Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 7, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 2 3 2
Ward lf 5 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 2 1
Porter c 3 1 0 0
  Slaught c 1 0 0 0
Parrish dh 5 2 2 3
Sierra rf 5 0 2 1
Buechele 3b,2b 5 0 1 0
Harrah 2b 3 0 0 0
  Petralli ph 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek 3b 0 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 3 0 0 0
  Incaviglia ph 1 0 0 0
  Fletcher ss 0 0 0 0
Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 11 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 1
Moseby cf 5 1 2 0
Johnson dh 3 2 2 0
  Gruber pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 5 2 2 1
Barfield rf 4 1 2 2
Garcia 2b 5 0 1 2
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 1
Iorg 3b 3 1 1 0
  Leach ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee 3b 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 0
  Shepherd pr 0 0 0 0
  Whitt c 2 1 1 1
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 13 8
Texas 320 001 100 007110
Toronto 000 204 100 018131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason   5.0 6 4 4 2 3
  Mohorcic   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Williams   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Harris   4.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Russell  L (4-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
13
8
8
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   1.2 5 5 5 2 0
  Cerutti   5.1 3 2 2 1 8
  Eichhorn  W (10-4) 4.0 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
11.0
11
7
7
3
12

  E–Fernandez (9).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Parrish (17,off Clancy); Sierra (9,off Eichhorn), Toronto Moseby (19,off Mason); Barfield 2 (30,off Mohorcic,off Harris).  HR–Texas McDowell 2 (16,2nd inning off Clancy 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Cerutti 0 on, 0 out); Parrish (18,6th inning off Cerutti 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Whitt (11,11th inning off Russell 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Upshaw (3,by Harris).  SB–Ward (10,2nd base off Clancy/Martinez); McDowell (24,2nd base off Eichhorn/Whitt).  WP–Cerutti (8).  IBB–Harris (6,Upshaw).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:35.  A–38,413.
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