Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
September 23, 1988 Box Score

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

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Seattle Mariners 2, Texas Rangers 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Brantley cf 5 1 1 0
Reynolds 2b 4 0 2 0
Coles lf 3 0 0 1
Davis 1b 2 0 1 0
  Cotto pr 0 1 0 0
  Kingery 1b 0 0 0 0
Balboni dh 4 0 0 0
Presley 3b 4 0 1 1
Valle c 4 0 0 0
Buhner rf 2 0 0 0
Quinones ss 4 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Schooler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 4 0 2 1
Browne 2b 4 0 1 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 3 1 1 1
Petralli dh 3 0 0 0
Espy lf 4 0 0 0
Kreuter c 3 0 1 0
  Brower pr 0 1 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 1 0
Kunkel ss 3 1 1 0
  Sundberg ph 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Seattle 001 000 001 0250
Texas 001 001 000 1370
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   8.0 7 2 2 2 7
  Schooler  L (5-8) 1.1 0 1 1 4 1
Totals
9.1
7
3
3
6
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (15-15) 10.0 5 2 1 4 5
Totals
10.0
5
2
1
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2, Texas 1.  PB–Kreuter 2 (7).  2B–Texas Browne (7,off Moore); McDowell (17,off Moore).  HR–Texas Sierra (22,6th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Coles (3,off Hough).  HBP–Reynolds (2,by Hough).  IBB–McDowell (2,by Schooler).  CS–McDowell (9,2nd base by Moore/Valle).  WP–Schooler (3).  BK–Hough 2 (10).  HBP–Hough (12,Reynolds).  IBB–Schooler (4,McDowell).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:01.  A–11,143.
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