Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 2 0
Higginson rf 4 0 1 1
Fryman 3b 5 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 3 0
Hamelin dh 5 2 2 2
Nevin lf 5 1 1 0
Casanova c 2 0 1 2
Easley 2b 3 1 0 1
Cruz ss 3 0 1 0
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller ss 0 0 0 0
Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 6 1 2 1
Rodriguez c 6 1 2 1
Greer lf,cf 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez rf 5 1 3 2
Clark 1b 4 1 2 0
Palmer 3b 5 0 1 0
Stevens dh 4 0 2 2
  Gil pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 5 1 2 0
Buford cf 4 1 1 0
  Newson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 16 7
Detroit 020 300 100 06110
Texas 000 200 400 17160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders   5.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Bautista   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Miceli   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Sager  L (2-3) 2.2 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.2
16
7
7
4
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Whiteside   4.0 6 5 5 0 1
  Sturtze   3.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Patterson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Wetteland  W (5-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
11
6
6
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 1.  2B–Detroit Hamelin 2 (8,off Whiteside 2), Texas W Clark (25,off Sanders); Stevens (12,off Sanders); Gonzalez (13,off Brocail); McLemore (12,off Sager).  3B–Texas Rodriguez (4,off Sanders).  HR–Texas Greer (14,10th inning off Sager 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Casanova (1,off Whiteside).  HBP–Clark (3,by Whiteside).  IBB–W Clark (9,by Brocail); Greer (2,by Sager).  CS–Easley (7,2nd base by Whiteside/Rodriguez); Hunter (10,2nd base by Sturtze/Rodriguez).  HBP–Whiteside (2,Clark).  IBB–Brocail (2,W Clark); Sager (3,Greer).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Ray DiMuro.  T–3:26.  A–33,655.
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