Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
May 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1987 at Arlington 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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Toronto Blue Jays 7, Texas Rangers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 1 2 0
Mulliniks 3b 4 1 1 0
  Gruber 3b 1 0 0 0
Moseby cf 5 1 2 1
Bell lf 5 2 3 1
  Ducey lf 0 0 0 0
Barfield rf 5 2 2 5
Upshaw 1b 3 0 0 0
McGriff dh 3 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
Sharperson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Iorg pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 1 0
  Kunkel ss,cf 1 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 0
Sierra rf 2 0 0 0
Parrish dh 3 1 2 1
Slaught c 4 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ss 1 0 0 0
Brower cf 2 0 0 0
  Petralli ph,3b 2 1 1 3
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Loynd p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Toronto 502 000 0007111
Texas 010 000 300471
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (4-2) 6.1 7 4 4 2 4
  Eichhorn  SV (2) 2.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (1-2) 2.1 7 7 7 1 1
  Meridith   1.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Loynd   2.1 2 0 0 0 3
  Harris   2.0 0 0 0 0 5
  Mohorcic   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
11

  E–Sharperson (4), Loynd (1).  DP–Toronto 1, Texas 1.  2B–Texas Parrish (2,off Clancy).  HR–Toronto Barfield 2 (9,1st inning off Guzman 2 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Guzman 1 on, 1 out), Texas Petralli (1,7th inning off Clancy 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sharperson (1,by Harris).  SB–Bell (2,2nd base off Loynd/Slaught).  CS–Upshaw (2,2nd base by Guzman/Slaught); Fletcher (2,2nd base by Clancy/Whitt).  WP–Clancy (1).  HBP–Harris (2,Sharperson).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:07.  A–21,832.
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