BOXSCORE: 2000 Texas Rangers At 2000 Boston RedSox                  9/21/2000

  Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     RedSox             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.White CF          4  1  0  0 .229     R.Greer LF          6  2  3  2 .286  
  M.Benard RF         4  1  3  0 .261     R.Velarde 2B        3  2  1  1 .295  
  R.Palmeiro 1B       5  0  2  2 .304     B.Williams CF       6  1  3  1 .340  
  C.Jones 3B          5  0  1  0 .297     M.Mieske RF         5  1  1  1 .300  
  T.Fernandez DH      4  0  0  0 .307     G.Hill DH           4  3  2  0 .311  
  R.Gant LF           2  2  1  0 .217     C.Johnson C         5  1  1  1 .263  
  D.Bell 2B           3  1  1  1 .252     J.Leyritz 1B        3  3  2  1 .175  
  T.Steinbach C       4  1  2  2 .239     E.Sprague 3B        5  3  5  9 .259  
  M.Alexander SS      4  0  0  0 .227     E.Renteria SS       5  1  1  0 .263  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6 10  5                 Totals      42 17 19 16


Rangers......... 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 0 4  -  6 10  3
RedSox.......... 0 4 0  310 0  0 0    - 17 19  2

Rangers                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Neagle LOSS(5-6)        3 2/3   7   7   7   3   1   3   4.25
P.Munro                   4      12  10   9   3   3   1  20.25
E.Yan                     0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.40
Totals                    8      19  17  16   6   4   4

RedSox                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Oliver WIN(14-12)       8       8   4   3   3   3   0   4.38
C.Almanzar                1       2   2   2   1   0   0   7.20
Totals                    9      10   6   5   4   3   0

ATTENDANCE- 31,507 DATE- Wednesday, September 21st 2000 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:31
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 7  RedSox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 1  RedSox: 2
ERRORS- D.White, R.Gant, T.Steinbach, J.Leyritz, E.Sprague
DOUBLES- M.Benard(50th), R.Greer(40th), B.Williams(42nd), G.Hill(5th),
         C.Johnson(16th)
TRIPLES- R.Gant(5th), E.Sprague(4th)
HOME RUNS- R.Greer(8th), E.Sprague-3(21st)
STOLEN BASES- G.Hill(5th)
WALKS- M.Benard, R.Gant-2, D.Bell, R.Velarde-3, G.Hill, J.Leyritz-2
HIT BY PITCH- D.White
STRIKE OUTS- R.Palmeiro, C.Jones, M.Alexander, B.Williams, M.Mieske, C.Johnson,
             E.Renteria
GIDP- C.Jones, M.Alexander, R.Velarde
WILD PITCHES- C.Almanzar
PASSED BALLS- T.Steinbach

Ed Sprague cracked 3 homeruns and had 9 RBI as the Boston RedSox ballclub
embarrassed the Texas Rangers by the count of 17 to 6.

Sprague punished Texas with his bat.  He lofted a three-run 'big-fly' in the
2nd inning, blasted a solo shot in the 4th inning, clubbed a three-run home
run (his 21st of the season) in the 5th inning, tripled which was good for
two runs in the 5th inning and banged out a single in the 8th inning.  Boston
bats were hot in the 2nd inning with 4 runs on 3 hits and the 5th inning
which saw them plate 10 runs on 9 hits.  Boston out-hit Texas for the game,
19 hits to 10.  

Darren Oliver(14-12) went 8 innings allowing 4 runs for the win. Denny
Neagle(5-6) was charged with the loss.  He served up 3 homeruns in his 3 and
2/3 innings.  

'Actually, I didn't feel that comfortable at the plate today' Sprague said
after the game.  'Despite that, I'm happy with the results!'