Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
April 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1987 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins dh 5 1 3 0
Burleson 2b 5 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 2 1
Murray 1b 4 0 2 1
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 1
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Sheets rf 4 0 1 0
Gerhart lf 4 1 1 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 4 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 3 1 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 1 0 1
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 0
Parrish dh 3 2 1 1
Sierra rf 3 1 1 3
Slaught c 2 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 0
Browne 2b 3 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 7 6
Baltimore 120 000 0014100
Texas 401 000 01x671
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (0-2) 8.0 7 6 6 2 4
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (1-1) 9.0 10 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
7

  E–Buechele (1).  PB–Slaught (2).  2B–Baltimore Murray (4,off Hough), Texas Brower (3,off Flanagan); Browne (2,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Gerhart (3,2nd inning off Hough 0 on, 1 out), Texas Sierra (1,1st inning off Flanagan 2 on, 2 out); Parrish (3,3rd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out); Fletcher (1,8th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–C Ripken (1,off Hough).  HBP–Knight (2,by Hough).  SH–Fletcher (1,off Flanagan).  CS–Wiggins (1,2nd base by Hough/Slaught); Browne (1,3rd base by Flanagan/Kennedy).  WP–Hough (1).  HBP–Hough (2,Knight).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:31.  A–16,258.
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