Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 1, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson lf 4 1 1 0
Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 3 0 0 1
Ford rf 4 0 1 0
Harrah ss 3 0 0 0
Fahey c 3 0 0 0
Mason 3b 3 0 0 0
Harris 2b 3 0 0 0
Gogolewski p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Panther p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 3 1 1 1
Jackson cf 2 1 2 0
Epstein 1b 3 1 0 0
  Green 2b 1 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 0 2 2
Bando 3b 2 0 0 0
Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 0 0 0 1
  Cullen 2b 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Hunter p 4 0 1 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Texas 100 000 000120
Oakland 000 201 10x471
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gogolewski  L (4-10) 7.0 6 4 4 5 3
  Panther   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
6
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (20-7) 9.0 2 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
6

  E–Green (2).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Ford (16,off Hunter), Oakland Tenace 2 (5,off Gogolewski 2); Alou (2,off Gogolewski).  SF–Biittner (3,off Hunter); Marquez (1,off Gogolewski).  HBP–Tenace (3,by Gogolewski).  IBB–Bando 2 (15,by Gogolewski 2); Jackson (7,by Gogolewski).  SB–Nelson (42,2nd base off Hunter/Tenace); Campaneris (42,2nd base off Gogolewski/Fahey).  WP–Gogolewski (7).  HBP–Gogolewski (5,Tenace).  IBB–Gogolewski 3 (8,Bando 2,Jackson).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–2:02.  A–8,541.
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