Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1983 at Tiger 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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Texas Rangers 5, Detroit Tigers 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers lf 5 1 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 1
Wright cf 4 1 1 1
Parrish rf 4 0 0 0
Stein 2b 4 0 1 0
  Tolleson pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Hostetler dh 4 2 2 2
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 0
Butcher p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 3 1
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
Herndon lf 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Gibson dh 4 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 3 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 2 0
Wilson rf 4 1 2 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 1 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 8 1
Texas 110 010 002580
Detroit 000 010 000183
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher  W (5-5) 6.2 6 1 1 4 4
  Schmidt   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Cruz  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (5-4) 8.0 8 5 4 0 2
  Rozema   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
1
3

  E–Whitaker 2 (10), Parrish (4).  DP–Texas 5, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Lemon (15,off Cruz).  HR–Texas G Wright (15,1st inning off Abbott 0 on, 2 out); Hostetler (10,2nd inning off Abbott 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Rivers (5,2nd base off Abbott/Parrish).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:36.  A–23,287.
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