Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1973 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 0 3 2
Taylor 2b,3b 5 0 1 1
Kaline 1b 3 0 1 0
  Cash ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
Horton lf 2 1 2 0
  Northrup ph 2 1 1 0
Freehan c 5 0 0 0
Howard dh 2 0 1 0
  Brown G. ph,dh,lf 3 1 1 0
Sharon rf 4 2 3 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 2 1
  McAuliffe ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 1 0 1
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Strahler p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 16 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harris cf 4 0 0 0
Biittner rf 1 1 0 0
  Burroughs ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 4 2 3 1
Johnson lf 4 1 1 1
  Maddox lf 0 0 0 0
Fregosi 3b 4 1 3 1
Billings dh 4 1 2 1
Mason 2b 4 1 1 2
Suarez c 4 1 2 2
Mackanin ss 4 0 0 0
Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0
  Durham p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
Detroit 021 000 0306161
Texas 600 100 10x8122
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (9-10) 0.1 5 6 6 1 1
  Fryman   3.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Strahler   3.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Hiller   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
2
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   2.1 9 3 3 0 0
  Gogolewski  W (2-3) 5.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Durham   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Paul  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
6
6
1
3

  E–Horton (7), Harris (19), Mason (15).  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 3.  2B–Detroit Taylor (4,off Merritt), Texas Mason (7,off Perry); Suarez (8,off Fryman); Billings (5,off Strahler).  3B–Texas Fregosi (1,off Strahler).  WP–Fryman (3), Strahler (4).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:39.  A–8,770.
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