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 8, Oakland Athletics 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1
Wills 2b 5 2 1 0
Washington cf 5 1 1 1
Bevacqua 3b 5 1 2 3
Henderson rf 3 1 1 1
Putnam dh 4 1 1 1
May lf 4 0 0 0
Fahey c 4 1 2 1
Mason ss 3 0 0 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b 4 1 0 0
Picciolo ss 5 1 2 0
Page lf 5 1 3 2
Tabb 1b 5 1 1 0
Tyrone dh 3 1 2 1
Gross 3b 4 1 2 2
Armas cf 3 0 1 1
Hosley c 2 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman c 0 0 0 0
Mallory rf 4 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Dunning p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Texas 004 020 0208100
Oakland 200 100 0306110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (11-12) 7.2 8 6 6 3 2
  Devine  SV (15) 1.1 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (8-19) 4.1 8 6 6 1 5
  Dunning   3.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Mitchell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lacey   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Fahey (4,off Langford); Bevacqua (6,off Langford); Henderson (14,off Langford); Putnam (4,off Dunning), Oakland Tyrone (10,off D Ellis).  3B–Texas Washington (2,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Page (21,1st inning off D Ellis 1 on, 1 out); Gross (22,8th inning off D Ellis 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Armas (8,off D Ellis).  SB–Scott (28,2nd base off D Ellis/Fahey).  WP–Dunning (2).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:30.  A–2,479.
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