Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1986 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 12, Seattle Mariners 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 3 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
  Kunkel ss 1 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 2 1 0
Porter dh 5 3 3 1
  Stanley ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Sierra rf 5 2 2 3
Parrish 3b 5 0 2 1
  Wilkerson 2b 0 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 1 1
  Brower lf 0 0 0 0
Slaught c 3 0 1 1
  Mercado c 2 1 1 0
Buechele 2b,3b 4 1 1 1
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 41 12 16 9
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Moses cf 6 0 1 0
Bradley P. lf 3 1 2 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Presley 3b 4 1 0 0
Phelps dh 5 2 4 3
Tartabull rf 4 0 0 0
Bradley S. c 4 1 2 1
Quinones ss 3 1 1 1
  Valle ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramos ss 1 0 1 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 1
  Hengel ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones 2b 1 0 0 0
Swift p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 12 6
Texas 004 032 10212163
Seattle 010 300 0206122
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (15-10) 6.0 8 4 3 3 6
  Mohorcic   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Williams   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Harris   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
5
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  L (2-8) 4.2 9 7 3 3 5
  Nunez   1.1 2 2 2 3 2
  Brown   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Guetterman   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
12
8
8
7

  E–Parrish 3 (4), Reynolds (13), Guetterman (2).  DP–Texas 1, Seattle 2.  PB–Slaught 4 (12).  2B–Texas Porter (6,off Nunez), Seattle Moses (12,off Hough); S Bradley (8,off Hough); Quinones (15,off Hough); Phelps (15,off Williams).  HR–Texas Sierra (15,3rd inning off Swift 1 on, 2 out); Buechele (17,7th inning off Brown 0 on, 1 out), Seattle Phelps (23,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Paciorek (1,off Swift).  IBB–Sierra (3,by Nunez).  HBP–Tartabull (1,by Hough).  SB–McDowell 2 (31,2nd base off Swift/S Bradley,2nd base off Nunez/S Bradley); P Bradley (21,2nd base off Hough/Slaught).  WP–Swift (2).  HBP–Hough (8,Tartabull).  IBB–Nunez (1,Sierra).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:58.  A–5,311.
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