Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 7, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1973 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 8, Texas Rangers 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 2 1 0
Rudi lf 4 2 2 3
Bando 3b 5 1 4 3
Jackson rf 5 0 1 1
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 1 0 0
Alou dh 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 3 1 0 0
Kubiak ss 3 1 0 1
Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 5 2 3 0
Harrah ss 5 2 2 2
Spencer 1b 5 0 3 2
Johnson dh 5 1 1 0
Burroughs lf 4 1 1 2
Madlock 3b 3 2 2 0
Biittner rf 4 1 3 0
Harris cf 3 1 1 1
Suarez c 3 0 0 1
Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 16 8
Oakland 060 000 002891
Texas 100 602 10x10162
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom   3.0 6 4 3 1 0
  Knowles  L (6-7) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Pina   2.1 4 2 2 0 1
  Fingers   0.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Lindblad   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Abbott   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
10
9
2
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde   1.2 3 6 6 4 4
  Gogolewski  W (3-5) 7.0 6 2 2 0 5
  Merritt  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
4
9

  E–Rudi (2), Harrah (24), Burroughs (7).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Rudi 2 (22,off Clyde,off Gogolewski); Jackson (26,off Gogolewski); Bando 2 (26,off Gogolewski 2), Texas Spencer 2 (14,off Pina,off Fingers); Harrah (14,off Pina).  HR–Texas Burroughs (25,4th inning off Odom 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Suarez (4,off Knowles).  SB–Nelson (38,2nd base off Pina/Tenace).  WP–Fingers (2), Gogolewski (2).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:40.  A–5,014.
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