Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1973 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 1, Detroit Tigers 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 0 1 0
Biittner lf 4 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 4 1 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 1 1
Sudakis c 3 0 1 0
Harris 3b 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 0
Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 2 2 2 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 3
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Sims c 4 0 0 0
Reese 1b 4 1 1 0
Cash dh 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 1 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 1
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
Texas 000 000 100172
Detroit 200 012 00x590
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman  L (2-4) 5.0 7 5 4 4 2
  Stanhouse   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (3-2) 7.1 6 1 1 2 2
  Hiller  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
3

  E–Harrah (8), Burroughs (1).  DP–Texas 4, Detroit 1.  HR–Detroit Horton (4,1st inning off Bosman 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Rodriguez (2,by Bosman).  WP–Bosman (2).  HBP–Bosman (1,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:29.  A–9,639.
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