Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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 13

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 2 1
  Wilkerson ss 1 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia rf 4 0 0 0
Ward lf 3 0 0 0
  Petralli 3b 1 0 0 0
Parrish dh 2 0 0 0
  Sierra ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  Paciorek 3b,lf 1 0 0 0
Harrah 2b 2 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 1
  Lee ss 1 0 1 0
Upshaw 1b 5 2 3 0
Moseby cf 4 2 1 1
  Shepherd ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 2 3 0 0
  Leach lf 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf,cf 1 3 1 2
Whitt c 5 1 3 4
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Iorg 3b,2b 4 0 1 1
Garcia 2b 3 1 1 3
  Gruber 3b 1 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 12 12
Texas 000 001 000161
Toronto 400 062 01x13120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (9-8) 5.1 10 12 8 6 2
  Mohorcic   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Harris   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
13
9
8
3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (11-8) 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Lamp   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Caudill   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4

  E–Incaviglia (9).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Texas Fletcher 2 (28,off Key 2); Slaught (14,off Key), Toronto Upshaw 2 (25,off Hough 2); Moseby (18,off Hough); Whitt 2 (15,off Hough,off Harris); Barfield (28,off Hough).  HR–Toronto Fernandez (8,1st inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out); Garcia (6,5th inning off Hough 2 on, 2 out).  WP–Hough 4 (13).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:30.  A–41,203.
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