Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
July 10, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 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 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Mason 2b 3 0 1 0
  Nelson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Harris 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 5 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 1 1 1
Spencer 1b 3 1 1 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Biittner 1b 0 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 3 1 2 1
Suarez c 2 0 1 2
  Maddox pr 0 0 0 0
Grieve cf 4 0 1 0
Mackanin ss 3 0 0 0
Merritt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 2 1 0
Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0
Kaline 1b,rf 4 0 2 1
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Howard dh 4 0 1 0
Sharon rf,lf 4 3 4 2
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 3
Texas 000 000 301493
Detroit 121 000 01x590
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (3-4) 8.0 9 5 4 1 5
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (13-8) 6.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Hiller  SV (21) 3.0 2 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
8

  E–Harris 2 (18), Merritt (2).  2B–Texas Harris (9,off Coleman), Detroit Stanley (10,off Merritt); Sharon (4,off Merritt).  3B–Texas Johnson (2,off Coleman).  HR–Texas Burroughs (10,9th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Sharon 2 (4,3rd inning off Merritt 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Merritt 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Mackanin (1,off Hiller); Taylor (3,off Merritt); Rodriguez (5,off Merritt).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:19.  A–15,534.
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