Tanana greeted Jerry Remy in the top of the first inning by getting him to fly out to left to start. Dwight Evans looked at strike three but Jim Rice singled to left. Tony Perez popped up to second to end the inning. Tudor took the mound in the bottom of the first and struck out George Wright to start. Bill Stein and Buddy Bell stroked back to back singles but Lamar Johnson hit one up the elevator shaft. Jim Sundberg walked to load the bases. Leon Roberts lined out to left to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the second inning as Carney Lansford grounded out to short to begin. Dave Stapleton grounded out to third and Glenn Hoffman whiffed to end the inning. Bob Johnson walked to start the bottom of the second but Larry Parrish struck out. The alert Tudor picked off Johnson before Mark Wagner popped up to first to end the inning.
Gary Allenson singled to open the top of the third and moved to second on the sacrifice bunt by Rick Miller. Remy lined out to second and Evans grounded out to short to end the inning. Tudor cruised in the bottom of the third as Wright flied out to left to begin. Stein grounded out to first and Bell grounded out to short to end the inning.
Tanana cruised in the top of the fourth inning as Rice struck out to start. Perez flied out to center and Lansford grounded out to third to end the inning. Johnson lined out to short to begin the bottom of the fourth but Sundberg singled to center. Sundberg was forced at second by Roberts before Johnson flied out to left to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the fifth inning as Stapleton lined out to third to begin. Hoffman flied out to center and Allenson grounded out to third to end the inning. Tudor got in trouble in the bottom of the fifth as Parrish singled to left to begin. Wagner forced Parrish at seond but Wright doubled. Stein struck out but Bell was intentionally walked to load the bases. Sox manager Ralph Houk had seen enough and pulled Tudor. Bob Stanley came in and got Johnson to ground out to short to end the inning. Tudor wouldn't get credit for the win but did manage to pitch 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball.
The Sox struck first in the top of the sixth inning although Miller grounded out to second to begin. Remy popped up to third but Evans walked and Rice singled. Perez doubled home Evans for the only run of the game. Lansford walked before Stapleton grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox ahead 1-0.
Sundberg singled to center to open the bottom of the sixth inning before being sacrificed to second by Roberts. Pat Putnam pinch hit for Johnson only to ground out to second. Johnny Grubb pinch hit for Parrish only to ground out to second to end the inning.
Grubb took over in left with Roberts moving to right to begin the top of the seventh inning. Hoffman flied out to left, Allenson grounded out to second and Miller flied out to right to end the inning. Stanley cruised in the bottom of the seventh as Wagner grounded out to third to begin. Wright looked at strike three before Stein flied out to right to end the inning.
Tanana came out for the top of the eighth inning and got Remy to fly out to center to end his outing. Tanana pitched well but didn't get any run support. Danny Darwin came in and walked Evans but Rice watched strike three go by. Perez grounded back to the mound to end the inning. Bell singled to center to begin the bottom of the eighth but was erased at second on a failed bunt by Johnson. Billy Sample pinch ran for Johnson and was thrown out trying to steal by the alert Allenson. The pain in the ass Sundberg beat out an infield single to third but Roberts flied out to left to end the inning. Good work by Stanley to pick up where Tudor left off.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the ninth as Lansford flied out to center to start. Stapleton grounded out to second and Hoffman grounded out to first to end the inning. Stanley returned for the bottom of the ninth and got Putnam to ground out to second to begin. Grubb doubled to left to chase Stanley and put the tying run at second. Houk took no chances and brought in Mark Clear to get the save. Lee Mazzilli pinch hit for Wagner and watched strike three go by. Wright struck out to end the game with the Sox holding on to win 1-0.
Hero of the Night is Tony Perez. His rbi double was the difference in the game.
The Good:
Dwight Evans walked twice in four plate appearances and scored the only run.
Jim Rice was 2 for 4.
Gary Allenson was 1 for 3.
John Tudor piched 4 2/3 scoreless innings.
Bob Stanley pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the win.
Mark Clear got his 5th save with 2/3 of a scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Jerry Remy was 0 for 4.
Dave Stapleton was 0 for 4.
Glenn Hoffman was 0 for 4.
Rick Miller was 0 for 2.
The Ugly:
Carney Lansford was 0 for 3 but walked.
Final Thoughts:
That was too close for comfort but a win is a win. As great as the Sox pitching was to hold the Rangers scoreless, the offense mustered just 4 hits and a single run. 9 times out of 10 that's not good enough to win but today was the tenth time. Houk made the right move by lifting Tudor as Stanley got the job done in relief. Hopefully the Sox get more runs tomorrow because they are going to need it. The win improved the Sox to 20-9, 2.5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers for first place in the AL East. Tomorrow night the Sox head to Minnesota for a set with the Twins. Mike Torrez goes for the Sox up against Roger Erickson at 8:00 PM Eastern Time at the Metrodome.
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