Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
May 8, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 2004 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 15, Texas Rangers 16

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Sanchez cf 5 2 3 3
Vina 2b 5 1 1 1
Rodriguez c 6 1 3 3
White dh 6 0 0 0
Pena 1b 5 1 1 2
Guillen ss 5 2 1 1
Higginson rf 4 3 2 2
Monroe lf 6 2 3 2
Infante 3b 3 3 2 1
Maroth p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Levine p 0 0 0 0
  Dingman p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 15 16 15
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Young M. ss 7 2 3 3
Blalock 3b 4 3 2 2
Soriano 2b 6 1 6 4
Perry dh 5 1 3 3
Teixeira 1b 2 2 0 0
Jordan rf 3 1 0 0
  Nix ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Young E. lf 3 2 0 0
Mench cf 1 1 0 0
  Dellucci ph,cf,rf 3 1 1 2
Laird c 3 2 1 1
  Fullmer ph 0 0 0 0
Dickey p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Almanzar p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 16 16 15
Detroit 021 381 000 015163
Texas 040 0100 100 116160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maroth   4.0 7 9 8 6 0
  Patterson   0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Levine   0.1 4 3 3 1 1
  Dingman   1.1 0 0 0 3 1
  Yan   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Walker   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Urbina  L (1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.1
16
16
15
15
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Dickey   3.2 9 6 6 1 2
  Brocail   0.1 1 5 5 4 0
  Mahay   0.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Powell   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Ramirez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Almanzar   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Cordero  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
16
15
15
6
7

  E–Sanchez 2 (4), Guillen (3).  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Laird (2).  2B–Detroit Monroe (4,off Dickey); Sanchez (3,off Dickey); Infante (2,off Almanzar), Texas Soriano 2 (9,off Maroth,off Yan).  3B–Texas Blalock (2,off Yan).  HR–Detroit Higginson (2,2nd inning off Dickey 1 on, 2 out), Texas Blalock (6,5th inning off Maroth 1 on, 0 out); Perry (1,5th inning off Maroth 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Sanchez (4,off Powell); Dellucci (1,off Urbina).  HBP–Vina (5,by Mahay).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Fullmer (1,by Urbina).  Team–11.  SB–Rodriguez (3,2nd base off Powell/Laird).  WP–Maroth 2 (3), Patterson (1).  HBP–Mahay (2,Vina).  IBB–Urbina (2,Fullmer).  U-HP–Matt Hollowell, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–3:59.  A–45,017.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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