Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
July 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1986 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 0, Detroit Tigers 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Fletcher ss,3b 4 0 2 0
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 0 0
Incaviglia rf 4 0 2 0
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  Sierra ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrah 2b 0 0 0 0
Mercado c 2 0 1 0
  Petralli ph,c 1 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 1 0 0
Gibson rf 4 0 0 1
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 0 2 0
Coles 3b 3 0 0 0
Grubb dh 2 1 1 0
  Herndon ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 1 1 0
Collins lf 3 1 2 0
King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 1
Texas 000 000 000062
Detroit 003 100 00x461
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (8-10) 3.2 4 4 3 3 3
  Mahler   3.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Mohorcic   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
King  W (6-2) 9.0 6 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
6

  E–Whitaker (6).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Texas Mercado (1,off King); Incaviglia (14,off King), Detroit Lemon (14,off Guzman).  HBP–Parrish (4,by Guzman); Lemon (3,by Guzman); Trammell (3,by Guzman).  CS–Fletcher (7,2nd base by King/Parrish); Incaviglia (2,3rd base by King/Parrish).  SB–Collins (16,2nd base off Guzman/Mercado); Trammell (15,3rd base off Guzman/Mercado); Gibson (17,2nd base off Guzman/Mercado).  WP–Guzman (3).  HBP–Guzman 3 (4,Parrish,Lemon,Trammell).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:27.  A–26,694.
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