Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
August 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1986 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Texas Rangers 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Garcia 2b 5 0 2 1
Moseby cf 4 2 1 0
Bell lf 3 0 1 0
Barfield rf 4 1 3 2
Johnson C. dh 4 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 2 1 1
Whitt c 4 0 1 1
Iorg 3b 5 0 0 0
Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 2 3 2
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 5 2 2 3
Parrish dh 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Slaught c 4 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 1 1
  Harrah pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 2 1 1 0
  Incaviglia ph 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek 3b 0 0 0 0
Loynd p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Toronto 100 013 100 06110
Texas 002 000 022 17111
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   8.1 9 6 6 2 3
  Caudill  L (2-4) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loynd   5.0 6 4 3 3 2
  Russell   1.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Mohorcic   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Harris  W (7-8) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
11
6
5
7
4

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Texas 2.  2B–Texas Porter (3,off J Johnson).  3B–Toronto Moseby (5,off Loynd), Texas Wilkerson (3,off J Johnson).  HBP–Fernandez (3,by Loynd); Buechele (5,by J Johnson).  SH–Fletcher (8,off J Johnson).  SB–Upshaw 2 (17,2nd base off Loynd/Slaught,2nd base off Russell/Slaught); Barfield (5,2nd base off Russell/Slaught); McDowell (22,2nd base off J Johnson/Whitt).  CS–Garcia (6,2nd base by Loynd/Slaught); Bell (6,2nd base by Harris/Slaught); Slaught (1,2nd base by J Johnson/Whitt); Wilkerson (7,2nd base by J Johnson/Whitt).  WP–J Johnson (2).  HBP–J Johnson (1,Buechele); Loynd (1,Fernandez).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:19.  A–31,517.
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