Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1973 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 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 0 1 0
Harrah ss 2 0 0 0
  Mackanin ss 0 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 1 2 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 2 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
Grieve lf 3 0 0 0
  Spencer ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Fregosi 1b 3 0 1 0
  Biittner lf 1 0 0 0
Harris cf 2 0 1 0
Billings c 3 0 2 0
Broberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 1
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 1 0 0
Bourque dh 3 0 1 1
  Lewis pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 1 1
Davalillo rf 3 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 0 2 0
Fosse c 2 1 1 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 6 3
Texas 000 000 100190
Oakland 210 000 00x360
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg  L (4-8) 8.0 6 3 3 5 3
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
5
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (18-9) 5.1 6 0 0 7 2
  Fingers  SV (19) 3.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
8
2

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2, Oakland 3.  2B–Oakland Bourque (2,off Broberg).  SH–Fosse (7,off Broberg).  SF–Bourque (2,off Broberg).  SB–Harris (10,2nd base off Blue/Fosse); North 2 (50,2nd base off Broberg/Billings 2).  CS–Harris (11,3rd base by Fingers/Fosse).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:31.  A–8,360.
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