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Boston Red Sox @ Texas Rangers

1975-07-20 · Night game · Arlington Stadium · 96°F · 3:06

Texas Rangers defeated Boston Red Sox 10–5. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 3rd. Clyde Wright earned the win and Jim Umbarger picked up the save. Fred Lynn went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	10
TEX	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	2		10	11

W: Clyde Wright L: Roger Moret SV: Jim Umbarger

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Ron Luciano · 2B: Armando Rodriguez · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Juan Beniquez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Burleson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	1	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Rice	5	2	3	0	0	1
Fred Lynn	4	1	1	3	0	1
Dwight Evans	4	1	1	0	0	0
Carlton Fisk	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rico Petrocelli	3	0	1	1	1	0
Doug Griffin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Montgomery	1	1	1	0	0	0
Cecil Cooper	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bernie Carbo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	3	2	0	0	2	0
Toby Harrah	3	3	2	1	2	1
Jeff Burroughs	4	0	1	1	1	0
Tom Grieve	4	2	2	3	1	1
Lenny Randle	2	1	2	3	0	0
Jim Fregosi	2	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Robson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Smalley	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jim Sundberg	3	1	0	0	1	1
Roy Howell	3	1	2	0	0	0
Dave Moates	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Spencer	2	0	1	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Moret	2.2	4	4	2
Jim Willoughby	1.2	1	1	2
Jim Burton	1.0	3	1	1
Diego Segui	2.2	3	1	3

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clyde Wright	7.2	9	1	3
Steve Foucault	0.0	0	1	0
Jim Umbarger	1.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Juan Beniquez: 8/L
Rick Burleson: 43
Carl Yastrzemski: S8
Jim Rice: S7.1-2
Fred Lynn: K

Bot 1

Cesar Tovar: W
Toby Harrah: K
Jeff Burroughs: SB2
Jeff Burroughs: W
Tom Grieve: OA.1X2(24);2-3
Tom Grieve: W
Lenny Randle: T.3-H;1-H
Jim Fregosi: 9

Top 2

Dwight Evans: 43
Carlton Fisk: 9
Rico Petrocelli: 9

Bot 2

Tom Robson: 3
Roy Smalley: K
Jim Sundberg: 4

Top 3

Doug Griffin: 5/FL
Juan Beniquez: 63
Rick Burleson: 63

Bot 3

Cesar Tovar: 6
Toby Harrah: W
Jeff Burroughs: SB2
Jeff Burroughs: 63
Tom Grieve: S7.2-H;B-2
Lenny Randle: D7.2-H
Jim Fregosi: S7.2-H;B-2
Tom Robson: 63

Top 4

Carl Yastrzemski: W
Jim Rice: 64(1)3/GDP
Fred Lynn: 43

Bot 4

Roy Smalley: K
Jim Sundberg: K
Cesar Tovar: 53

Top 5

Dwight Evans: D8
Carlton Fisk: 53
Rico Petrocelli: S9.2-H
Doug Griffin: 43.1-2
Juan Beniquez: K

Bot 5

Toby Harrah: W
Jeff Burroughs: SB2
Jeff Burroughs: D8.2-H
Tom Grieve: 63
Roy Howell: S9.2-3
Dave Moates: CSH(25).1-2
Dave Moates: E4/G.2-3
Jim Spencer: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Roy Smalley: K/C

Top 6

Rick Burleson: 9
Bob Montgomery: D7
Jim Rice: S7.2-3
Fred Lynn: FC4.1X2(4E6);3-H(RBI)
Dwight Evans: FC6.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2(E6/TH)
Carlton Fisk: 8
Rico Petrocelli: 7/L

Bot 6

Jim Sundberg: 8
Cesar Tovar: W
Toby Harrah: SB2
Toby Harrah: D.2-H
Jeff Burroughs: 9
Tom Grieve: K

Top 7

Doug Griffin: 63
Juan Beniquez: 53
Rick Burleson: 63

Bot 7

Roy Howell: S7
Dave Moates: K
Jim Spencer: K
Roy Smalley: 8

Top 8

Cecil Cooper: K/C
Jim Rice: S
Fred Lynn: HR.1-H
Dwight Evans: E5/TH1.BX1(4)
Carlton Fisk: S8
Rico Petrocelli: W.1-2
Bernie Carbo: 4/L

Bot 8

Jim Sundberg: W
Cesar Tovar: 8/P
Toby Harrah: SB2
Toby Harrah: S.2-3
Jeff Burroughs: SB2
Jeff Burroughs: 9
Tom Grieve: D9.3-H;2-H
Roy Howell: 3/G

Top 9

Juan Beniquez: 63
Rick Burleson: S7
Cecil Cooper: 31.1-2
Jim Rice: K

Notes & reviews

Jim Rice lost Len Randle's fly in the sun
missed squeeze
Bob Montgomery ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia
1B umpire Ron Luciano ruled that Dwight Evans turned toward 2B after overrunning 1B

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