Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 3, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1977 at Tiger 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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Texas Rangers 13, Detroit Tigers 0

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Washington lf 5 1 2 2
Campaneris ss 6 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 1 2 1 1
  Howell pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Horton dh 6 2 4 0
Henderson rf 4 2 2 4
  May rf 1 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 5 2 2 2
Wills 2b 5 3 4 3
Sundberg c 5 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 13 18 12
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 3 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Bare p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Texas 370 000 10213181
Detroit 000 000 000041
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (3-2) 9.0 4 0 0 1 12
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
12
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (3-2) 1.2 6 7 7 1 2
  Bare   0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Sykes   6.2 8 3 3 2 4
  Crawford   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
18
13
13
4
7

  E–Howell (1), Oglivie (3).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Washington (3,off Ruhle); Henderson (3,off Bare); Horton (1,off Sykes), Detroit May (3,off Blyleven).  3B–Texas Harrah (1,off Bare).  HR–Texas Henderson (3,1st inning off Ruhle 2 on, 2 out); Wills (1,9th inning off Sykes 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hargrove (1,by Sykes).  WP–Sykes (1).  HBP–Sykes (1,Hargrove).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:14.  A–12,272.
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