California Angels vs Texas Rangers
September 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1987 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 1, Texas Rangers 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing lf 4 1 1 0
White cf 4 0 1 0
Ray 2b 5 0 1 1
Joyner 1b 2 0 0 0
Buckner dh 4 0 2 0
  Hendrick ph,dh 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Schofield ss 4 0 1 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Fraser p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 5 0 2 0
Fletcher ss 5 1 1 0
Sierra rf 5 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 3 0
  Buechele pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Porter dh 3 0 0 1
Petralli c 1 1 0 0
  Tabor pr 0 0 0 0
  Slaught c 1 0 0 0
McDowell cf 2 0 0 0
Brower lf 4 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 1
California 000 000 100 0161
Texas 000 010 000 1280
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Fraser   7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Minton  L (4-4) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Buice   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.1
8
2
2
5
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   8.0 6 1 1 2 8
  Howe  W (3-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
2
10

  E–Boone (12).  PB–Petralli (35).  HBP–Joyner 2 (5,by Hough 2); Downing (14,by Hough); Petralli (2,by Fraser).  SH–McDowell 2 (3,off Fraser 2).  SB–Schofield (18,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Fletcher (11,2nd base off Buice/Boone).  WP–Fraser (11), Hough (9).  BK–Hough 2 (9).  HBP–Fraser (6,Petralli); Hough 3 (15,Joyner 2,Downing).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:07.  A–11,496.
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