Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers
June 22, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 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 2, Texas Rangers 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone rf 4 0 2 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Edwards 2b 0 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0
  Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0
Alston lf 4 1 1 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 2
Essian c 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 3 0 0 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 1 1 0
Campaneris ss 2 1 0 1
  Mason ss 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 2 2 2
Zisk lf 3 1 1 1
  Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0
Bonds rf 3 1 1 2
  Jorgensen rf 0 0 0 0
Putnam dh 4 0 1 0
  Alomar pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 1
Thompson cf 4 1 1 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 7
Oakland 000 000 200262
Texas 303 100 01x891
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  L (0-3) 2.1 5 6 5 3 0
  McCatty   3.2 2 1 1 1 3
  Heaverlo   2.0 2 1 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
8
6
4
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (6-3) 7.0 6 2 2 0 3
  Comer   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
3

  E–Revering (8), Essian (5), Wills (6).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Essian (9,off D Ellis), Texas Bonds (10,off Morgan).  3B–Texas Wills (2,off Morgan).  HR–Oakland Gross (5,7th inning off D Ellis 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Campaneris (2,off McCatty).  SB–Dilone (22,2nd base off D Ellis/Sundberg); Wills 2 (21,2nd base off Morgan/Essian,3rd base off Morgan/Essian); Zisk (3,2nd base off Morgan/Essian); Thompson (6,2nd base off McCatty/Essian).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:22.  A–20,599.
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