Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
July 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1986 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 3, Texas Rangers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Carter rf 4 1 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 4 1 1 1
Franco ss 3 1 2 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 1
Tabler 1b 3 0 1 0
Bando c 3 0 0 1
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 1 0
Fletcher ss 3 1 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 1
Incaviglia rf 4 0 1 1
  Sierra rf 0 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 1 2 0
Parrish dh 3 0 1 0
Slaught c 4 2 2 1
Buechele 3b 3 2 1 1
Wilkerson 2b 4 0 1 2
Loynd p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 6
Cleveland 000 100 200360
Texas 030 201 10x7100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (7-7) 3.2 8 5 5 3 0
  Noles   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Oelkers   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Wills   2.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Loynd  W (1-0) 6.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Mohorcic  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Cleveland Carter (20,off Loynd); Jacoby (18,off Mohorcic), Texas Slaught (9,off Niekro).  3B–Texas Wilkerson (2,off Niekro).  HR–Texas Slaught (10,7th inning off Wills 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Fletcher (8,3rd base off Niekro/Bando).  WP–Niekro (4), Oelkers (1).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:45.  A–34,256.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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