The Boston Red Sox won against the Texas Rangers, 9 to 6, on August 31, 1979.

1979 Boston Red Sox

Final

TEX

Rangers

64-71

6

BOS

Red Sox

78-53

9

1

0

0

2

0

4

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

0

0

7

1

2

8

3

0

9

1

R

6

9

H

13

12

E

0

1

Bottom 2nd

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Single by Rick Burleson; Butch Hobson scored.

0

1

Red Sox

Home run by Tom Poquette; Mike O'Berry and Rick Burleson scored.

0

4

Bottom 3rd

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Home run by Carl Yastrzemski; Jim Rice scored.

0

6

Top 5th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Bump Wills grounded out; John Ellis scored.

1

6

Bottom 5th

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Single by Jim Rice; Fred Lynn scored.

1

7

Top 7th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Al Oliver; Eric Soderholm scored.

2

7

Bottom 7th

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Double by Butch Hobson; Jim Rice and Bob Watson scored.

2

9

Top 8th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Eric Soderholm hit by pitch; Willie Montanez scored.

3

9

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Mickey Rivers; Pat Putnam scored.

4

9

Rangers

Single by Bump Wills; John Ellis scored.

5

9

Top 9th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Single by Bill Sample; Richie Zisk scored.

6

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Bump Wills 2B 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 3
Al Oliver LF 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Richie Zisk RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Buddy Bell 3B,SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Montanez DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Putnam 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bill Sample PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ellis C 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Nelson Norman SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eric Soderholm PH,3B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 6 13 6 0 3 3 3 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Comer (L) 4.0 7 7 7 2 0 2
Brian Allard 3.0 5 2 2 1 2 0
Sparky Lyle 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 8.0 12 9 9 3 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Burleson SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tom Poquette RF,CF 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Fred Lynn CF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Dwyer PR,RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rice DH 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
Carl Yastrzemski LF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bob Watson 1B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Butch Hobson 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Stan Papi 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike O'Berry C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 9 12 9 2 3 4 1 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Torrez (W) 7.2 11 5 4 3 3 0
Tom Burgmeier (S) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 13 6 5 3 3 0

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More Red Sox Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI

11

Wong

Connor Wong

AVG

.364

Wong

Connor Wong

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bello

Brayan Bello

K

32

Houck

Tanner Houck

ERA

0.63

Slaten

Justin Slaten

Team Rankings

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HR

33

2nd

R

116

12th

SO

229

8th

ERA

2.60

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Orioles Orioles
16 8 .667
Yankees Yankees
17 9 .654
Red Sox Red Sox
14 12 .538 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 13 .500 4.0
Rays Rays
13 13 .500 4.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM
Sun
4/28
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
SFG SFG
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Wed
5/1
SFG SFG
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM

Last Game

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6

Final

4

BOS Red Sox

14-12

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM