Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
August 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 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."
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Baltimore Orioles 2, Texas Rangers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer dh 4 1 3 2
Ripken 2b 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Sheets rf 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
Young lf 4 0 0 0
Gerhart cf 2 1 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 2 2
Sierra rf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 2 1
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 2 1
McDowell cf 4 1 1 0
Stanley c 3 1 0 0
Petralli 3b 3 1 2 1
  Buechele pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Baltimore 000 000 002250
Texas 002 300 00x5101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (7-5) 7.0 10 5 5 3 4
  Williamson   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 8.0 10 5 5 3 6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (5-5) 8.1 5 2 2 6 11
  Mohorcic   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 6 11

  E–Stanley (5).  PB–Stanley (16).  2B–Texas Fletcher (21,off Boddicker); O'Brien (18,off Boddicker).  HR–Baltimore Dwyer (11,9th inning off Witt 1 on, 1 out), Texas Petralli (3,3rd inning off Boddicker 0 on, 1 out); Incaviglia (21,4th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  SB–Dwyer (4,2nd base off Witt/Stanley); McDowell (14,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy); Browne (19,2nd base off Boddicker/Kennedy).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:43.  A–15,597.

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