Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1972 at Arlington Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers 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)
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Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 0

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 2 0
Mangual rf 2 0 0 0
  Hendrick rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson cf 3 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 1 1 0
Voss lf 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 1
Duncan c 4 0 1 0
Cullen 2b 4 1 3 1
Holtzman p 4 0 1 1
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 3b 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 4 0 1 0
Ford rf 4 0 1 0
Billings c 4 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 0 0
Grieve lf 3 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Randle ph 1 0 0 0
Biittner cf,lf 3 0 2 0
Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Gogolewski p 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Lovitto cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Oakland 000 000 1203100
Texas 000 000 000040
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  W (11-5) 7.1 3 0 0 3 3
  Knowles  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gogolewski   5.2 2 0 0 4 4
  Lindblad  L (3-3) 1.2 5 2 2 1 2
  Pina   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2, Texas 2.  PB–Billings (5).  2B–Oakland Holtzman (2,off Lindblad), Texas Biittner (5,off Holtzman).  IBB–Kubiak (2,by Holtzman).  SB–Campaneris (19,2nd base off Gogolewski/Billings).  CS–Cullen (1,3rd base by Gogolewski/Billings).  IBB–Holtzman (3,Kubiak).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:28.  A–14,243.
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