The Boston Red Sox couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 7 to 6, on September 2, 1979.

1979 Boston Red Sox

Final

TEX

Rangers

66-71

7

BOS

Red Sox

78-55

6

1

0

3

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

1

7

3

0

8

0

0

9

2

1

10

0

0

11

1

0

R

7

6

H

12

10

E

0

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Triple by Jim Rice; Fred Lynn scored.

0

1

Red Sox

Double by Carl Yastrzemski; Jim Rice scored.

0

2

Red Sox

Double by Bob Watson; Carl Yastrzemski scored.

0

3

Bottom 3rd

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski; Tom Poquette scored.

0

4

Top 6th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Al Oliver; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

4

Bottom 6th

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Single by Rick Burleson; Butch Hobson scored.

1

5

Top 7th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Home run by Richie Zisk.

2

5

Rangers

Home run by Eric Soderholm; John Ellis scored.

4

5

Top 9th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Home run by John Ellis.

5

5

Rangers

Single by Bump Wills; Eric Soderholm scored.

6

5

Bottom 9th

TEX

BOS

Red Sox

Single by Tom Poquette; Carlton Fisk scored.

6

6

Top 11th

TEX

BOS

Rangers

Home run by Willie Montanez.

7

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
Bump Wills 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Oliver LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell 3B,SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
John Ellis DH 5 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Willie Montanez 1B 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Greg Mahlberg C 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Nelson Norman SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Soderholm PH,3B 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Totals 42 7 12 7 4 2 5 0 0 26

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doyle Alexander 6.0 7 5 5 5 1 0
Sparky Lyle 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jim Kern (W) 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 10 6 6 5 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Burleson SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Poquette RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fred Lynn CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Jim Rice DH 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Carl Yastrzemski LF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Butch Hobson 3B 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Papi 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Dwyer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike O'Berry C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Carlton Fisk PH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Allenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Evans PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 10 6 0 5 4 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Tudor 6.2 6 4 4 2 1 2
Tom Burgmeier 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Allen Ripley 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1
Bill Campbell 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Drago (L) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1
Totals 11.0 12 7 7 2 5 4

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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