Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
July 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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 5, Texas Rangers 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Moseby cf 3 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 5 0 2 1
Bell lf 5 0 1 0
Whitt c 4 1 1 0
McGriff dh 2 1 1 2
  Fielder ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 4 2 3 2
Leach rf 3 0 0 0
  Barfield ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 3 0 0 0
Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 3 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish dh 3 2 1 1
Stanley c 3 0 0 0
  Petralli ph 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 2 2
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
Browne 2b 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Toronto 011 300 000590
Texas 020 000 100360
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cerutti  W (6-2) 6.2 5 3 3 3 2
  Musselman   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Henke  SV (19) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (10-6) 6.1 8 5 5 3 6
  Williams   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Texas 1.  PB–Stanley 3 (15).  2B–Toronto Iorg (4,off Williams).  HR–Toronto Iorg 2 (2,2nd inning off Hough 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out); McGriff (10,4th inning off Hough 1 on, 0 out), Texas Parrish (21,7th inning off Cerutti 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gruber (5,by Hough).  IBB–Barfield (3,by Williams).  SB–Upshaw (9,2nd base off Hough/Stanley); Gruber (8,2nd base off Hough/Stanley).  WP–Hough 2 (7).  BK–Hough (6).  HBP–Hough (10,Gruber).  IBB–Williams (4,Barfield).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:56.  A–27,501.
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