Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
April 27, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1985 at Arlington Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 9, Texas Rangers 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 5 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 2 1 1
Upshaw 1b 4 2 2 1
Bell lf 5 1 3 1
Matuszek dh 5 1 1 1
Whitt c 5 1 1 2
Barfield rf 4 1 2 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 1 0
  Aikens ph 1 1 1 2
  Lee ss 0 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 13 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 2b 5 1 1 0
Ward cf 4 3 2 0
  Wright cf 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 6 0 2 0
Parrish rf 4 3 3 3
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 6 1 2 1
Johnson dh 4 0 3 3
Dunbar lf 5 0 4 1
Slaught c 5 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 5 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 8 18 8
Toronto 010 301 012 19131
Texas 202 103 000 08181
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   2.2 4 4 3 1 3
  Musselman   2.1 6 2 2 1 3
  Acker  W (1-0) 4.0 7 2 2 1 0
  Caudill  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
18
8
7
3
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   6.0 8 5 5 0 5
  Boggs   3.0 4 3 3 0 4
  Stewart  L (0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
13
9
9
1
9

  E–Garcia (4), Slaught (3).  DP–Toronto 1, Texas 2.  2B–Toronto Matuszek (1,off Hough).  HR–Toronto Moseby (3,4th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out); Whitt (1,4th inning off Hough 1 on, 2 out); Upshaw (2,8th inning off Boggs 0 on, 1 out); Aikens (1,9th inning off Boggs 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Upshaw (2,by Hough).  SB–Fernandez (1,2nd base off Hough/Slaught); Bell (3,2nd base off Hough/Slaught); Garcia (4,2nd base off Boggs/Slaught); Moseby (5,2nd base off Stewart/Slaught).  WP–Stieb (2).  HBP–Hough (2,Upshaw).  T–3:09.  A–13,769.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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