Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 1 2 3
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 1 1
  Beasley pr 0 1 0 0
  Mason ss 0 0 0 0
Washington lf 3 0 1 1
Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
  Miller pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 1 2 1
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Henderson rf 3 1 0 0
Beniquez cf 2 1 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b 3 1 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 0 0 0
Page lf 3 0 0 0
  Murray lf 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 1 1
Williams dh 4 1 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Gross 3b 2 1 0 0
Tyrone rf 3 1 0 0
  Mallory ph 1 0 0 0
Armas cf 4 1 1 4
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 3 5
Texas 031 000 020673
Oakland 040 010 000531
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (14-12) 9.0 3 5 1 5 6
Totals
9.0
3
5
1
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough   6.2 5 4 4 9 6
  Bair  L (4-5) 1.1 2 2 2 1 3
  Lacey   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
10
9

  E–Harrah (13), Wills 2 (14), Sanguillen (7).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Hargrove (27,off Keough).  HR–Texas Hargrove (18,2nd inning off Keough 2 on, 2 out), Oakland Armas (13,2nd inning off Perry 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Picciolo (13,off Perry).  SB–Harrah (26,2nd base off Keough/Sanguillen); Wills (26,2nd base off Keough/Sanguillen); Beniquez (25,2nd base off Keough/Sanguillen); Beasley (1,2nd base off Bair/Sanguillen); Picciolo (1,2nd base off Perry/Sundberg).  CS–Washington (8,2nd base by Keough/Sanguillen).  BK–Keough (1).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:55.  A–1,798.
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