Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
July 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1985 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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, Detroit Tigers 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 7 0 2 2
Harrah 2b 6 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 7 0 2 0
Ward lf 6 1 1 0
Walker rf 4 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 1 0
  Jones pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Bannister pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Wright dh 5 1 3 1
Buechele 3b 5 1 3 1
Petralli c 3 0 1 1
  Tolleson pr 0 1 0 0
  Brummer c 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 5 0 0 0
Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 5 13 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 6 1 2 0
Trammell ss 7 1 2 0
Garbey rf 7 0 2 2
Gibson dh 3 1 0 0
Herndon lf 6 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 1 1 0
Evans 1b 2 0 1 1
  Bergman pr,1b 3 1 0 0
Brookens 3b,c 6 0 1 0
Melvin c 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 1 1 2
  Castillo c 0 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 1
  Flynn 3b 2 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 10 6
Texas 010 001 001 100 1005131
Detroit 010 000 020 100 1016100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason   8.0 3 3 3 4 1
  Schmidt   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Stewart   3.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Harris  L (2-3) 2.0 3 1 0 1 1
Totals
14.1
10
6
5
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   8.2 9 3 3 4 5
  Hernandez   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Lopez   3.0 1 1 1 1 6
  Scherrer  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
15.0
13
5
5
6
12

  E–Ward (3).  DP–Texas 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Texas G Wright 2 (5,off Morris,off Scherrer), Detroit Lemon (16,off Schmidt).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (2,off Mason).  HR–Detroit Sanchez (5,8th inning off Mason 1 on, 1 out).  SH–G Wright (2,off Lopez).  SF–Petralli (1,off Morris); G Wright (2,off Hernandez); Grubb (3,off Stewart).  IBB–Buechele (1,by Scherrer); Gibson (11,by Harris).  SB–Bannister (5,2nd base off Lopez/Brookens); Buechele (1,2nd base off Lopez/Brookens); Gibson (13,3rd base off Mason/Petralli).  CS–Wilkerson (4,Home by Morris/Melvin).  BK–Mason (1), Morris (3).  IBB–Harris (2,Gibson); Scherrer (6,Buechele).  T–4:14.  A–38,602.
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