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Rangers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 16, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers, played on August 16, 1987 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Greg Harris |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Stanley |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 31,438 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Steve Palermo 2B: Dan Morrison 3B: Tim Tschida |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Browne | Second Baseman |
| Scott Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Ruben Sierra | Right Fielder |
| Pete O'Brien | First Baseman |
| Pete Incaviglia | Left Fielder |
| Larry Parrish | DH |
| Oddibe McDowell | Center Fielder |
| Tom O'Malley | Third Baseman |
| Mike Stanley | Catcher |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
| Marty Barrett | Second Baseman |
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Mike Greenwell | Left Fielder |
| Dwight Evans | First Baseman |
| Sam Horn | DH |
| Todd Benzinger | Right Fielder |
| Spike Owen | Shortstop |
| John Marzano | Catcher |
| John McNamara | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 16, 1987
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Stanley
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Stanley
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Browne moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Sierra vs. Stanley
Sierra hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Stanley
O'Brien takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Incaviglia vs. Stanley
Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Harris
Burks hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Harris
Barrett hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Browne reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Harris
Boggs hits a line drive into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Stanley
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Stanley
McDowell hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
O'Malley vs. Stanley
O'Malley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Stanley
Stanley is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Greenwell vs. Harris
Greenwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Harris
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horn vs. Harris
The ball gets by Stanley for a passed ball. Greenwell moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Horn vs. Harris
Horn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Benzinger vs. Harris
Benzinger strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Owen vs. Harris
Owen hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marzano vs. Harris
Marzano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Harris
Burks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Harris
Barrett hits a popup, foul, towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Stanley
Browne strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Stanley
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Stanley
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Harris
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Harris
Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Harris
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Malley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Stanley
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Incaviglia vs. Stanley
Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Stanley
Parrish strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Horn vs. Harris
Horn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Harris
Benzinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne misplays the ball. That's an error on Browne. Benzinger moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Harris
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Marzano vs. Harris
Marzano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Harris
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burks for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Stanley
McDowell hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Burks. McDowell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
O'Malley vs. Stanley
O'Malley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McDowell moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Stanley vs. Stanley
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McDowell tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Browne vs. Stanley
Browne hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Stanley
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Harris
Barrett is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Harris
Boggs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Harris
Greenwell strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Harris
Evans takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Horn vs. Harris
Horn strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Stanley
Sierra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Stanley
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Stanley
Incaviglia hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Harris
Benzinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Browne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Harris
Owen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Marzano vs. Harris
Marzano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Harris
Burks is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Harris
Barrett hits a line drive beyond short. Fletcher can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Williams
Mitch Williams now pitching.
There goes Barrett. The throw from Stanley and he is safe. Barrett steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Williams
Boggs hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDowell. Boggs reaches second base with a double. Barrett scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Greenwell vs. Williams
Greenwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Williams
Evans strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Stanley
Parrish hits a line drive towards first. Evans reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Stanley
McDowell bunts towards the mound. Stanley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Malley vs. Stanley
O'Malley hits a line drive towards first. Evans reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Horn vs. Williams
Horn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benzinger vs. Williams
Benzinger hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Williams
Owen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Marzano vs. Loynd
Mike Loynd now pitching.
Marzano hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Marzano reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Loynd
Burks hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Loynd
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Malley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Loynd
Boggs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Greenwell vs. Loynd
Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of McDowell. Greenwell reaches second base with a double. Boggs goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Loynd
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Malley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Stanley
Ed Romero now playing third base.
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Stanley
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanley covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Stanley
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Horn vs. Loynd
Horn hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Benzinger vs. Loynd
Benzinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Loynd
Owen hits a fly ball into center field. McDowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marzano vs. Loynd
Marzano hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Malley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Stanley
Sierra hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Sierra reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Stanley
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanley covering, for the out. Sierra moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Incaviglia vs. Stanley
Incaviglia hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Sierra scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Stanley
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
McDowell vs. Stanley
McDowell hits a fly ball into right field. Benzinger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1987 -- Texas at Boston (D)
Texas AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Browne J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Burks E, cf 4 1 1 2
Fletcher S, ss 4 0 1 0 Barrett M, 2b 5 1 1 0
Sierra R, rf 4 1 2 0 Boggs W, 3b 5 1 4 1
O'Brien P, 1b 3 0 1 0 Romero E, 3b 0 0 0 0
Incaviglia P, lf 4 0 1 1 Greenwell M, lf 4 1 2 1
Parrish L, dh 4 0 0 0 Evans D, 1b 3 1 0 0
McDowell O, cf 4 1 1 0 Horn S, dh 4 2 1 1
O'Malley T, 3b 3 0 2 0 Benzinger T, rf 5 0 1 0
Stanley M, c 2 0 0 1 Owen S, ss 4 2 2 3
Marzano J, c 4 3 3 4
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32 2 9 2 38 12 15 12
Texas 000 010 001 -- 2
Boston 040 003 50x -- 12
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Harris G (L) 5.2 8 7 7 4 5
Williams M 0.2 2 2 2 2 1
Loynd M 1.2 5 3 3 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley B (W) 9.0 9 2 2 1 3
E -- Browne J
DP -- Texas 1, Boston 3
LOB -- Texas 5, Boston 9
2B -- Greenwell M 2, McDowell O, Boggs W, Marzano J, Sierra R
HR -- Marzano J 2, Owen S, Burks E
SB -- Barrett M
SF -- Owen S, Stanley M
PB -- Stanley M
T -- 2:46
A -- 31438
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