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July 29,1979

Visiting Team

Boston Red Sox (62-37)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (54-48)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

22,298

Time of Game

2:34

Umpires

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

Boston Red Sox 3 Texas Rangers 2

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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
Boston Red Sox	BOS	62-37		0	0	2		0	0	1		0	0	0			3	6	0		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	54-48		0	1	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	11	0		3	7	12	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	28.091	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.274		95	817
2	Carlton Fisk	c	31.215	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.271		50	905
3	Fred Lynn	cf	27.176	L	2	1	0	0		2	0	.325		94	664
4	Jim Rice	dh	26.143	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.320		98	742
5	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	39.341	L	4	0	0	1		0	0	.281		94	2809
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.110	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.290		88	1412
7	Butch Hobson	3b	27.346	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.248		86	470
8	Dwight Evans	rf	27.268	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.282		96	860
9	Larry Wolfe	2b	26.149	R	1	1	1	0		1	0	.226		36	132
Totals

2B: Jim Rice (19)

RBI: Rick Burleson (40), Carlton Fisk (23), Carl Yastrzemski (64)

SH: Dwight Evans (2), Larry Wolfe (2)

SF: Carlton Fisk (2)

GDP: Bob Watson (7), Butch Hobson (12)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Grubb	rf	30.359	L	4	0	0	0		1	3	.285		87	768
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.336	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.294		102	1088
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.288	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.307		83	1518
4	Pat Putnam	1b	25.238	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.293		88	119
5	Richie Zisk	lf	30.173	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.250		89	948
6	Oscar Gamble	dh	29.221	L	3	0	1	0		1	1	.335		63	1083
7	Jim Sundberg	c	28.072	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.251		96	819
8	Dave Roberts	2b	28.162	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.236		36	542
	Mike Jorgensen	ph	30.347	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.264		63	1023
	Bill Sample	ph	24.118	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.265		90	98
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.097	B	3	0	2	0		0	0	.190		98	121
	John Ellis	ph	30.342	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.258		74	750
Totals

2B: Al Oliver (15), Oscar Gamble (6)

HR: Jim Sundberg (4)

RBI: Jim Sundberg 2 (38)

GDP: Al Oliver (8), Pat Putnam (5), Jim Sundberg (12)

SB: Nelson Norman (3)

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 11-6	7.1	11	2	2	2	6	1		4.62	1.51		23	341
2	Dick Drago	R	SV 6	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.40	1.40		33	417
Totals				0.0

WP: Mike Torrez (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Torrez (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	Doyle Alexander	R	L 3-6	5.1	5	3	3	4	1	0		4.40	1.58		18	256
2	Sparky Lyle	L		3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.11	1.21		45	725
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Doyle Alexander (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)