Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
May 30, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1972 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 1 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 3 0 0 1
Duncan c 4 1 1 1
Brown 2b 3 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah ss 3 0 1 1
Lovitto cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Howard 1b 2 0 1 0
  Maddox pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Billings 3b,c 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 1 3 1
  Biittner 1b 0 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 2 0 0 0
Randle 2b 3 0 0 0
Suarez c 3 1 2 0
  Nelson pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Hand p 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 7 2
Oakland 000 100 100241
Texas 001 100 10x370
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (7-3) 7.0 6 3 2 2 5
  Locker   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
2
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hand  W (1-3) 8.1 3 2 2 3 4
  Lindblad   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Pina  SV (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
5

  E–Campaneris (7).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Rudi (10,off Hand).  HR–Oakland Duncan (10,7th inning off Hand 0 on, 2 out), Texas Ford (5,4th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bando (2,off Hand); Hand (1,off Holtzman).  SF–Hendrick (1,off Hand); Harrah (3,off Holtzman).  IBB–Epstein (2,by Hand).  HBP–Howard (1,by Holtzman); Hand (1,by Holtzman).  SB–Ford (1,2nd base off Holtzman/Duncan); Nelson (15,3rd base off Holtzman/Duncan).  CS–Ford (2,2nd base by Holtzman/Duncan); Billings (2,2nd base by Locker/Duncan).  HBP–Holtzman 2 (2,Howard,Hand).  IBB–Hand (1,Epstein).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:11.  A–6,875.
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