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May 5, 1974

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 8 12 2
Red Sox 10 14 2
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 8 12 2
Red Sox 10 14 2

Jim Spencer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .385
OBP .500 .431
At Bats 4 52
Hits 2 20
• Singles 2 12
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 7

Reggie Cleveland Season Stats

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1 3 0
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Fenway Park - May 5, 1974
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Out
Reggie Cleveland
Carlton Fisk
Cecil Cooper
Dick McAuliffe
Rico Petrocelli
Rick Burleson
Carl Yastrzemski
Juan Beniquez
Dwight Evans
Jim Spencer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 8 12 2 6
Boston Red Sox 10 14 2 11
Winning Pitcher Juan Marichal
Losing Pitcher Jim Bibby
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Montgomery
Attendance 17,190
Time of Game 3 hours 3 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Burroughs strikes out.
Top 9 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Foucault now pitching. Burleson hits a line drive towards the mound. Foucault reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt juggles the ball. That's an error on Merritt.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fahey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nelson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Fahey hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Randle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Carlton Fisk now catching. Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Merritt now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. Harper moves to third.
Bottom 7 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harper moves to second.
Bottom 7 Harper takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rick Miller pinch runs for Bob Montgomery. Burleson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Montgomery bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. McAuliffe moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hargrove hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burroughs scores.
Top 7 Burroughs hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Burroughs reaches second base with a double. Fahey scores. Nelson scores. Tovar goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Reggie Cleveland now pitching. Johnson strikes out.
Top 7 Tovar takes first base on ball four. Fahey moves to third. Nelson moves to second.
Top 7 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fahey moves to second.
Top 7 Fahey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randle for the out.
Top 7 Harrah hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Lloyd Allen now pitching. Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harper scores. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jim Shellenback now pitching. Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harper moves to second.
Bottom 6 Beniquez bunts towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Harper takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson misplays the ball. That's an error on Burleson.
Bottom 5 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Montgomery is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards second. Nelson throws to second for one, and Harrah throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tovar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nelson bunts in front of the plate. Montgomery picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Montgomery. Nelson moves to second.
Top 5 Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harper scores.
Bottom 4 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harper moves to second.
Bottom 4 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Burleson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Hargrove hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jackie Brown now pitching. Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Burroughs. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 3 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Marichal Nelson moves to second.
Top 3 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fahey hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Montgomery moves to third.
Bottom 2 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. Evans scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Evans reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores. There goes Petrocelli trying to get to home. Harrah throws to Fahey who tags Petrocelli for the out. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Randle bunts towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Harrah hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 1 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Harper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burroughs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 1 There goes Johnson. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.