Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
April 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1989 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Texas Rangers 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 5 0 1 1
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 1
Mulliniks dh 2 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 1 1 0
Borders c 4 1 1 0
Lee ss 3 0 2 0
Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 4 0 0 1
Fletcher ss 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 0
Sierra rf 3 1 3 2
Franco dh 3 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 3 0 1 0
Buechele 3b,2b 2 0 0 0
Kreuter c 1 1 0 0
  Sundberg ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kunkel 2b 2 0 1 0
  Petralli ph 0 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Toronto 000 010 100262
Texas 001 000 002361
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cerutti   7.0 4 1 0 2 1
  Ward   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Castillo   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Henke  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
3
2
3
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   7.1 4 2 1 5 5
  McMurtry   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Rogers  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
5

  E–McGriff (1), Lee (2), Fletcher (2).  DP–Toronto 4, Texas 1.  PB–Kreuter (1).  2B–Toronto Bell (1,off Brown); Borders (1,off McMurtry), Texas Palmeiro (2,off Castillo).  HR–Texas Sierra (1,9th inning off Henke 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Liriano (1,3rd base off Brown/Kreuter); McGriff (2,2nd base off McMurtry/Kreuter); Espy (3,2nd base off Cerutti/Borders).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:51.  A–19,498.
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