Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 1, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 2 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 2 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia rf 4 0 0 0
Sierra lf 4 0 2 0
Parrish dh 4 0 1 0
Slaught c 3 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 1 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrah 2b 0 0 0 0
Correa p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 0
Upshaw 1b 3 0 2 0
Moseby cf 3 1 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 1 2
Barfield rf 2 1 0 0
Johnson C. dh 2 1 1 1
  Shepherd pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lee 2b 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph,2b 1 1 1 2
Gruber 3b 3 0 0 1
Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 6
Texas 001 000 000170
Toronto 000 201 03x681
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Correa  L (7-10) 5.2 5 3 3 4 4
  Mohorcic   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Russell   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
6
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (2-1) 7.0 5 1 0 2 5
  Cerutti   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn  SV (6) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
2
5

  E–Fernandez (8).  DP–Texas 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Texas Sierra (8,off Eichhorn), Toronto Upshaw (23,off Williams).  3B–Texas Sierra (7,off J Johnson), Toronto Iorg (1,off Russell).  HR–Toronto Bell (27,4th inning off Correa 1 on, 0 out); C Johnson (13,6th inning off Correa 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Gruber (2,off Russell).  SB–Barfield (6,2nd base off Correa/Slaught); Upshaw (18,2nd base off Correa/Slaught).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:47.  A–31,411.
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