Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 8, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1983 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Tolleson 2b 4 0 0 0
Rivers dh 4 1 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Parrish rf 4 0 1 0
Wright cf 4 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 0
Sample lf 4 1 1 1
Johnson c 2 1 0 0
  Biittner ph 0 0 0 0
  Anderson pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 1
  Jones B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Butcher p 0 0 0 0
  Jones O. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 1 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 2 2 2 0
  Iorg ph,3b 2 1 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 3 2 3
Johnson dh 4 0 1 1
Moseby cf 3 1 1 2
Orta rf 1 0 0 0
  Bonnell ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
Collins lf 4 0 3 1
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 7
Texas 030 011 000570
Toronto 203 300 00x8121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (7-7) 2.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Matlack   2.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Butcher   2.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
6
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (8-5) 6.2 5 5 5 4 1
  Moffitt  SV (7) 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
2

  E–Upshaw (13).  DP–Texas 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Johnson (13,off Darwin); Mulliniks (20,off Darwin); Moseby (14,off Darwin); Griffin (12,off Matlack).  3B–Toronto Mulliniks (3,off Darwin).  HR–Texas Rivers (1,5th inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out); Sample (9,6th inning off Clancy 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Upshaw (16,4th inning off Matlack 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Dent (1,off Clancy); Moseby (4,off Darwin).  SB–Garcia (17,2nd base off Matlack/Johnson).  WP–Darwin (2), Clancy (2).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:55.  A–25,666.
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