Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 31, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1999 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 6, Detroit Tigers 14

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 6 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 2
Greer lf 4 2 2 1
Gonzalez rf 3 2 1 2
Palmeiro dh 3 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 3 0 2 0
Clayton ss 2 0 0 1
Goodwin cf 5 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Venafro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia lf 4 2 2 0
  Bartee ph,cf 2 1 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 2 3
Palmer 3b 3 1 0 1
Clark 1b 5 2 2 2
Easley 2b 4 3 3 0
Higginson dh 3 2 2 3
Kapler cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Garcia rf,lf 5 1 1 2
Cruz ss 5 0 2 0
Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 14 16 12
Texas 004 200 0006111
Detroit 122 100 80x14160
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   3.1 7 6 4 2 1
  Kolb  L (1-1) 2.2 0 2 2 2 0
  Zimmerman   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Fassero   1.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Venafro   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
14
12
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Borkowski   2.0 4 4 4 4 0
  Blair   4.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Cordero  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Anderson   2.0 1 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
10
3

  E–Clayton (18).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Texas Zeile (37,off Cordero), Detroit Polonia (19,off Morgan); Easley 2 (28,off Morgan,off Venafro); Ausmus 2 (21,off Morgan,off Fassero); Clark (20,off Zimmerman); Kapler (17,off Zimmerman).  3B–Detroit Polonia (5,off Morgan).  HR–Texas Rodriguez (30,3rd inning off Borkowski 1 on, 0 out); Greer (17,3rd inning off Borkowski 0 on, 0 out); Gonzalez (30,4th inning off Blair 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Higginson (10,2nd inning off Morgan 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Clayton (2,off Blair); Palmer (4,off Morgan).  IBB–Stevens (10,by Cordero).  IBB–Cordero (1,Stevens).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:09.  A–17,439.
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