Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
May 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1978 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 4, Texas Rangers 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Staggs 2b 3 1 3 0
Murphy cf 1 1 0 0
  Essian ph,c 1 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 0 1
Guerrero ss 4 1 2 1
Revering 1b 4 1 2 1
  Edwards pr 0 0 0 0
  Picciolo 3b 0 0 0 0
Alexander dh 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Newman c 3 0 2 1
  Dilone pr,cf 0 0 0 0
  Tabb ph 1 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 4 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 0 1 1
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 1 0 0
Bonds dh 4 1 1 0
Zisk rf 3 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 2 1 0
Wills 2b 3 1 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 0 4 4
Harrah 3b 2 0 1 0
Campaneris ss 3 1 0 0
Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Oakland 110 001 010490
Texas 300 020 01x690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (2-2) 0.2 3 3 3 3 0
  Coleman   4.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Langford   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Sosa   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
6
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Umbarger  W (2-2) 7.1 9 4 4 3 6
  Cleveland  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Oakland Guerrero 2 (4,off Umbarger 2).  3B–Oakland Staggs (2,off Umbarger).  SH–Murphy (1,off Umbarger).  CS–Staggs (3,2nd base by Umbarger/Sundberg); Edwards (4,2nd base by Cleveland/Sundberg); Beniquez (4,2nd base by Sosa/Essian).  SB–Campaneris 2 (9,2nd base off Coleman/Newman,2nd base off Sosa/Essian).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:35.  A–21,257.
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