Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1987 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Detroit Tigers 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 1 1 0 0
  Brower cf 3 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 6 1 2 1
Sierra rf 4 2 2 4
Incaviglia lf 5 0 0 0
Parrish dh 5 0 1 1
Petralli 1b,3b 1 0 0 0
  Buechele 3b 2 0 1 0
Slaught c 4 0 0 0
Kunkel 3b 2 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph,1b 3 1 1 1
Browne 2b 4 2 1 0
Malloy p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mohorcic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 8 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 6 2 3 1
Evans 1b,3b 5 0 1 0
Gibson lf 5 1 2 3
Trammell ss 5 0 1 1
Nokes rf 4 0 0 0
Sheridan cf 3 0 0 0
  Lemon ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Grubb dh 2 1 0 0
  Harper ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Heath c 5 3 2 2
Brookens 3b 3 0 1 1
  Bergman ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Henneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 12 8
Texas 201 000 201 01782
Detroit 121 000 101 028122
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Malloy   6.0 6 5 4 3 5
  Williams   2.0 1 1 0 0 3
  Mohorcic  L (3-2) 2.2 5 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.2
12
8
6
3
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry   7.0 5 5 3 4 5
  Snell   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Thurmond   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Henneman  W (2-0) 2.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
8
7
5
5
6

  E–Incaviglia (7), Buechele (2), Whitaker 2 (6).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Fletcher 2 (5,off Petry,off Snell); Parrish (8,off Petry), Detroit Heath (10,off Malloy); Gibson (3,off Mohorcic).  HR–Detroit Heath (5,2nd inning off Malloy 1 on, 1 out); Gibson (4,3rd inning off Malloy 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Brower (4,off Snell); Nokes (2,off Mohorcic).  SF–Sierra (3,off Petry).  SB–Browne (6,2nd base off Petry/Heath); Brookens (4,2nd base off Williams/Slaught).  BK–Mohorcic (3).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:51.  A–11,234.
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