Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
July 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1977 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 3, Texas Rangers 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tyrone ss 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 2 1 0
Page lf 3 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 1
Sanguillen dh 4 0 1 0
McKinney 1b 3 0 2 2
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Williams 1b 1 0 0 0
Murray rf 3 0 0 0
Armas cf 2 0 0 0
Hosley c 3 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 0 0
Washington lf 5 0 1 1
Beniquez cf 5 1 2 1
May rf 4 1 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 2 3 4
Kirkpatrick dh 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 0
Wills 2b 3 2 2 0
Sundberg c 3 0 2 2
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8
Oakland 100 002 000351
Texas 003 003 11x8130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (2-6) 5.0 8 6 6 1 3
  Lacey   0.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Bair   3.0 2 2 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
3
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Barker   5.2 5 3 3 3 5
  Moret  W (1-0) 3.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
8

  E–Bair (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Texas 1.  PB–Hosley (1).  2B–Texas Wills (11,off Norris).  HR–Texas Harrah 2 (13,6th inning off Norris 2 on, 0 out,7th inning off Bair 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Gross (2,off Barker).  HBP–Harrah (4,by Norris).  CS–Alexander (9,2nd base by Moret/Sundberg).  SB–Beniquez (17,3rd base off Norris/Hosley); May (2,2nd base off Norris/Hosley).  WP–Barker (2).  HBP–Norris (3,Harrah).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:39.  A–11,346.
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