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Red Sox 6 @ Rangers 7
The Ballpark in Arlington
May 3, 1997

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 3, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The home team Rangers beat the visiting Red Sox with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 3, 1997 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Texas Rangers
R: 7 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherEd Vosberg  
Losing PitcherHeathcliff Slocumb  
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Game Winning RBIDean Palmer 

Game Info

DateMay 3, 1997 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamTexas Rangers 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Avery  
Home Starting PitcherDarren Oliver  
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington 
CityArlington 
StateTX 
Attendance43,557 
Time of Game3 hours 37 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rocky Roe
1B: Durwood Merrill
2B: Dale Scott
3B: Dave Phillips

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Nomar Garciaparra  Shortstop 
Wil Cordero  Left Fielder 
Jeff Frye  DH 
Mike Stanley  First Baseman 
Tim Naehring  Third Baseman 
John Valentin  Second Baseman 
Rudy Pemberton  Right Fielder 
Bill Haselman  Catcher 
Shane Mack  Center Fielder 
Jimy Williams  Manager 

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Damon Buford  Center Fielder 
Ivan Rodriguez  Catcher 
Rusty Greer  Left Fielder 
Juan Gonzalez  DH 
Will Clark  First Baseman 
Dean Palmer  Third Baseman 
Mike Simms  Right Fielder 
Billy Ripken  Second Baseman 
Benji Gil  Shortstop 
Johnny Oates  Manager 

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Red Sox 6 @ Rangers 7
The Ballpark in Arlington
May 3, 1997

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         Game of 5/3/1997 -- Boston at Texas (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Texas              AB  R  H RBI
Garciaparra N, ss     3  1  2  0   Buford D, cf          5  0  1  1   
Cordero W, lf         5  1  1  1   Rodriguez I, c        4  0  1  1   
Frye J, dh            4  0  1  0   Greer R, lf           4  1  3  0   
Stanley M, 1b         3  1  1  1   Gonzalez J, dh        5  2  2  0   
Naehring T, 3b        5  0  1  0   Clark W, 1b           3  1  1  0   
Valentin J, 2b        5  2  2  0   Palmer D, 3b          4  1  2  3   
Pemberton R, rf       4  1  2  4   Simms M, rf           2  0  0  0   
Haselman B, c         3  0  0  0   Stevens L, ph-rf      2  0  0  0   
Mack S, cf            1  0  1  0   Ripken B, 2b-ss       4  1  3  2   
Bragg D, ph-cf        3  0  1  0   Gil B, ss             2  1  1  0   
                                   Newson W, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   McLemore M, 2b        0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  6 12  6                        35  7 14  7

Boston           201 030 000 --  6
Texas            000 410 002 --  7
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Avery S               3.2  7  4  4  2  1
Trlicek R             1.1  2  1  1  0  0
Corsi J               1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Garces R              1.2  2  0  0  1  0
Slocumb H (L)         0.2  2  2  2  2  1

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Oliver D              4.1  9  6  6  3  2
Santana J             3.0  2  0  0  2  1
Hernandez X           1.1  1  0  0  2  1
Vosberg E (W)         0.1  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Gil B 2, Pemberton R
DP -- Boston 2, Texas 3
LOB -- Boston 12, Texas 10
2B -- Cordero W, Greer R, Mack S, Gonzalez J
3B -- Valentin J, Ripken B
HR -- Pemberton R
SB -- Garciaparra N 2, Greer R
SF -- Rodriguez I, Palmer D
HBP -- by Oliver D (Haselman B), by Oliver D (Mack S)
T -- 3:37
A -- 43557

    

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