September 4, 1977 · 8:05 PM EDT
W: Rick WiseL: Gaylord PerryS: Bill Campbell
Biggest lead BOS by 5 · TEX by 1 · 2 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1KC Royals | 102 | 60 | .630 | — |
2NY Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | 2.0 |
3BA Orioles | 97 | 64 | .602 | 4.5 |
4BO Red Sox | 97 | 64 | .602 | 4.5 |
5TE Rangers | 94 | 68 | .580 | 8.0 |
6CW White Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 12.0 |
7MI Twins | 84 | 77 | .522 | 17.5 |
8DE Tigers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 28.0 |
9LA Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 28.0 |
10CL Guardians | 71 | 90 | .441 | 30.5 |
11MI Brewers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 35.0 |
12SE Mariners | 64 | 98 | .395 | 38.0 |
13OA Athletics | 63 | 98 | .391 | 38.5 |
14TO Blue Jays | 54 | 107 | .335 | 47.5 |
| RBRick BurlesonSS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DDDenny Doyle2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FLFred LynnCF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CYCarl YastrzemskiLF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JRJim RiceDH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CF Carlton FiskC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GSGeorge Scott1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BHButch Hobson3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RMRick MillerRF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2B: Yastrzemski
3B: Yastrzemski, Miller
HR: Burleson
RBI: Burleson 2, Doyle, Lynn, Yastrzemski, Rice, Fisk 2
CS: Burleson
LOB: 18
2B: Wills, Putnam
3B: Bevacqua
HR: Bevacqua
RBI: Hargrove, Alomar Sr., Bevacqua 2
LOB: 18
The Red Sox beat the Rangers 8-4 at Arlington Stadium.
Rick Wise got the win, Gaylord Perry took the loss and Bill Campbell earned the save. Rick Burleson went 3-for-5 for the Red Sox, while Kurt Bevacqua went 2-for-2 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
