Texas Rangers vs. Boston Red Sox - Aug 31, 1979

TEX

64-71

BOS

78-53

FINAL

Fenway Park

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	6	13	0
BOS	0	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	9	12	1

WIN

Mike Torrez

7.2 IP, 11 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 3 BB

LOSS

Steve Comer

4.0 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 0 K, 2 BB

SAVE

Tom Burgmeier

1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Box Score

TEX BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
1M. RiversCF	2-4	0	1	.275
2B. Wills2B	3-5	0	2	.268
3A. OliverLF	0-2	0	1	.327
4R. ZiskRF	1-5	1	0	.272
5B. BellSS	0-5	0	0	.302
6W. MontanezDH	1-5	1	0	.237
7P. Putnam1B	2-4	1	0	.282
↳ B. SamplePH	1-1	0	1	.270
8J. SundbergC	0-0	0	0	.265
↳ J. EllisC	1-3	2	0	.285
9N. NormanSS	1-1	0	0	.201
↳ E. Soderholm3B	1-2	1	1	.253

TEX PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
S. Comer(L, 13-10)	4.0	7	7	2	0	27-19	3.91
B. Allard	3.0	5	2	1	2	21-17	4.75
S. Lyle	1.0	0	0	0	2	7-7	3.33

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

TEX		BOS
13	HITS	12
0	HOME RUNS	2
16	TOTAL BASES	20
3	WALKS	3
3	STRIKEOUTS	4
22	RUNNERS LOB	14

Win Probability

BOS 100.0%

TEXEVENBOS

10050100

TOP 9 · TEX 6-9 BOS · BOS 100.0%John Ellis flies out to first baseman Bob Watson.

Scoring Summary

BOT 2Rick Burleson 1-run single on a to right fielder Richie Zisk. Butch Hobson scores. Mike O'Berry to 3rd.0-1
BOT 2Tom Poquette hits a home run (2). Mike O'Berry scores. Rick Burleson scores.0-4
BOT 3Carl Yastrzemski hits a home run (21). Jim Rice scores.0-6
TOP 5Bump Wills 1-run force-out grounder, shortstop Rick Burleson to second baseman Stan Papi. John Ellis scores. Mickey Rivers out at 2nd. Bump Wills to 1st.1-6
BOT 5Jim Rice 1-run single on a to left fielder Al Oliver. Fred Lynn scores.1-7
TOP 7Al Oliver 1-run sac fly to center fielder Fred Lynn. Eric Soderholm scores. Mickey Rivers to 3rd.2-7
BOT 7Butch Hobson 2-run double on a to right fielder Richie Zisk. Jim Rice scores. Bob Watson scores.2-9
TOP 8

Season Series

SERIES TIED 6-6

Box Score

TEX BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
1M. RiversCF	2-4	0	1	.275
2B. Wills2B	3-5	0	2	.268
3A. OliverLF	0-2	0	1	.327
4R. ZiskRF	1-5	1	0	.272
5B. BellSS	0-5	0	0	.302
6W. MontanezDH	1-5	1	0	.237
7P. Putnam1B	2-4	1	0	.282
↳ B. SamplePH	1-1	0	1	.270
8J. SundbergC	0-0	0	0	.265
↳ J. EllisC	1-3	2	0	.285
9N. NormanSS	1-1	0	0	.201
↳ E. Soderholm3B	1-2	1	1	.253

TEX PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
S. Comer(L, 13-10)	4.0	7	7	2	0	27-19	3.91
B. Allard	3.0	5	2	1	2	21-17	4.75
S. Lyle	1.0	0	0	0	2	7-7	3.33

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

TEX		BOS
13	HITS	12
0	HOME RUNS	2
16	TOTAL BASES	20
3	WALKS	3
3	STRIKEOUTS	4
22	RUNNERS LOB	14

Win Probability

BOS 100.0%

TEXEVENBOS

10050100

TOP 9 · TEX 6-9 BOS · BOS 100.0%John Ellis flies out to first baseman Bob Watson.

Scoring Summary

BOT 2Rick Burleson 1-run single on a to right fielder Richie Zisk. Butch Hobson scores. Mike O'Berry to 3rd.0-1
BOT 2Tom Poquette hits a home run (2). Mike O'Berry scores. Rick Burleson scores.0-4
BOT 3Carl Yastrzemski hits a home run (21). Jim Rice scores.0-6
TOP 5Bump Wills 1-run force-out grounder, shortstop Rick Burleson to second baseman Stan Papi. John Ellis scores. Mickey Rivers out at 2nd. Bump Wills to 1st.1-6
BOT 5Jim Rice 1-run single on a to left fielder Al Oliver. Fred Lynn scores.1-7
TOP 7Al Oliver 1-run sac fly to center fielder Fred Lynn. Eric Soderholm scores. Mickey Rivers to 3rd.2-7
BOT 7Butch Hobson 2-run double on a to right fielder Richie Zisk. Jim Rice scores. Bob Watson scores.2-9
TOP 8

Season Series

SERIES TIED 6-6

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
California	88	74	.543	-	W1
Kansas City	85	77	.525	3.0	L1
Texas	83	79	.512	5.0	L1
Minnesota	82	80	.506	6.0	W1
Chicago	73	87	.456	14.0	W1
Seattle	67	95	.414	21.0	L1
Oakland	54	108	.333	34.0	W1

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Baltimore	102	57	.642	-	L2
Milwaukee	95	66	.590	8.0	L1
Boston	91	69	.569	11.5	L1
New York	89	71	.556	13.5	W8
Detroit	85	76	.528	18.0	W1
Cleveland	81	80	.503	22.0	W2
Toronto	53	109	.327	50.5	L5

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Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, Aug 31, 1979