Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 10, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1976 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics 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 4, Texas Rangers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 1 0
Campaneris ss 4 2 2 1
Baylor 1b 5 1 2 1
Rudi lf 4 0 1 1
Tenace c 5 1 1 1
Washington rf 3 0 1 0
McCovey dh 1 0 0 0
  Lintz pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph,dh 2 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Clines lf 5 2 1 0
Harrah ss 5 0 3 2
Fregosi 1b 4 1 1 0
  Hargrove ph 0 1 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0
  Moates pr,rf 0 0 0 1
Grieve dh 4 0 0 0
Randle 2b 4 0 2 2
Thompson 3b 4 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  Ault ph 1 0 1 0
  Pape pr 0 1 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Oakland 100 000 001 2492
Texas 100 100 000 35100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (14-12) 9.1 9 5 5 1 3
  Fingers   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.2
10
5
5
3
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   9.1 9 4 4 4 5
  Bacsik  W (2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
4
6

  E–North (8), McMullen (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Texas 2.  2B–Texas Harrah (19,off Blue); Randle (10,off Blue).  HR–Oakland Tenace (19,9th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); Campaneris (1,10th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out); Baylor (15,10th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Campaneris (16,off Blyleven); Grieve (8,off Blue).  IBB–Hargrove (11,by Fingers).  SB–Campaneris (52,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Washington 3 (32,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg 2,3rd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Lintz (30,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Fregosi (2,2nd base off Blue/Tenace).  IBB–Fingers (10,Hargrove).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:47.  A–7,297.
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