Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1988 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 0 1 1
Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 0
Stanley dh 3 0 1 0
Kunkel 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wilkerson ph 1 0 0 0
Brower lf 3 0 1 0
  Espy ph 1 0 1 0
Petralli c 2 0 1 0
  Sundberg ph,c 2 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
  Liriano 2b 0 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 2 2 1
Bell lf 4 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 1 0 0
Barfield rf 3 1 2 1
Leach dh 3 0 1 1
Gruber 3b 2 0 1 0
Lee 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 4
Texas 001 000 000171
Toronto 000 302 00x570
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (11-15) 5.1 6 5 5 4 3
  McMurtry   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Guante   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (9-4) 8.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Henke   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
7

  E–Sierra (6).  2B–Texas McDowell (14,off Key); Buechele (18,off Key), Toronto Whitt (10,off Hough); Bell (22,off Hough).  HR–Toronto Whitt (11,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–McDowell (2,by Key).  SB–McDowell (26,3rd base off Key/Whitt); Gruber (20,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); McGriff (4,2nd base off Hough/Petralli); Barfield (5,2nd base off Guante/Sundberg).  WP–Key (1).  HBP–Key (4,McDowell).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:38.  A–30,294.
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