Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
May 6, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1986 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 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 2 1 0
Spilman dh 4 0 1 0
Coles 3b 3 0 2 2
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
Collins cf 3 0 1 0
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 2b 4 0 1 1
Fletcher ss 2 1 2 0
O'Brien 1b 3 1 0 0
Incaviglia rf 3 1 1 2
  Wright rf 0 0 0 0
Ward cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Parrish dh 4 0 1 0
Slaught c 4 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 2 0 0 0
  McDowell cf 1 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 3
Detroit 000 101 000261
Texas 000 003 10x480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint  L (0-1) 5.2 5 3 3 3 2
  O'Neal   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Cary   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (1-0) 6.1 6 2 2 2 4
  Mahler   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Harris  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5

  E–Trammell (8).  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 1.  2B–Detroit Coles (6,off Hough), Texas Parrish (5,off LaPoint).  3B–Texas Fletcher (2,off LaPoint).  HR–Texas Incaviglia (5,6th inning off LaPoint 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Harrah (1,3rd base off Cary/Parrish); Fletcher (3,2nd base off Cary/Parrish).  CS–Ward (3,2nd base by Hernandez/Parrish).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:24.  A–10,126.
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