Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
May 19, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1987 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Texas Rangers 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bean cf 3 0 0 0
  Lemon ph,cf 2 0 2 0
Heath c 4 2 1 0
Gibson lf 4 3 2 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 4
Nokes dh 5 0 1 0
Sheridan rf 5 0 1 2
Evans 1b 2 1 0 0
Brookens 2b 4 0 0 0
Coles 3b 4 1 2 2
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf,lf 4 2 2 1
Fletcher ss 5 2 3 0
Sierra rf 4 2 1 0
Incaviglia lf 3 1 1 1
  McDowell cf 1 1 1 1
Parrish dh 4 1 2 4
O'Brien 1b 5 0 1 0
Slaught c 4 1 1 1
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 0
  Petralli ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 3b 0 0 0 0
Kunkel 2b 2 0 1 0
  Browne ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Correa p 0 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 8
Detroit 122 300 0008115
Texas 110 032 03x10142
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   5.0 9 5 2 2 2
  Snell   1.0 2 2 1 2 1
  King  L (2-3) 2.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
6
5
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Correa   3.2 8 8 8 4 5
  Meridith   3.2 3 0 0 1 4
  Mohorcic  W (3-1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
5
9

  E–Heath (2), Brookens (4), Coles 3 (15), Brower (3), Kunkel (3).  2B–Detroit Gibson (2,off Correa); Trammell (6,off Correa); Lemon (4,off Meridith).  HR–Detroit Coles (3,2nd inning off Correa 1 on, 2 out); Trammell (2,4th inning off Correa 2 on, 2 out), Texas Brower (2,1st inning off Tanana 0 on, 0 out); Slaught (5,2nd inning off Tanana 0 on, 1 out); Parrish (9,8th inning off King 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Evans (2,by Correa); Trammell (1,by Meridith).  SB–Gibson (5,2nd base off Correa/Slaught); Fletcher (3,2nd base off Tanana/Heath); Sierra (3,2nd base off King/Heath).  CS–Kunkel (1,2nd base by Tanana/Heath); Buechele (1,Home by Tanana/Heath).  WP–Correa (4).  IBB–Correa (2,Evans); Meridith (2,Trammell).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:21.  A–17,484.
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