Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
October 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1987 at Arlington Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 7, Texas Rangers 4

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds 2b 5 1 0 0
Moses cf,1b 5 1 2 0
Bradley P. lf 5 2 3 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
  Hengel pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Phelps dh 2 2 1 2
  Smith ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Presley 3b 4 1 2 2
Bradley S. c 4 0 1 0
Kingery rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Quinones ss 4 0 2 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower lf 3 0 1 1
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 5 1 2 0
Parrish dh 5 1 1 0
Paciorek rf 3 1 2 1
  Petralli ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 1 1 0 0
  O'Malley ph,3b 1 0 1 2
Slaught c 4 0 1 0
McDowell cf 3 0 0 0
Tabor 2b 2 0 0 0
  Meier ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkerson 2b 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Seattle 402 000 1007130
Texas 010 001 002481
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston  W (19-13) 6.0 5 2 2 7 10
  Reed  SV (7) 3.0 3 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
9
12
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (18-13) 6.2 11 7 3 1 3
  Howe   2.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
3
1
4

  E–Tabor (1).  DP–Texas 1.  PB–Slaught 2 (20).  2B–Seattle Quinones (18,off Hough); P Bradley (38,off Hough), Texas Paciorek (3,off Langston); Slaught (15,off Langston).  HR–Seattle Presley (24,1st inning off Hough 1 on, 2 out); Phelps (27,3rd inning off Hough 1 on, 2 out), Texas Paciorek (3,2nd inning off Langston 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Reynolds (60,2nd base off Hough/Slaught); Fletcher (13,2nd base off Langston/S Bradley).  CS–Moses (15,2nd base by Hough/Slaught); Quinones (3,2nd base by Howe/Slaught); Brower (9,2nd base by Langston/S Bradley).  WP–Hough (12).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:45.  A–17,208.
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