Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
April 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Texas Rangers 9, Detroit Tigers 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 4 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 5 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 2 1 1
Sierra rf 3 0 1 1
Franco 2b 5 0 2 1
Petralli c 5 3 3 0
Incaviglia lf 5 1 2 3
Leach dh 1 0 1 0
  Stanley ph,dh 1 1 0 0
  Stone ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 2 3
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Williams K. cf 6 1 1 2
Sheridan dh 2 0 1 0
  Moreland ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 2 1 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
Lynn lf 4 0 0 0
Nokes c 4 1 2 1
Brown 3b 0 0 0 0
  Pedrique 3b 5 0 2 0
Lemon rf 3 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 2 2 1 1
  Lovullo ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Williams F. p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 4
Texas 112 002 2109152
Detroit 002 102 001690
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (2-0) 5.1 5 5 4 6 3
  Rogers   1.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Guante   1.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Russell  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
10
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (0-3) 2.2 8 4 4 2 3
  Gibson   2.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Hudson   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Williams   1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Hernandez   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Henneman   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
7
7

  E–Sierra (1), Petralli (2).  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Petralli (1).  2B–Texas Petralli (1,off Morris); Franco (3,off Gibson), Detroit Sheridan (1,off Hough); Trammell (3,off Hough); Pedrique (1,off Guante).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (2,3rd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out); Buechele (2,6th inning off Hudson 1 on, 1 out); Incaviglia (2,7th inning off F Williams 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Bergman (1,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out); K Williams (1,6th inning off Hough 1 on, 1 out); Nokes (3,9th inning off Guante 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Espy (1,by Hudson); Palmeiro (1,by Hernandez); Lemon (2,by Hough).  SB–Espy (7,2nd base off Morris/Nokes); Stone (1,2nd base off F Williams/Nokes); Sheridan (1,2nd base off Hough/Petralli).  CS–Espy (2,3rd base by Morris/Nokes); Sierra (1,2nd base by Gibson/Nokes).  WP–Hough (2).  HBP–Hough (1,Lemon); Hudson (1,Espy); Hernandez (1,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–4:07.  A–16,030.
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