Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 25, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 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 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 6 1 2 1
Campaneris ss 4 0 2 0
  May ph,rf 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 6 1 1 1
Harrah 3b 6 0 0 0
Horton dh 6 0 1 0
Sundberg c 5 1 1 0
Grieve rf 4 0 0 0
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 1 2 1
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 1 1
  Wills pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 11 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Picciolo ss 7 0 2 0
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
  Alexander pr 0 1 0 0
  Scott 2b 3 0 1 0
Page lf 3 0 1 0
  Murray pr,lf 1 0 0 0
  Tabb ph 0 0 0 0
  Mallory pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Tyrone rf 6 1 1 0
Williams 1b 5 0 1 0
  McKinney 1b 1 0 0 0
Hosley dh 4 0 0 0
  Lintz pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 3
Newman c 6 1 1 0
Armas cf 6 0 0 0
Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 4 8 3
Texas 000 011 002 000 015113
Oakland 000 003 100 000 00481
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Moret   6.0 5 3 2 4 2
  Barker  W (4-1) 8.0 3 1 0 5 10
Totals
14.0
8
4
2
9
12
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrealba   8.2 10 4 3 1 9
  Bair   3.1 0 0 0 5 2
  Lacey  L (4-8) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
14.0
11
5
4
6
11

  E–Harrah 2 (15), Hargrove (11), Tyrone (8).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Campaneris (19,off Torrealba), Oakland Picciolo (9,off Moret); Newman (8,off Moret).  HR–Texas J Ellis (4,5th inning off Torrealba 0 on, 2 out); Beniquez (10,6th inning off Torrealba 0 on, 1 out); Smith (2,14th inning off Lacey 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Gross (21,6th inning off Moret 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Beniquez (7,off Bair); Mason (5,off Lacey).  IBB–E Williams (3,by Barker); Tabb (2,by Barker).  SB–Wills (27,2nd base off Bair/Newman); Murray (11,2nd base off Barker/Sundberg); Scott (27,2nd base off Barker/Sundberg).  CS–Wills (12,3rd base by Bair/Newman); Lintz (5,2nd base by Barker/Sundberg).  WP–Moret 2 (4), Barker (5), Torrealba (3).  BK–Torrealba (2).  IBB–Barker 2 (3,E Williams,Tabb).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–4:10.
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