Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
April 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1988 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Texas Rangers 1, Detroit Tigers 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 0 0 0
  See ph 0 0 0 0
  Kemp ph 1 0 0 0
  Espy cf 0 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 1 1 0
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 2 1
Petralli c 2 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,c 0 0 0 0
Browne 2b 3 0 1 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 3 1 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 2 0 0
Evans 1b 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 1
Nokes c 3 0 1 1
Morrison dh 4 0 1 1
Sheridan lf 4 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 2 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Texas 000 010 000–152
Detroit 202 000 00x–450
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (0-2) 8.0 5 4 4 6 5
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (2-0) 7.1 5 1 1 2 4
  Henneman  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  E–Browne 2 (3).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Texas Buechele (1,off Tanana).  SF–Trammell (1,off Witt).  CS–Brookens (1,2nd base by Witt/Petralli).  BK–Witt 4 (4).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:34.  A–51,504.
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