Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1997 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 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 1, Detroit Tigers 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Newson lf 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Greer cf 4 1 2 1
Gonzalez dh 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 0 0
Stevens rf 3 0 0 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
Cedeno 2b 3 0 1 0
Gil ss 3 0 1 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 1 1
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 4 2 2 0
Clark 1b 4 1 3 2
Nevin dh 4 1 1 1
Nieves rf 3 1 1 1
Johnson c 4 1 1 0
Higginson lf 4 1 1 1
Cruz ss 4 0 1 1
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Texas 100 000 000171
Detroit 022 000 03x7110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  L (2-5) 7.1 9 6 4 2 2
  Whiteside   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Vosberg   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
3
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  W (3-3) 8.0 7 1 1 1 9
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
9

  E–Palmer (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Nevin (2,off Oliver); Higginson (9,off Vosberg).  HR–Texas Greer (5,1st inning off Moehler 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Nieves (6,2nd inning off Oliver 0 on, 0 out); Clark (17,3rd inning off Oliver 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Nieves (3,by Whiteside).  CS–Hunter (4,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez); Clark (1,2nd base by Oliver/Rodriguez).  IBB–Whiteside (1,Nieves).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:31.  A–16,017.
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