Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 31, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1977 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 2 0
Staub dh 5 0 2 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 1
Wockenfuss c 4 1 1 1
Mankowski 3b 4 0 2 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 1
Campaneris ss 1 0 0 0
Washington lf,cf 4 1 1 1
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 2 0 1 0
  Grieve lf 0 1 0 0
May rf 3 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
Detroit 000 100 001 0290
Texas 200 000 000 1360
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   9.0 4 2 2 5 11
  Crawford  L (3-4) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.1
6
3
3
6
11
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   9.0 8 2 2 2 6
  Devine  W (7-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Detroit Mankowski (5,off Blyleven).  HR–Detroit Wockenfuss (9,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out); Oglivie (12,9th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out).  SH–May (1,off Crawford).  SB–LeFlore (23,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Washington (16,3rd base off Morris/Wockenfuss).  CS–Beniquez (11,2nd base by Morris/Wockenfuss).  WP–Morris (1).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:37.  A–16,309.
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