Sample	ph-lf	24.117	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.266		89	97
Totals

2B: Richie Zisk (9)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Eckersley	R	W 12-5	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0		2.96	1.20		22	160
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Eckersley (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fergie Jenkins	R	L 10-8	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0		3.69	1.24		24	535
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (0-0-0)