Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1987 at Tiger 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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Texas Rangers 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 0 0
O'Malley 3b 5 0 2 0
Sierra rf 4 1 1 2
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 2 2 1
Parrish dh 4 0 2 1
Stanley c 2 0 0 0
  Petralli c,2b 1 0 1 1
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
Buechele 2b 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 1 0
Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Evans dh 4 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 1 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Nokes c 3 1 2 3
  Heath ph,c 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Grubb lf 2 0 1 0
  Herndon ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Texas 000 000 1405100
Detroit 002 001 000372
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Russell   5.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Williams  W (7-3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Mohorcic  SV (16) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (15-7) 7.1 8 5 4 2 6
  Hernandez   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
2
8

  E–Bergman (3), Sheridan (5).  PB–Slaught (18).  2B–Detroit Grubb (4,off Russell); Trammell (24,off Russell).  HR–Texas Sierra (27,8th inning off Morris 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Nokes (24,6th inning off Russell 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Fletcher (11,2nd base by Hernandez/Heath).  WP–Russell 2 (6), Morris (20).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:06.  A–32,362.
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