Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
September 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1987 at Arlington 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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Detroit Tigers 11, Texas Rangers 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 1 1 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
  Lusader lf,cf 1 0 1 0
Evans dh 4 2 1 2
  Herndon ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gibson lf 1 2 0 0
  Walewander 2b 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 2 1 2
  Baker ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 4 0 1 3
Lemon cf 1 1 0 0
  Grubb lf 1 0 0 0
Sheridan rf 3 1 1 1
Brookens 3b 5 1 3 2
Heath c 4 1 1 1
  Lowry ph,c 1 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 10 11
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower lf 4 1 1 1
O'Malley 3b 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 2 0 0 0
  Paciorek rf 1 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 2 0
  Porter 1b 1 1 1 0
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Petralli c 2 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 2 0 2 0
McDowell cf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 2 0 0 0
  Buechele 2b 2 0 0 1
Wilkerson 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Detroit 430 040 00011100
Texas 001 000 001280
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (4-0) 7.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Thurmond   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (14-11) 1.1 4 7 7 5 2
  Henry   2.2 3 3 3 3 1
  Williams   1.0 1 1 1 3 3
  Russell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Howe   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Mohorcic   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
11
11
12
8

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Petralli (27).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (5,off Hough).  HR–Detroit Evans (27,2nd inning off Hough 1 on, 0 out); Trammell (22,2nd inning off Hough 0 on, 1 out), Texas Brower (12,3rd inning off Alexander 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Bergman (3,off Hough).  WP–Thurmond (4).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:54.  A–16,095.
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