Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 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 6, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 5 0 1 3
O'Brien 1b 5 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 0
Petralli dh 2 1 0 0
  Brower pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Espy lf 3 1 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 1 1 0
Wilkerson 2b 3 1 0 1
Sundberg c 3 2 3 2
May p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 2 3 1
Gruber 3b 4 1 1 0
Mulliniks dh 1 1 0 1
  Liriano ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 2 4
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 1
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Ducey cf 4 1 2 0
Lee 2b 4 0 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Texas 050 000 001672
Toronto 202 101 0017100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
May   3.1 4 5 5 2 2
  Hoffman   2.1 2 1 1 1 2
  McMurtry   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Vande Berg  L (1-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Guante   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.1
10
7
7
3
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   1.0 1 4 4 4 1
  Cerutti   5.0 5 1 1 1 1
  Ward   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Henke  W (3-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
6
6

  E–Espy (7), Vande Berg (1).  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Sundberg (3).  2B–Texas Buechele (19,off Cerutti), Toronto Fernandez (32,off May).  3B–Texas Fletcher (3,off Cerutti).  HR–Texas Sundberg (2,9th inning off Henke 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Bell (19,3rd inning off May 1 on, 2 out); McGriff (31,4th inning off May 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gruber (5,off Vande Berg).  SF–Mulliniks (2,off May); Bell (7,off May).  SB–McDowell (27,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt); Brower (6,2nd base off Ward/Whitt); Gruber (21,2nd base off May/Sundberg).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:18.  A–30,181.
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