Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
July 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1985 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 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bannister dh 5 0 0 0
Harrah 2b 5 0 3 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 2 3 1
Stein 3b 3 1 1 0
  Jones rf 1 0 0 0
McDowell cf 3 0 0 0
  Bell ph,3b 2 0 1 1
Wright rf,cf 4 0 1 1
Brummer c 4 0 1 0
Wilkerson ss 2 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Evans dh 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 1 2 1
Garbey rf 3 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0
Melvin c 2 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 1 1
  Morris pr 0 0 0 0
  Castillo c 0 0 0 0
  Madison ph,c 1 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Texas 010 000 2003101
Detroit 100 001 000262
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (8-10) 7.0 6 2 2 4 7
  Harris  SV (7) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (4-9) 6.2 7 3 1 5 4
  Hernandez   2.1 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
1
5
6

  E–McDowell (2), Whitaker (8), Trammell (6).  2B–Detroit Whitaker (15,off Hough).  HR–Texas Ward (6,2nd inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Stein (1,by Tanana).  CS–Harrah (3,2nd base by Tanana/Melvin).  SB–Trammell (10,2nd base off Hough/Brummer).  IBB–Tanana (3,Stein).  T–3:06.  A–26,374.
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