Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
September 30, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 1, Texas Rangers 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
Page lf 4 1 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 1
Tyrone rf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen dh 3 0 2 0
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Armas cf 2 0 0 0
  Murray cf 1 0 1 0
Newman c 3 0 0 0
Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Dunning p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 1 1 1
Campaneris ss 3 0 1 2
Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 0 2 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Bevacqua 1b 3 0 1 0
  Hargrove 1b 1 0 1 0
Wills 2b 4 2 2 0
Grieve rf 3 0 2 1
  Miller pr 0 1 0 0
  May rf 1 0 0 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 12 4
Oakland 000 100 000150
Texas 001 000 30x4122
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Torrealba  L (4-6) 6.1 10 4 4 1 3
  Bair   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Dunning   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
4
4
2
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (12-12) 9.0 5 1 0 0 8
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
0
8

  E–Sundberg (5), Wills (15).  DP–Oakland 2, Texas 1.  SH–Jorgensen (2,off D Ellis); Campaneris (40,off Torrealba).  SB–Tyrone (3,2nd base off D Ellis/Sundberg); Page (41,2nd base off D Ellis/Sundberg); Wills (28,2nd base off Torrealba/Newman); Miller (2,3rd base off Torrealba/Newman); Smith (2,2nd base off Torrealba/Newman); Campaneris (27,2nd base off Bair/Newman).  CS–Horton (3,2nd base by Torrealba/Newman).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:06.  A–7,471.
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