Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 31, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2000 at Comerica Park. 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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Texas Rangers 13, Detroit Tigers 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Alicea 2b 4 4 3 2
Greer lf 5 1 1 4
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 2
  Catalanotto ph 0 0 0 0
  Haselman c 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 6 1 3 4
Segui 1b 5 0 1 0
Curtis rf 4 0 0 0
  Green ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Mateo cf 5 1 3 0
Lamb 3b 5 3 2 0
Clayton ss 3 3 2 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Perisho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 16 12
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 6 0 2 0
Macias 2b 4 2 2 0
Encarnacion cf 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 3 1 1 0
  Halter 3b 1 0 0 0
Higginson lf 4 1 1 0
Ausmus c 3 1 2 3
  Cardona c 1 0 0 0
Magee rf 4 0 1 1
Fick 1b 4 0 2 1
Cruz ss 5 0 0 0
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  McDill p 0 0 0 0
  Villafuerte p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 5
Texas 220 240 30013161
Detroit 100 022 0005112
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  W (2-3) 5.2 8 5 5 5 2
  Crabtree   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Perisho   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  L (2-6) 3.2 9 6 5 2 1
  McDill   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Villafuerte   2.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Anderson   2.0 3 3 2 1 4
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
13
11
5
6

  E–Alicea (7), Macias (2), D Cruz (7).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Alicea 2 (13,off Mlicki,off Brocail); Mateo (11,off Mlicki); Lamb (10,off Villafuerte); Rodriguez (17,off Villafuerte), Detroit Higginson (14,off Oliver).  3B–Texas Alicea (3,off Anderson).  HR–Texas Palmeiro (15,1st inning off Mlicki 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Greer (1,off Anderson).  HBP–Catalanotto (2,by Brocail); Encarnacion (1,by Oliver).  WP–Mlicki (4).  BK–Oliver (1).  HBP–Oliver (3,Encarnacion); Brocail (1,Catalanotto).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–3:17.  A–22,425.
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