Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
July 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1987 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Texas Rangers 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Beniquez rf 4 0 1 1
Barfield cf 4 1 1 1
Bell lf 4 1 1 1
Fielder dh 3 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Moseby pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 2 1 1 0
Moore c 3 1 1 1
  Whitt c 0 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 5 2 2 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 1
Sierra rf 5 2 2 3
Incaviglia lf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 1
Parrish dh 4 0 0 0
Stanley c 3 0 1 0
  Porter ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilkerson pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 2 0 1 0
  Petralli ph 0 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 1 0
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
Kilgus p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Toronto 000 000 220461
Texas 000 120 0126101
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key   7.1 7 4 3 3 4
  Eichhorn   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Musselman  L (7-3) 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.1
10
6
5
4
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilgus   7.1 4 4 4 1 3
  Williams   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Mohorcic  W (6-2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
6

  E–Upshaw (6), Fletcher (15).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Moore (2).  3B–Toronto Moore (1,off Kilgus).  HR–Toronto Barfield (20,7th inning off Kilgus 0 on, 1 out); Bell (30,7th inning off Kilgus 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Fletcher (3,by Key).  BK–Musselman (3).  IBB–Key (3,Fletcher).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:39.  A–13,791.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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