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Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox

1977-08-25 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 30186 · 59°F, night · 3:04

Boston Red Sox defeated Texas Rangers 9–6. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 7th. Jim Willoughby earned the win and Bill Campbell picked up the save. George Scott went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	6	12
BOS	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	0		9	16

W: Jim Willoughby L: Darold Knowles SV: Bill Campbell

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Steve Palermo · 3B: Joe Brinkman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Hargrove	5	1	2	0	0	1
Bump Wills	5	2	1	1	0	1
Claudell Washington	5	0	3	2	0	1
Willie Horton	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg	3	1	1	1	1	1
Toby Harrah	4	0	1	0	0	0
Juan Beniquez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Grieve	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bert Campaneris	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dave May	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kurt Bevacqua	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Burleson	5	1	2	0	0	0
Tommy Helms	4	2	3	0	0	0
Fred Lynn	3	1	2	0	1	0
Carl Yastrzemski	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jim Rice	5	1	2	2	0	1
George Scott	3	2	3	3	1	0
Butch Hobson	3	1	1	3	0	0
Carlton Fisk	3	0	1	0	0	0
Denny Doyle	4	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Dillard	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Bowen	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doyle Alexander	6.0	11	1	2
Darold Knowles	0.1	0	1	0
Adrian Devine	0.0	3	0	0
Paul Lindblad	1.2	2	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	6.2	10	0	5
Jim Willoughby	1.0	2	1	1
Bill Campbell	1.1	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Hargrove: 8
Bump Wills: K/C
Claudell Washington: 3/G

Bot 1

Rick Burleson: 9
Tommy Helms: S8
Fred Lynn: S7.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: S8.2-3;1-2
Jim Rice: 7/L
George Scott: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Butch Hobson: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Willie Horton: K/C
Jim Sundberg: 63
Toby Harrah: 8

Bot 2

Carlton Fisk: S9
Denny Doyle: K
Rick Burleson: 6(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 3

Juan Beniquez: T8
Tom Grieve: K/C
Bert Campaneris: 13/SH.3-H
Mike Hargrove: 7/L

Bot 3

Tommy Helms: D8
Fred Lynn: 3/L
Carl Yastrzemski: 7
Jim Rice: K

Top 4

Bump Wills: 6
Claudell Washington: S8
Willie Horton: S.1-3
Jim Sundberg: K
Toby Harrah: 6

Bot 4

George Scott: HR/9
Butch Hobson: 63
Carlton Fisk: 63
Denny Doyle: 5/FL

Top 5

Juan Beniquez: 9/FL
Tom Grieve: 4
Bert Campaneris: 13/BG

Bot 5

Rick Burleson: 43
Tommy Helms: E6/G
Fred Lynn: S9.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: 1/P
Jim Rice: S8.2-H(UR);1-3;BX2(84)

Top 6

Mike Hargrove: S8
Bump Wills: 46(1)/FO
Claudell Washington: S4/BG.1-2
Willie Horton: K
Jim Sundberg: S7.2-H;1-2
Toby Harrah: 9

Bot 6

George Scott: S7
Butch Hobson: 13/SH.1-2
Carlton Fisk: 4
Denny Doyle: 7

Top 7

Juan Beniquez: 6
Tom Grieve: S8
Bert Campaneris: 4
Mike Hargrove: S7.1-3
Bump Wills: S.3-H;1-3
Claudell Washington: D9.3-H;1-H
Willie Horton: 43

Bot 7

Rick Burleson: S6
Tommy Helms: S7.1-3
Fred Lynn: W.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: 7/SF.3-H
Jim Rice: S9.2-H;1-3
George Scott: S8.3-H;1-2
Butch Hobson: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Carlton Fisk: HP
Denny Doyle: 7
Rick Burleson: D9.1XH(92)

Top 8

Jim Sundberg: W
Toby Harrah: S6.1-2
Juan Beniquez: 9
Dave May: K
Kurt Bevacqua: S7.2-H;1-3
Mike Hargrove: K/C

Bot 8

Steve Dillard: 8/L
Sam Bowen: K/C
Carl Yastrzemski: S9
Jim Rice: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Bump Wills: 43
Claudell Washington: K
Willie Horton: 4

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Sam Bowen
Mike Hargrove yelled at HP umpire Richie Garcia after a called strike to Kurt Bevacqua
HP umpire Richie Garcia told Mike Hargrove as he stepped to the plate to stop telling him how to umpire
Dock Ellis, Bert Blyleven and Rangers Manager Billy Hunter ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia for clapping derisively at the called third strike

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