Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 2, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1989 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Espy cf 2 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 2 2 1
Baines dh 4 1 1 0
Sierra rf 3 0 0 1
Franco 2b 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 2
Buechele 3b 4 0 0 0
Kunkel ss 4 0 1 0
Kreuter c 2 0 0 0
  Daugherty ph 1 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 0 0 0
Jones dh 3 1 1 0
Ward 1b 3 1 1 3
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Schu 3b 3 1 2 0
Heath c 3 1 2 2
Ritz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Texas 000 200 020470
Detroit 400 000 20x691
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat  L (5-4) 7.1 9 6 6 1 5
  Guante   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  W (2-1) 9.0 7 4 4 3 9
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
9

  E–K Williams (2).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Detroit Trammell (12,off Jeffcoat).  3B–Texas Palmeiro (2,off Ritz), Detroit Pettis (5,off Jeffcoat).  HR–Detroit Ward (7,1st inning off Jeffcoat 2 on, 2 out); Heath (7,7th inning off Jeffcoat 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Sierra (6,off Ritz).  SB–Espy (32,2nd base off Ritz/Heath).  CS–Espy (16,2nd base by Ritz/Heath); Schu (2,2nd base by Jeffcoat/Kreuter).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:23.  A–14,884.
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