Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
September 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1998 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 8, Detroit Tigers 12

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 3 1 2 1
Alicea 2b 5 1 1 0
Greer lf 4 1 0 0
Gonzalez dh 4 0 1 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 2
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 2
  Cedeno ph 0 1 0 0
Stevens rf 3 0 1 0
  Kelly pr,rf 2 1 1 0
Zeile 3b 5 1 2 1
Clayton ss 4 0 1 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartee cf 5 1 2 1
Catalanotto 1b 4 1 2 0
Encarnacion rf 5 1 2 1
Higginson lf 5 2 2 1
Easley 2b 4 2 3 3
Gonzalez dh 4 1 2 0
Alvarez 3b 4 1 1 1
Bako c 3 0 1 1
  Berroa ph 0 1 0 0
  Siddall c 1 0 0 0
Cruz ss 3 2 2 4
Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Sager p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 17 12
Texas 300 100 1038110
Detroit 401 000 43x12172
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett   0.2 5 4 4 2 0
  Levine   3.2 4 1 1 1 4
  Fossas   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Crabtree  L (4-1) 1.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Gunderson   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Patterson   1.2 4 4 4 0 2
Totals
8.0
17
12
12
5
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   5.1 7 4 4 3 5
  Bochtler   1.1 0 1 0 1 1
  Anderson  W (3-1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Jones   0.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Powell   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sager  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
8
8

  E–Bartee (1), Alvarez (17).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Zeile 2 (8,off Castillo,off Jones); Stevens (15,off Castillo), Detroit Easley (32,off Burkett); Gonzalez (32,off Crabtree).  3B–Detroit Cruz (2,off Levine).  HR–Texas Clark (22,1st inning off Castillo 1 on, 2 out); Rodriguez (15,4th inning off Castillo 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Cruz (5,7th inning off Patterson 3 on, 1 out); Encarnacion (3,8th inning off Patterson 0 on, 0 out); Easley (22,8th inning off Patterson 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Gonzalez (11,off Castillo); Alvarez (2,off Burkett).  IBB–Gonzalez (7,by Burkett).  SB–Goodwin (32,2nd base off Castillo/Bako); Alicea (4,2nd base off Castillo/Bako); Gonzalez (10,2nd base off Levine/Rodriguez).  WP–Fossas (1), Sager (4).  IBB–Burkett (1,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:31.  A–9,733.
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