Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Brower cf 3 1 0 0
  McDowell ph,cf 2 0 0 1
Fletcher ss 6 2 3 2
Sierra rf 8 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 2 2
O'Brien 1b 6 0 0 0
Parrish dh 4 1 1 2
  Steels ph,dh 2 0 2 0
Stanley c 5 0 1 0
  Petralli ph,c 2 1 1 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wilkerson pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Browne 2b 7 0 2 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Cecena p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 7 13 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 6 1 2 1
Moseby cf 7 0 0 0
Mulliniks dh 7 0 2 1
  Stieb pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Bell lf 5 2 2 0
McGriff 1b 4 2 1 2
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
  Beniquez ph 1 0 1 0
  Infante pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Gruber 3b,2b 6 0 2 2
Leach rf 2 0 0 0
  Borders ph,c 2 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 3 0 1 0
  Fielder ph 1 0 0 0
  Campusano rf 2 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 12 6
Texas 001 100 200 000 127130
Toronto 000 000 202 000 116120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman   8.0 6 3 3 4 6
  Williams   4.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Cecena   0.2 1 1 1 2 2
  Mohorcic  W (2-0) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
14.0
12
6
6
7
12
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   6.2 6 4 4 4 5
  Ward   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nunez   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Wells   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Eichhorn  L (0-3) 3.1 6 3 3 3 0
  Henke   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
14.0
13
7
7
9
9

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Texas Fletcher (5,off Flanagan); Steels (1,off Eichhorn); Petralli (3,off Eichhorn), Toronto Liriano (2,off Guzman); Fernandez (6,off Mohorcic); Mulliniks (2,off Mohorcic).  HR–Texas Incaviglia (9,3rd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out); Parrish (5,4th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 0 out), Toronto McGriff (9,7th inning off Guzman 1 on, 0 out).  SH–McDowell (1,off Wells).  SF–Fletcher (1,off Henke); Fernandez (2,off Williams).  HBP–Incaviglia (3,by Ward); Parrish (2,by Cerutti).  IBB–Wilkerson (1,by Eichhorn).  SB–Fletcher (2,3rd base off Flanagan/Whitt).  CS–Fernandez (1,2nd base by Guzman/Stanley); Bell (1,2nd base by Williams/Stanley).  WP–Eichhorn (2).  HBP–Ward (3,Incaviglia); Cerutti (2,Parrish).  IBB–Eichhorn (3,Wilkerson).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–5:20.  A–25,170.
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