Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
May 12, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 2002 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 1, Texas Rangers 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson 2b 4 0 1 1
Fick rf 4 0 1 0
Higginson lf 2 0 1 0
Simon 1b 4 0 0 0
Halter ss 4 0 1 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz dh 3 1 0 0
Rivera c 3 0 1 0
Macias cf 3 0 1 0
Greisinger p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Greer lf 4 1 2 0
  Murray cf 1 0 0 0
Young 2b 2 0 1 1
Rodriguez ss 4 1 1 1
Palmeiro dh 2 0 0 0
  Romano pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Perry 3b 4 2 3 0
Lamb 1b 4 0 1 1
Kapler cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Mench rf 2 1 1 1
Ortiz c 4 0 1 0
Park p 0 0 0 0
  Michalak p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 4
Detroit 000 010 000162
Texas 010 121 00x5100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Greisinger  L (1-1) 4.1 7 4 4 3 1
  Rodney   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Santana   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Acevedo   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Park  W (1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Michalak   2.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Van Poppel  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
5

  E–D Jackson (1), Higginson (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 2.  2B–Detroit Halter (8,off Park); Higginson (8,off Park), Texas Mench (2,off Greisinger); A Rodriguez (11,off Greisinger); Ortiz (1,off Acevedo).  HBP–Cruz (3,by Park).  SH–Young (2,off Greisinger).  IBB–Palmeiro (3,by Greisinger).  SB–Perry (2,2nd base off Greisinger/Rivera).  WP–Park (1).  HBP–Park (2,Cruz).  IBB–Greisinger (2,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:15.  A–26,896.
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