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Tigers 1 @ Rangers 2
The Ballpark in Arlington
April 23, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 23, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The home team Rangers beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1997 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 1 H: 4 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Texas Rangers
R: 2 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning Pitcher—John Wetteland  
Losing Pitcher—Doug Brocail  
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Game Winning RBI—Mike Simms 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1997 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamTexas Rangers 
Visiting Starting PitcherOmar Olivares  
Home Starting PitcherDarren Oliver  
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington 
CityArlington 
StateTX 
Attendance35,230 
Time of Game2 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rich Garcia
1B: Dale Ford
2B: Mike Reilly
3B: Larry Young

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Brian Hunter  Center Fielder 
Damion Easley  Second Baseman 
Travis Fryman  Third Baseman 
Tony Clark  First Baseman 
Phil Nevin  DH 
Melvin Nieves  Right Fielder 
Bobby Higginson  Left Fielder 
Brian Johnson  Catcher 
Deivi Cruz  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Manager 

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mark McLemore  Second Baseman 
Ivan Rodriguez  Catcher 
Rusty Greer  Left Fielder 
Will Clark  First Baseman 
Dean Palmer  Third Baseman 
Lee Stevens  DH 
Warren Newson  Right Fielder 
Damon Buford  Center Fielder 
Benji Gil  Shortstop 
Johnny Oates  Manager 

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Tigers 1 @ Rangers 2
The Ballpark in Arlington
April 23, 1997

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         Game of 4/23/1997 -- Detroit at Texas (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Texas              AB  R  H RBI
Hunter B, cf          4  0  1  0   McLemore M, 2b        3  0  0  0   
Easley D, 2b-ss       4  1  1  0   Rodriguez I, c        4  2  2  1   
Fryman T, 3b          4  0  0  0   Greer R, lf           3  0  0  0   
Clark T, 1b           4  0  1  1   Clark W, 1b           4  0  3  0   
Nevin P, dh           3  0  0  0   Palmer D, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Pride C, ph           0  0  0  0   Stevens L, dh         3  0  0  0   
Nieves M, rf          4  0  0  0   Simms M, ph           1  0  1  1   
Higginson B, lf       2  0  1  0   Newson W, rf          1  0  0  0   
Johnson B, c          3  0  0  0   Sagmoen M, pr-rf      0  0  0  0   
Cruz D, ss            2  0  0  0   Buford D, cf          2  0  0  0   
Reed J, ph-2b         1  0  0  0   Gil B, ss             3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  4  1                        27  2  6  2

Detroit          000 000 001 --  1
Texas            000 100 001 --  2
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Olivares O            8.0  4  1  1  3  6
Brocail D (L)*        0.0  1  1  1  0  0
Myers M               0.2  0  0  0  1  1
Miceli D              0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Oliver D              8.0  2  0  0  1  5
Wetteland J (W)       1.0  2  1  1  1  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

DP -- Detroit 4
LOB -- Detroit 5, Texas 5
2B -- Higginson B, Clark W, Easley D
HR -- Rodriguez I
SB -- Higginson B
SH -- Greer R
HBP -- by Olivares O (Buford D)
T -- 2:21
A -- 35230

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