Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 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)
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Texas Rangers 1, Detroit Tigers 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Fletcher ss 3 0 1 0
O'Malley 3b 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish dh 3 0 1 1
McDowell cf 2 0 0 0
Petralli c,2b 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 3 0
Madlock dh 5 1 2 1
Evans 1b 3 0 1 1
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
Nokes c 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Sheridan rf 4 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 4 0 0 0
  Brookens 3b 0 0 0 0
Grubb lf 3 1 1 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Texas 000 010 000140
Detroit 101 002 00x4101
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (7-7) 5.2 9 4 4 4 8
  Howe   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
5
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (11-10) 9.0 4 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
6

  E–Trammell (14).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Texas Parrish (21,off Terrell), Detroit Madlock (12,off Witt); Lemon (25,off Howe).  HR–Detroit Lemon (17,6th inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Whitaker (10,2nd base off Witt/Petralli); Trammell (15,2nd base off Witt/Petralli).  WP–Witt (6).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:47.  A–41,604.
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