Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1988 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Cleveland Indians 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 2 1
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 0
Sierra rf 3 1 1 1
Incaviglia lf 4 0 0 0
Petralli c 4 0 2 1
Espy dh 4 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilkerson 2b 4 1 2 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 5 0 2 1
Francona dh 5 0 2 0
Carter cf 4 2 2 0
Hall lf 3 0 2 1
Snyder rf 3 1 0 0
Upshaw 1b 3 0 2 2
Jacoby 3b 3 1 0 0
Allanson c 1 0 0 0
  Tingley ph,c 3 0 1 0
Zuvella ss 4 2 1 0
Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 4
Texas 100 100 100395
Cleveland 001 210 20x6121
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (10-9) 6.0 11 5 3 1 3
  Vande Berg   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Mohorcic   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
6
3
3
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Yett  W (6-4) 6.1 5 3 2 3 4
  Bailes   0.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Gordon  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
3
5

  E–McDowell (3), Fletcher 3 (10), Wilkerson (12), Allanson (7).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas McDowell (7,off Bailes); Petralli (9,off Gordon), Cleveland Hall (23,off Guzman).  SH–Hall (2,off Vande Berg).  IBB–Snyder (4,by Vande Berg); Jacoby (2,by Mohorcic).  SB–McDowell (22,2nd base off Yett/Allanson); Wilkerson (8,2nd base off Yett/Allanson); Sierra 2 (12,2nd base off Yett/Allanson,2nd base off Yett/Tingley).  CS–Upshaw 2 (7,2nd base by Guzman/Petralli,Home by Mohorcic/Petralli).  IBB–Vande Berg (4,Snyder); Mohorcic (5,Jacoby).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:07.  A–20,754.
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