Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 6, Baltimore Orioles 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 1 1
Fletcher ss 5 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 2 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish dh 4 1 1 1
Slaught c 4 2 2 1
Buechele 3b 4 1 1 1
Browne 2b 2 1 1 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 2b 1 0 0 0
Mason p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 5 1 1 1
Burleson 2b 4 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 2 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 1
Lynn cf 3 1 1 1
Knight 3b 3 1 3 1
Kennedy c 4 1 1 0
Shelby rf 4 1 1 0
Gerhart lf 3 2 2 3
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 7
Texas 001 010 301681
Baltimore 002 006 00x8121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  L (0-1) 5.0 8 5 5 1 3
  Anderson   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Mohorcic   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon  W (1-0) 6.2 6 5 4 1 9
  Aase   2.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
2
9

  E–Knight (1).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Browne (1,off Dixon); Slaught (1,off Dixon); McDowell (1,off Dixon), Baltimore C Ripken (2,off Mason); Kennedy (1,off Mason); Gerhart (1,off Anderson); Wiggins (1,off Anderson).  HR–Texas Slaught (1,5th inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out); Parrish (1,7th inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out); Buechele (1,9th inning off Aase 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Gerhart (1,3rd inning off Mason 0 on, 0 out); Lynn (1,6th inning off Mason 0 on, 0 out); Knight (1,6th inning off Mason 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Murray (1,off Mason).  HBP–Knight (1,by Mason).  SB–Incaviglia (1,2nd base off Dixon/Kennedy).  CS–Burleson (1,2nd base by Anderson/Slaught); Lynn (1,Home by Williams/Slaught).  BK–Mohorcic (2).  HBP–Mason (1,Knight).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:44.  A–17,193.
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