Texas Rangers vs Milwaukee Brewers
July 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1988 at County Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 1 2
Fletcher ss 5 0 2 1
O'Brien 1b 5 1 1 0
Sierra rf 5 1 1 2
Incaviglia lf 5 2 2 1
Petralli dh 4 0 3 1
  Espy pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 2 0
Witt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor dh 4 0 0 0
Gantner 2b 4 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 1 2 0
Yount cf 3 1 1 0
Robidoux 1b 3 1 1 1
Sveum ss 4 0 0 0
Surhoff 3b 4 0 1 0
Hamilton rf 2 0 0 1
O'Brien c 3 1 1 1
Birkbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Filer p 0 0 0 0
  Crim p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 3
Texas 000 003 0137143
Milwaukee 021 100 000460
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  W (2-6) 9.0 6 4 2 2 9
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
2
9
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Birkbeck   5.2 7 3 3 1 3
  Filer   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Crim  L (3-5) 1.0 4 3 3 0 2
  Plesac   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
1
6

  E–Witt 3 (3).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Texas Petralli (7,off Birkbeck); Sundberg (1,off Crim), Milwaukee Yount (22,off Witt).  3B–Texas McDowell (3,off Plesac).  HR–Texas Sierra (13,6th inning off Birkbeck 1 on, 2 out); Incaviglia (18,8th inning off Crim 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Robidoux (3,off Witt).  SF–Hamilton (1,off Witt).  CS–Hamilton (3,2nd base by Witt/Sundberg).  BK–Birkbeck 2 (10), Crim (2), Plesac (6).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:56.  A–47,779.
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